2025093 Engineering Lead

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 - Moline
Function: Technology
Title: Engineering Lead - 2025093
Onsite/Remote: Remote Position
Your Responsibilities
As an Engineering Lead for John Deere in Moline, IL, you will:

• Contribute to creation of next generation operational monitoring platform;
• provide technical leadership to an Agile (scrum) team working on Java, Akka, Amazon Web Services (AWS) technologies and Big Data concepts;
• participate in all aspects of team's work, including development, design, testing and analysis;
• perform hands-on code development and delivery to ensure coding standards, patterns and approaches are appropriate, consistent and of high quality;
• provide guidance to other team members on design solutions or coding practices within team;
• serve as expert within team on tools and technology in use;
• work with team members through pairing, coaching and reviews, and lead adoption of new technology for increased product reliability;
• plan, coordinate and perform product design, testing and/or analysis work for complete project of broad scope or for significant portion or sub-system of major and diverse project;
• operate in team environment and may act as lead person, providing technical leadership and design solutions;
• assign, coordinate and review portions of work to other engineers and support personnel;
• provide technical consultation and knowledge base and serve as recognized expert across product line; serve as expert user of critical technology;
• develop new technology applications for product development;
• analyze assignments and determine engineering specifications which must be fulfilled for complex problems or projects;
• produce and/or evaluate possible design solutions to improve cost, quality and performance based on specialized knowledge of Deere engineering applications;
• compile and furnish necessary information (engineering decisions and reports of pertinent design analyses data) to document design solution required for building prototypes and adopting designs;
• provide technical support to marketing, manufacturing, quality and supply management organizations;
• develop and/or execute tests or analysis plans for product verification and validation;
• lead resolution of product-line based difficult technical issues both within the company and with outside suppliers.
• 25% international and domestic travel required. Can live anywhere in the U.S. Up to 100% remote work allowed.

What Skills You Need

• 5 years of experience in develop applications using Java programming language
• 3 years of experience in develop applications using Akka, Hibernate, and Spring framework
• 2 years of experience in leverage AWS technologies for application development, with hands-on knowledge of Kinesis, Lambda, ECS/EC2, API Gateway, SNS, DynamoDB, SQS, IAM roles, VPC, and CloudWatch
• 2 years of experience in utilize UDP-based TPP protocol, TLS based Web socket protocol and Big data concepts

Education/Experience

• Master's degree in Computer Science or related field plus 6 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

$170,000 - $180,000 per year + Benefits
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Please apply on-line at www.JohnDeere.com/USJobs and search for Job Posting Number 2025093
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