John Deere & Company

Senior Staff Software Engineer

Santa Clara,California,United States · Staff+

No sponsorship$157k-$236kDetected 14 days ago

C++Distributed SystemsData StructuresCode ReviewDockerCI/CDLinuxRoboticsElectrical EngineeringFirewall

About the role

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.

At John Deere, you are empowered to create a career that will take you to where you want to go while working in an inclusive team environment.
Here, you'll enjoy the freedom to explore new projects, the support to think outside the box and the advanced tools and technology that foster innovation and achievement.
In the event of a conflict between the language of the official Plan Documents and this document, the language of the official Plan Documents will control.
Serve as the connective tissue across the full system stack - bridging build systems, containers, ROS infrastructure, board support packages (BSP), and cloud backends to keep the entire platform working end-to-end.
Own and improve the C++ build pipeline, reducing build times, and increasing overall reliability across CI/CD (CMake, colcon, Bazel).
Design and implement core autonomy software components, including state machines, behavior trees, and shared utilities used across the robotics stack.
Demonstrated ability to work across the full system stack - someone who understands how build systems, containers, middleware, OS/BSP layers, and cloud services interact and can troubleshoot at any boundary.
Deep expertise with build systems - CMake, colcon, and/or Bazel - including dependency management, cross-compilation, and build performance optimization.

The qualifications detailed in this job description are not considered the minimum requirements necessary to perform the job, but rather as guidelines.
VISA Sponsorship is NOT available for this position What Skills You Need 10 or more years of professional software engineering experience with a strong focus on modern C++.
Significant experience with complex, distributed, asynchronous systems - multi-process, multi-machine architectures that communicate with cloud backends.
Experience with DDS middleware (Fast DDS, Cyclone DDS, or similar) and a solid understanding of pub/sub transport, discovery, and QoS tuning.
Direct experience with Zenoh or active involvement in the ROS 2 Zenoh RMW effort.
Experience with cross-architecture builds (x86 / ARM / Jetson) and BSP-level integration.
Experience with static analysis and code quality tools (clang-tidy, cppcheck, ASAN/TSAN/UBSAN).

The terms of the applicable benefit plans, and all company actions administering or interpreting these plans, continue to control.

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.
John Deere is an equal opportunity employer, including disabled & veterans.

VISA Sponsorship is NOT available for this position What Skills You Need 10 or more years of professional software engineering experience with a strong focus on modern C++

This listing is sourced directly from John Deere & Company's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.