2025013 Staff Software Engineer
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. 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 – Chicago Function: Technology Title: Staff Software Engineer - 2026013 Onsite/Remote: Onsite Position
Requirements
- 5 years of experience in provide leadership in full SDLC execution for applications, including requirement analysis, architecture design, development, integration, mentoring, code reviews, cross-team leadership, ownership of delivery, and end-to-end testing
- 5 years of experience in perform Design, development, and maintenance scalable database solutions using MongoDB and DynamoDB, including data modeling, query optimization, and seamless integration with Java based applications
- 5 years of experience in build enterprise-grade web applications using Java technologies (Java Frameworks, Servlets, JSP, J2EE) along with PHP, Design Patterns, HTML, AJAX, React and JavaScript to deliver secure and high-performance solutions
- 5 years of experience in engineer backend services using Spring Framework, Spring Boot, REST APIs, Spring Security, and Aspect-Oriented Programming ensuring secure and modular service implementations
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field plus 5 years related experience.
Nice To Haves
- Must live within normal commuting distance of the worksite.
Responsibilities
- Analyze business needs and determine software specifications
- Lead design review activities to verify and demonstrate high-quality output for the data products and digital products
- Collaborate with stakeholders and team members to ensure that features meet business needs
- Collaborate with architecture team and principal engineers to develop coding standards, and data pipeline standards
- Collaborate with engineers to improve quality, cost, and help in developing efficient software applications
- Lead efforts to implement best practices for software development, test automation and CI/CD
- Follow industry-standard agile software design methodology for development and documentation
- Follow Security by design principles to design security framework around data pipelines and APIs
- Lead effort to setup team member onboarding processes and guidelines
- Mentor software engineers within the team and across multiple products
Benefits
- 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
