STAFF ENGINEER

John Deere•Urbandale, IA

14h•Remote

About The Position

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. As a Staff Engineer for John Deere ISG located in Urbandale, IA, you will be responsible for creating and managing Equipment Data Services that will enable and support various teams within the organization as well as users / customers outside of John Deere across the globe. You will also be responsible in coaching and developing junior developers in the team as well as leading complex projects that require cross-team collaboration across ISG and corporate IT teams to come up with efficient and long lasting solutions.

Requirements

Six years of developing backend web applications in Java + Spring
Comprehensive knowledge in developing REST APIs and Message processing
Working with cross-teams is highly required.
Technical leadership and mentoring of the engineering team members
Strong communication skills for cross-team and stakeholder collaboration
Experience designing APIs consumed by multiple teams or external consumers
Experience with AWS services like ECS, EC2, Fargate, RDMS (Aurora / Mysql), SQS, SNS.
Experience in hibernate, Springboot and Github Action, Maven
Passionate and hands on experience in Test Driven development

Nice To Haves

Building high performing / scalable APIs and asynchronous message processing that are highly efficient and fault tolerant
Experience in AWS Infrastructure
Gaining experience in collaborating with AI and using AI in agentic mode

Responsibilities

Be responsible for creating and managing Equipment Data Services that will enable and support various teams within the organization as well as users / customers outside of John Deere across the globe.
Be responsible in coaching and developing junior developers in the team as well as leading complex projects that require cross-team collaboration across ISG and corporate IT teams to come up with efficient and long lasting solutions.

Benefits

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