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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff Software Engineer - **Company:** Deere & Company - **Location:** Johnson, WI, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $123,804.0 - $185,700.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon S3, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Databases, Data Systems, Relational Databases, Disaster Recovery, Amazon DynamoDB, Identity and Access Management, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, Routing, Node.Js, NoSQL, Oracle (Applications), Performance Tuning, Redis, Next.js, TypeScript, Eslint, ReactJS, System Availability, Concurrency, Spring-boot, Backend, Cloudformation, Amazon Relational Database Service, Information Technology, Front End Software Development, Api Design, Api Gateway, Terraform - **Published:** June 18, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/A7D0933256A54C58B405D57BFC382A31/job/ ## About the Role Backend Engineering (Java / Node.js) * 7 or more years designing and building large scale, distributed backend systems * Expert in Java (Spring Boot) and Node.js, including API design, concurrency, performance tuning, and service reliability * Proven ownership of backend architecture, design reviews, and production incident resolution * Experience defining service boundaries, API standards, and backward compatible evolution strategies Cloud & Platform (AWS) * 5 or more years leading cloud native architecture on AWS * Deep knowledge of EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, API Gateway, and IAM * Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, CDK) and CI/CD pipelines * Ownership of cloud security, cost optimization, observability, and disaster recovery strategies Frontend Platform (React / Next.js) * 5 or more years with React, including hooks, context, performance optimization, and state management * 4 or more years with Next.js, including SSR, SSG, server components, routing, and data fetching patterns * Proven ability to define frontend architecture, shared patterns, and performance standards across teams TypeScript * 4 or more years of deep TypeScript experience in large codebases * Expertise with strict typing, generics, discriminated unions, and type safe APIs * Ability to define robust domain models and enforce correctness via tooling (ESLint, CI, tsconfig) Databases & Data Systems * 7 or more years designing and operating data intensive systems * Strong experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle) and NoSQL stores (DynamoDB, MongoDB, Redis) * Expertise in schema design, migrations, performance tuning, and high availability strategies, * Bachelor of Technology Computer science or related fields ## Description As a Staff Software Engineer for JD Financial - Johnston located in Johnston,IA, you will: * Drive architecture, technical strategy, and engineering excellence across multiple teams * Acts as a technical multiplier, influencing architecture across multiple teams * Drives long term technical vision while balancing near term delivery * Leads design reviews, authors ADRs, and sets engineering standards * Mentors senior engineers and tech leads * Trusted partner for complex technical trade offs and high impact decisions, The terms of the applicable benefit plans, and all company actions administering or interpreting these plans, continue to control. Deere & Company reserves the right to suspend, amend, modify, or terminate the Plan(s) in any manner at any time, including the right to modify or eliminate any cost-sharing between the company and participants. Changes, which can be made at any time, are made by action of the company's board of directors, or to the extent authorized by resolution of its board of directors, or by the Deere & Company Compensation Committee. 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