Engineering Lead

ISU Research Park; Urbandale (IA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

John Deere Intelligent Solutions Group in Urbandale, IA seeks an Engineering Lead to steer software delivery teams building near real-time notifications and AI assistant experiences within the John Deere Operations Center.

You will shape technical design, drive delivery, and ensure quality, security, and scalability while mentoring engineers and advancing a high-performing culture.

Qualifications

• 6–10 years designing scalable web apps, APIs, or distributed systems.
• Experience with Agile, CI/CD, automated testing.
• 4–6 years in public cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Proven technical leadership and mentorship.

Responsibilities

• Lead software delivery teams for real-time notification and AI assistant experiences.
• Define architecture, ensure quality, security, and reliability.
• Collaborate with PMs, architects, UX designers, and stakeholders.
• Mentor engineers and foster inclusive, high‑performing culture.

Skills

Leadership

Cloud platforms

CI/CD

Data-driven decisions

AI/LLMs

Stakeholder comms

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/CE/SE/MIS/IT

Job description

As an Engineering Lead at John Deere Intelligent Solutions Group located in Urbandale, IA you will:

Lead one or more software delivery teams responsible for developing and operating near real-time notification capabilities and Customer AI Assistant experiences within the John Deere Operations Center. Drive technical design, development, delivery, and operational excellence in a fast-paced environment while maintaining a strong focus on quality, scalability, reliability, and security.

Partner closely with Product Managers, Architects, User Experience designers, fellow Engineering Leads, and cross-functional stakeholders to define product strategy, technical direction, and solution architecture that delivers measurable customer value.

Provide technical leadership and guidance across the software development lifecycle, including system design, code quality, testing strategies, operational readiness, and continuous delivery practices.

Mentor, coach, and develop engineers through regular feedback, career development planning, and growth opportunities. Foster an inclusive, high-performing team culture while attracting, retaining, and developing exceptional engineering talent.

Lead organizational change through the adoption of modern engineering practices, AI-enabled development tools, cloud-native architectures, platform capabilities, and strategic technologies that improve team productivity and accelerate product delivery.

VISA Sponsorship is NOT available for this position

What Skills You Need

6-10 years of experience in designing and building scalable web applications, backend services, APIs, or distributed systems.

Demonstrated experience with Agile software development practices, including Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), automated testing, and modern software engineering principles.

4-6 years of experience with public cloud platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Drive accountability for business outcomes, operational metrics, and customer experience by leveraging data-driven decision making and continuous improvement practices.

Demonstrated experience serving as a technical leader and mentor, guiding architecture and engineering decisions while developing engineering talent.

Demonstrated experience leading software development teams and successfully delivering customer-facing software products.

What Makes You Stand Out

Experience building AI-powered customer experiences using Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), agentic workflows, or conversational AI platforms.

Experience designing highly available, resilient systems that support mission-critical customer workflows at scale.

Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to align technical decisions to customer and business outcomes.

Education

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

Bachelor's degree in either Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, MIS, or other IT-related discipline