Job Description
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) – Iowa – Ames
Function: Technology (CA)
Title: Part-Time Student-Channel UX-Software Engineer-Ames IA – 108744
Onsite/Remote:Onsite Position
Note: Relocation assistance is not provided.
The Part-Time Student Program is primarily designed to augment the Company’s regular full-time staff and is for students who work in parallel to their school schedule YEAR-ROUND.
Your Responsibilities
As a Part-Time Student-Channel UX-Software Engineer for John Deere Tech Works located in Ames, IA, you will…
- Software Engineering – You will be part of a team of students working for John Deere’s Channel User Experience team building scalable applications residing on AWS Cloud architecture for both web based and mobile applications. In this role you will design, create and implement innovative applications. You will have an opportunity to improve your engineering skills with TDD, CI/CD, Git, Java, React, Node.js and other languages through developing applications.
This position is NOT available to students on immigration visas
What Skills You Need
- Ideally you will be pursuing a degree in Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or Data Science
- Must be registered as a full-time student at a U.S. Accredited University
- Must be able to commute to work at the ISU Research Park (on the bus route)
- Graduation date of May 2026 or later
- Cumulative GPA of 2.8 or above
- 10 – 20 hours/week during the academic year
- 35 – 40 hours/week during the summer semesters and school breaks
- Exposure to one or more programming languages; Java, NodeJS, Python or scripting like Perl
- Demonstrated ability to rapidly learn new technologies
- Strong analytical, communication and interpersonal skills
What Makes You Stand Out
- Exposure to continuous integration and continuous deployment concepts
- Exposure to TDD practices
- Background in networking, infrastructure, general cloud exposure, and experience with security concepts
- Exposure to cloud concepts and AWS/Azure services