Staff Engineer - API Platform

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, including disabled & veterans.

 

Primary Location: United States (US) - Iowa  - Urbandale  
Function: Technology (CA)
Title: Staff Engineer - API Platform - 119290 
Onsite/Remote:Onsite Position

 

  

 

Your Responsibilities

As a Staff Engineer for John Deere ISG located in Urbandale, IA, you will lead a team responsible for creating and managing a federated API infrastructure (currently GraphQL-based) that will enable other teams to publish and manage their own services to be consumed by a wide variety of consumers and devices across the globe. Enabling and assisting other teams with a delightful developer experience will be at the center of this work, including helping guide API design, documentation, developer tooling, enforcing security, and a federated microservice architecture.

 

VISA Sponsorship is NOT available for this position.

What Skills You Need

• Six years of developing web applications or equivalent experience
• Domain-driven design with GraphQL or experience with comprehensive REST systems is desired
• Working with multiple teams in a federated web service architecture 
• Technical leadership and mentoring of the engineering team
• Strong communication skills for cross-team and stakeholder collaboration
• Experience designing APIs consumed by multiple teams or external consumers
• Experience with API gateway patterns, service mesh, or federation architectures

What Makes You Stand Out

• Developer experience or platform team background
• Building internal tooling, SDKs, or developer documentation
• Schema governance and API versioning strategies
• GraphQL in general and the Apollo framework specifically
• XP practices (TDD / BDD)
• Java + Spring
• OpenSearch/Elastic
• Kubernetes
• AWS 

Education

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

• Preferred Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering

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 
• Savings & Retirement benefits (401K and Defined Contribution)
• Healthcare benefits with a generous company contribution in the Health Savings Account
• Adoption assistance
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Tuition assistance
• Fitness subsidies and on-site gyms at specific Deere locations
• Charitable contribution match
• Employee Purchase Plan & numerous discount programs for personal use
• Vacation and Holiday Pay

 $123,804.00  - $185,700.00  + Benefits

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Must be 18 years of age or older to apply

The information contained herein is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and qualifications required of individuals performing the job. The qualifications detailed in this job description are not considered the minimum requirements necessary to perform the job, but rather as guidelines.