2025056 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) - IL - Milan
Function: Technology
Title: Staff Software Engineer - 2025056
Onsite/Remote: Onsite Position
Your Responsibilities
As a Staff Software Engineer for John Deere in Milan, IL, you will:

• Designing, developing and maintaining medium to large-scale software systems and applications (infrastructure, backend and frontend);
• Leading and participating in architectural discussions and driving technical decisions;
• Designing, coding and testing applications that communicate with IoT devices on the field;
• Mentoring and providing technical guidance, reviewing and help develop coding standards for junior and mid-level engineers;
• Providing support, monitoring and evaluating performance of applications and their infrastructure;
• Identifying and implementing best software engineering practices for application availability and reliability;
• Leveraging cloud infrastructure for development, deployment and monitoring of applications;
• Working along with product owners to make sure that solutions are technically sound and cost-efficient;
• Working with Architects, product managers and Engineering leads to assist in building products and technical roadmaps.
• Up to 10% domestic travel required.

What Skills You Need

• 5 years of experience in generalized Specialist experience in the architecting and designing of medium to large-scale implementations based on business requirements
• 5 years of experience in mentoring and providing technical leadership to software engineering teams
• 5 years of experience in building and/or working with RESTful APIs and message broker-based technologies
• 5 years of AWS experience in using ECS, SQS, SNS, RDS, KMS, Lambda, CloudWatch and Elastic Search
• 5 years of experience in Agile/Scrum methodologies
• 5 years of experience in building backend applications using Java, Python and Spring Boot (web, hibernate, batch, JMS)
• 5 years of experience with Continuous Integration and pipeline automation using Terraform, CloudFormation, Docker and Drone
• 2 years of experience in IoT communication protocols using Google Protobuf
• 2 years of experience in building web-client applications using React, Typescript, RTK (React Toolkit) and Vite
• 2 years of experience in managing and using databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL and Oracle)

Education/Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field plus 5 years related experience.

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 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

$175,000 - $185,000 per year + Benefits
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Please apply on-line at www.JohnDeere.com/USJobs and search for Job Posting Number 2025056
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