About the position
As a Staff Software Engineer for John Deere in Chicago, IL, you will analyze business needs and determine software specifications. You will lead design review activities to verify and demonstrate high-quality output for the data products and digital products. Collaboration with stakeholders and team members is essential to ensure that features meet business needs. You will work with the architecture team and principal engineers to develop coding standards and data pipeline standards, and collaborate with engineers to improve quality and develop efficient software applications. Additionally, you will lead efforts to implement best practices for software development, test automation, and CI/CD, while following industry-standard agile software design methodology for development and documentation. Security by design principles will guide you in designing a security framework around data pipelines and APIs. You will also lead the effort to set up team member onboarding processes and guidelines, and mentor software engineers within the team and across multiple products.
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
Requirements
- 5 years of experience in database design, query development, maintenance and definition using MongoDB and DynamoDB
- 5 years of experience in developing web applications using Java frameworks, Java servlets, JSP, J2EE, PHP, Design Patterns, HTML, AJAX, and JavaScript
- 5 years of experience in analyzing, designing, developing, implementing, and testing J2EE and Web Service solutions
- 5 years of experience in front-end development using React/Redux and resolving issues with developed applications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field plus 5 years related experience
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
