Staff Software Engineer

There are over 7 billion people on this planet. And by 2050, there will be 2 billion more... many moving into urban centers at an unprecedented rate. Making sure there is enough food, fiber and infrastructure for our rapidly growing world is what we're all about at John Deere. And it's why we're investing in our people and our technology like never before! Here the world's brightest minds are tackling the world's biggest challenges. If you believe one person can make the world a better place, we'll put you to work. RIGHT NOW.

 

John Deere is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability.

 

Primary Location: United States (US) - Illinois  - Moline  
Function: Technology (CA)
Title: Staff Software Engineer - 104745 
Onsite/Remote:Onsite Position

 

  

This position is eligible for a flexible work schedule arrangement at the present time. The arrangement may be delayed for training or other job acclimation purposes and remains subject to change. 

Your Responsibilities

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Digital Shop Tech Hub team, located at World Headquarters in Moline, IL, you will;

• Provide technical leadership to a Scrum Agile Digital Product Team focused on smoothing the transitions between current and future state solutions within Digital Shop (Deere.com and Marketing & Sales Tools).
• Develop existing and new applications by analyzing and identifying areas for modification and improvement. Develop solutions/applications to meet customer requirements.
• Lead by example in investigating and adopting technical developments to improve quality of website/portal/applications software and supporting infrastructure to better meet user’s needs.
• Provide mentoring and coaching to developers in the resolution of complex technical issues as well as promote employee development and professional growth.
• Lead engineering practices alongside Engineering Manager and Architects by assessing technology trends and product performance to define, develop, analyze, and realize the implementation of a roadmap.

VISA Sponsorship is NOT available for this position.

What Skills You Need

• 6+ years of experience in developing full-stack design, development, testing, and integration for Web-Based Applications
• 5+ years of experience with common web application frameworks and technologies
• 3+ years of experience with Cloud platforms practicing patterns of infrastructure-as-code and configuration-as-code (ex. CloudFormation, Terraform)
• 2+ years of experience providing technical leadership to others.

What Makes You Stand Out

• Experience updating legacy (monolithic) applications to work more efficiently in the cloud.
• Hands-on experiences in AWS including EC2, Lambda, Route53, RDS, S3, CloudFront, IAM, CloudWatch, Secrets Manager, and SNS/SQS.
• Experience developing in one or more of the following; Java, SpringBoot, ReactJS, JavaScript, JSP, SQL
• Experience providing technical leadership and coordination to others across multiple teams to deliver production software solutions.
• Experience establishing and utilizing monitoring, observability, tracing, and other reliability topics.
• Experience working within one or more of the following; Content Management Systems (CMS – ex. OpenText TeamSite), Content Delivery Networks (CDN – ex. Akamai), Search Engines (ex. IBM Watson, OpenSearch), and/or Product Information Management System (PIM – ex. Akeneo)

Education

Ideally you will have a degree or equivalent related work experience in the following:

• Bachelors degree in either Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, MIS, or other IT related discipline experience equivalent. 

What You'll Get

At John Deere, you are empowered to create a career that will take you to where you want to go while working in an inclusive team environment. Here, you'll enjoy the freedom to explore new projects, the support to think outside the box and the advanced tools and technology that foster innovation and achievement. Additionally, we offer a comprehensive reward package to help you get started on your new career path, including:

• Flexible work arrangements
• Highly competitive base pay and performance bonuses
• Savings & Retirement benefits (401K and Defined Contribution)
• Healthcare benefits with a generous company contribution in the Health Savi