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Primary Location: United States (US) - Illinois - East Moline
Function: Technology (CA)
Title: Software Engineer - 124423
Onsite/Remote:Onsite Position

Your Responsibilities

As a Software/Data Engineer on the John Deere Dealer Data Lake team at East Moline or Chicago, IL locations, you will contribute to the design, development, and support of enterprise-scale data and analytics solutions that enable data-driven decision making across dealer operations. You will work with large and complex datasets from John Deere dealer business systems and enterprise data sources while gaining hands-on experience with modern cloud data engineering technologies.

Key responsibilities include:

1. Design, develop, and maintain scalable data pipelines and analytics solutions.
2. Develop data models that support reporting, business intelligence, and advanced analytics use cases.
3. Build, deploy, support, and optimize data products for dealer analytics environments.
4. Collaborate with engineering teams to improve platform capabilities, scalability, reliability, and performance.
5. Participate in technical discussions involving architecture decisions, engineering best practices, and technical debt reduction initiatives.
6. Monitor and improve data quality, consistency, and reliability across distributed data environments.
7. Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve complex data and analytics platform issues.
8. Support incident management activities by assisting in the resolution of data defects, outages, and production issues.
9. Partner with source system teams, analytics platform teams, and business stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver high-quality data solutions.
10. Contribute to CI/CD automation and DevOps practices to improve deployment efficiency and solution quality.
11. Document technical solutions, data flows, and engineering processes.

VISA Sponsorship is NOT available for this position

What Skills You Need

• Experience with Python programming for data engineering and automation.
• Knowledge of Apache Spark for large-scale data processing and transformation.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Fabric or modern cloud-based data and analytics platforms.
• Understanding of CI/CD concepts and automated deployment practices.
• Experience using GitHub and GitHub Actions for source control and deployment automation.
• Knowledge of SQL and relational database concepts.
• Understanding of data modeling, ETL/ELT processes, and data integration principles.
• Familiarity with data quality, validation, and monitoring techniques
• Experience working with Microsoft Dynamics FO and CRM systems for dealers network systems

What Makes You Stand Out

• Experience working with cloud data platforms such as Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Fabric, Databricks.
• Knowledge of data lake, lakehouse, and modern data architecture patterns.
• Exposure to Power BI, reporting, and analytics solutions.
• Familiarity with distributed computing and big data technologies.
• Understanding of DevOps, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and automation principles.
• Experience with REST APIs and data integration services.
• Knowledge of data governance, metadata management, and data cataloging concepts.
• Exposure to Agile software development methodologies and Scrum practices.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability tools.
• Participation in academic projects, internships, hackathons, or open-source projects involving data engineering, analytics, or machine learning

Education

Ideally, you will have a degree or equivalent related work experience in the following:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer/software engineering or related degree.

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
• 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

$86,892.00 - $130,332.00 + Benefits

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Must be 18 years of age or older to apply

The information contained herein is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and qualifications required of individuals performing the job. The qualifications detailed in this job description are not considered the minimum requirements necessary to perform the job, but rather as guidelines.

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