Senior Front End Developer-FULLY REMOTE POSITION

At John Deere, we run so life can leap forward.

This powerful purpose is our promise to humankind that we will dream, design and deliver breakthrough products that sustain our world for generations to come.

The world is counting on us to feed billions of people and build vital infrastructures in villages, towns, and megacities.

We live up to the legacy our founder forged in a one-room blacksmith’s shop nearly two centuries ago by creating a culture that brings out the best in all of us.

A culture where great ideas thrive because every voice is heard.

As a Senior Software Developer for John Deere Intelligent Solutions Group (ISG) located in Urbandale, IA, you will work on the John Deere Operations Center product to help users set up, Plan, Monitor, and Analyze their farm data.

Your responsibilities will include:

Developing and supporting high quality John Deere agronomic web applications and RESTful APIs
Engaging in all aspects of the software delivery cycle including the design, build, test, deploy, & support of software applications
Serve as a team technical lead in support of software development for one or more teams as well as proposing application/system designs, communicating delivery estimates, and providing consistent hands-on guidance to ensure the delivery of high-quality products
Engaging in Agile software development activities like team sprint planning, daily standups, and retrospectives
Collaborating with Product Managers, Architects, and other supporting teams to define product requirements, system design, & delivery cadences
Supporting a culture of software craftsmanship best practices including Test Automation, Continuous Integration/Deployment, and DevOps methodologies
Mentoring & developing junior team members through code pairing or other technical skill coaching

Visa sponsorship is NOT available for this position.

What Skills You Need

Experience building and delivering web-client and/or server-side applications in a production environment using JavaScript, React.js, or Node.js
Experience building and delivering server-side applications and/or APIs in a production environment using Java, C#, or similar object oriented language
Experience building and delivering multiple software solutions leveraging Agile delivery methodologies
Experience providing technical leadership and coordination across multiple teams to deliver production software systems
Experience building and/or working with RESTful APIs
Experience with cloud computing platforms such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud
Experience building and delivering software solutions utilizing Test Driven Development and/or Acceptance Test Driven Development
Experience building and delivering software solutions utilizing Continuous Integration and build pipeline deployment automation
Experience working with SQL/NoSQL DBMSs

What Makes You Stand Out

Experience in serving as the primary Technical Lead for a software development team.
Experience with multiple programming languages or frameworks such as Redux, MobX, Java, Spring, etc.
Experience leveraging AWS services (ECS, EC2, Elastic Beanstalk, Lambda, S3, RDS, SQS, SNS, etc.)
Experience in maintaining and/or refactoring legacy code bases
Experience presenting technical information in a professional community of practice setting
Experience with Precision Ag technologies and their use

Education
Bachelor’s degree in either Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, MIS, or other IT related discipline