Staff Software Engineer - Mobile (iOS) - Sentera

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, including disabled & veterans.   Primary Location: United States (US) - Minnesota  - St Paul   Function: Technology (CA) Title: Staff Software Engineer - Mobile (iOS) - Sentera - 122525   Onsite/Remote: Onsite Position        Your Responsibilities

As a Staff Software Engineer at John Deere - Sentera located in St Paul, MN , you will:

Be the technical lead and sole developer of FieldAgent Mobile, an iOS application used by drone pilots to plan and execute drone flights to scout agricultural fields.  You will also lead design and development of one or more new mobile applications enabling customers to configure and run Sentera sensors/cameras and related hardware products.  The current technical lead is moving into a new role at Sentera. While they will be available long term for knowledge transfer and consultation, you will own the existing and new applications.   Drive impact as part of an empowered product team composed of Product Management, UX, and Engineering implementing the Product Operating Model.  You will contribute to every stage of product development: discovering, designing, testing, delivering, and maintaining innovative software solutions to advance scouting through drone flights and field walks for John Deere’s customers.   Collaborate with Product Management and UX to develop a deep understanding of customer problems including participation in customer calls and in-person customer visits, including both internal customers (Sentera’s own pilots) and external customers.    Combine your technical expertise and creativity to propose solutions, develop prototypes, test prototypes with customers, and evaluate feasibility. Following validation of customer value, technical feasibility, usability, and business viability (the discovery phase), design, code, test, deliver, and maintain software as part of a team passionate about software quality (the delivery phase). Define and drive mobile software architecture and design patterns. Perform developer testing of your software by flying drones. Support a culture of software craftsmanship best practices including testing, Continuous Integration/Deployment, peer code review, automation, and technical debt management. Leverage AI tools such as Copilot (VS Code or CLI) thoughtfully to balance productivity with architecture quality, code readability, and project maintainability. Provide coaching and mentoring to others within the technical discipline. Serve as a technical advisor in the solution of complex problems spanning the cloud backend team, other client app teams, and the embedded/hardware team. Identify and resolve performance, reliability, and scalability issues. Contribute to long-term mobile platform strategy and technical roadmap. If you have experience in C# .NET, collaborate on high level design and provide peer code review for the tech lead and sole developer of Sentera’s Windows application. Travel to participate in 2-5 customer visits per year for discovery and 1-2 internal conferences/trainings per year. Travel includes day trips and overnight trips lasting 1-2 nights.

VISA Sponsorship is NOT available for this position   What Skills You Need

6 or more years of professional software development experience 2 or more years of hands-on iOS development experience Strong proficiency in all of the