Part-Time Student - Software Engineer - Moline, IL

John Deere • Moline, IL

6d • $15 - $40 • Onsite

About The Position

The Part-Time Student Program is primarily designed to augment the Company’s regular full-time staff and is for students who work in parallel to their school schedule YEAR-ROUND. As a Part Time Student for John Deere World Headquarters located in Moline, IL, you will design, implement, and operationalize systems using large language models (LLMs) and multimodal models. This position is NOT available to students on immigration visas.

Requirements

• Must be registered as a full-time student at a local accredited university.
• Graduation date of Spring 2028 or later.
• Cumulative GPA of 2.8 or above.
• Available to work 16-20 hours/week during the academic year.
• Available to work 30-40 hours/week during the summer semester.
• Must be able to commute to the work location on scheduled workdays.
• Must be 18 years of age or older to apply.

Nice To Haves

• Pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or others may apply.
• Familiarity with orchestration frameworks such as LangChain, Semantic Kernel, or LlamaIndex.
• Proficiency in Python (preferred) and Java, with hands-on experience in LLM workflows.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Strong software engineering fundamentals in distributed systems, API development, and performance optimization.
• Experience building microservices, event-driven systems, or real-time inference services.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD, testing strategies for AI systems, and observability tools

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and operationalize systems using large language models (LLMs) and multimodal models
• Build and integrate LLM-powered features, including retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), agent frameworks, tool use, and conversational interfaces.
• Evaluate and implement open-source and commercial foundation models (text, code, image, multimodal).
• Develop embedding pipelines, vector search, and hybrid search strategies.

Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements
• Highly competitive base pay
• Savings & Retirement benefits (401K and Defined Benefit Pension)
• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: No Education Listed