Senior Software Engineer at John Deere
East Moline, IL
$109,284–$163,920from the description
Aug 9, 2026
East Moline, IL
Sep 22, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This is a senior individual-contributor engineering role at John Deere's Harvester Works, focused on building and owning a factory operations software product and its enterprise integrations. The work spans full-stack development (React/TypeScript front end, APIs, data pipelines), CI/CD and DevOps practices, reliability engineering, and technical mentorship of teammates. The role suits an experienced engineer comfortable setting front-end architecture, driving test strategy, and collaborating with plant and platform stakeholders.
Senior level · Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 25 people in the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 15–40
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $129,241 (middle half $103,783–$143,477). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 11, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The job title states 'East Moline, IL' as the primary location but the body of the posting explicitly places this role in Des Moines, IA; the Des Moines CBSA is used as the work location.
The degree requirement is listed as a 4-year CS/IT/Engineering degree but the posting explicitly accepts 'equivalent related work experience', so no hard degree gate is set.
Playwright and Cypress are listed together as example test tools within the required TDD section; Playwright is captured as the primary skill with Cypress as an alternative.
Jest and React Testing Library appear as examples within the required TDD block and are captured as required skills accordingly.
New Relic and Datadog appear only under the 'What Makes You Stand Out' (preferred) section.
Terraform and Helm appear in the preferred section; Helm also appears in the required Kubernetes block — it is captured as required given its placement in the hard-gate section.
REST, Databricks, and Kafka appear only under 'What Makes You Stand Out' and are marked preferred.
No visa sponsorship is available per the posting.
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