Part-Time Student Software Engineer – UIUC Factory Apps

John Deere GmbH & Co. KG; Champaign (IL); On-site; USD 21,000 - 39,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits with a generous Hs

Tuition assistance

Fitness subsidies and on-site gyms

Job summary

John Deere invites applications for a Part-Time Student - Software Engineering position at the UIUC campus in Champaign, IL. You will contribute to building digital products used in factory operations and logistics with a modern, containerized tech stack.

Eligible students must be full-time at UIUC with a May 2028 or later graduation date, a 2.8+ GPA, and the ability to work 15–20 hours weekly during the school year and 30–40 hours in summer. Onsite position.

Qualifications

• Pursuing CS or MIS, or related field, ideal.
• Registered full-time UIUC student.
• Graduation May 2028 or later.
• GPA 2.8 or above.
• Able to work 15–20 hours weekly during the academic year.
• Able to work 30–40 hours weekly in summer.
• Must commute to Champaign weekly year-round (relocation not provided).
• Experience with relational DBMS (MySQL, Postgres, SQL Server, Oracle).
• Experience creating APIs/web services and front-end development.
• Willing to learn new skills on the job.

Responsibilities

• Build digital products that are consumed at our factories to keep the assembly lines running, and/or help with factory logistics and operations.
• These enterprise digital products are used by all the John Deere factories across the globe in managing their operations, including manufacturing our great products.
• The tools will use a modern tech stack that utilizes containerization technology, observability, and deployment pipelines that will deploy the solutions at the intelligent edge in our factories.

Skills

ReactJS with Redux

Front-end development

APIs / Web services

GitHub

CI/CD

AWS or Azure

Agile software development

Education

Bachelor's or pursuing degree in Computer Science or MIS

Full-time UIUC student

Graduation May 2028 or later

GPA 2.8+

Tools

Relational DBMS (MySQL/Postgres/SQL Server/Oracle)

Containerization basics

Job description

John Deere invites applications for a Part-Time Student - Software Engineering position at the UIUC campus in Champaign, IL. You will contribute to building digital products used in factory operations and logistics with a modern, containerized tech stack.

Eligible students must be full-time at UIUC with a May 2028 or later graduation date, a 2.8+ GPA, and the ability to work 15–20 hours weekly during the school year and 30–40 hours in summer. Onsite position.