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: Information Technology
Title: Part-Time Student-Software Engineer-Ames IA – 102456
Onsite/Remote:Partial Remote 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-Software Engineer for JD Financial located in Ames, IA, you will:
- Be part of a team of students working for John Deere Financial, creating software that enables our core business functions
- Design, create, and implement innovative applications/solutions
- Have an opportunity to improve your engineering skills with API’s, TDD, Cloud, Containerization, React/JavaScript, Git, 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; others may apply
- Must be registered as a full-time student at Iowa State University
- Graduation date of December 2025 or later
- Cumulative GPA of 2.8 or above
- Available to work 10-20 hours/week during the academic year
- Must be able to commute to work at the ISU Research Park (available on the bus route) a minimum of 2-3 days weekly year-round (other flexible work arrangements with manager approval)
- Exposure to one or more programming languages; Java, NodeJS, Python or scripting like Perl
- Demonstrated ability to learn new technologies
- Strong analytical, communication and intrapersonal 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
- Knowledge of security concepts: vulnerabilities, ethical hacking, secure design
