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Primary Location: United States (US) - Illinois - Moline Function: Technology (CA) Title: Part-Time Student - Software Engineer - Moline, IL - 120790 Onsite/Remote: Onsite Position
Note: Relocation assistance is not provided.
The Part-Time Student Program is primarily designed to augment the Company's regular full-time staff and is for students who work in parallel to their school schedule YEAR-ROUND .
Your Responsibilities
As a Part Time Student for John Deere World Headquarters located in Moline, IL, you will:
- Design, implement, and operationalize systems using large language models (LLMs) and multimodal models,
This position is NOT available to students on immigration visas
What Skills You Need
- Ideally, pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or others may apply.
- Must be registered as a full-time student at a local accredited university.
- Graduation date of Spring 2028 or later.
- Cumulative GPA of 2.8 or above.
- Available to work 16-20 hours/week during the academic year.
- Available to work 30-40 hours/week during the summer semester.
- Build and integrate LLM-powered features, including retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), agent frameworks, tool use, and conversational interfaces.
- Evaluate and implement open-source and commercial foundation models (text, code, image, multimodal).
- Develop embedding pipelines, vector search, and hybrid search strategies.
- Must be able to commute to the work location on scheduled workdays.
What Makes You Stand Out
- Familiarity with orchestration frameworks such as LangChain, Semantic Kernel, or LlamaIndex.
- Proficiency in Python (preferred) and Java, with hands-on experience in LLM workflows.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Strong software engineering fundamentals in distributed systems, API development, and performance optimization.
- Experience building microservices, event-driven systems, or real-time inference services.
- Strong understanding of CI/CD, testing strategies for AI systems, and observability tools
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. Additionally, we offer a comprehensive reward package to help you get started on your new career path, including:
- Flexible work arrangements
- Highly competitive base pay
- Savings & Retirement benefits (401K and Defined Benefit Pension)
- Healthcare benefits with a generous company contribution in the Health Savings Account
- Adoption assistance
- Employee Assistance Programs
- Tuition assistance
- Fitness subsidies and on-site gyms at specific Deere locations
- Charitable contribution match
- Employee Purchase Plan & numerous discount programs for personal use
- Vacation and Holiday Pay
$15 - $40 hourly based on published rates for business function and education level.
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Must be 18 years of age or older to apply
The information contained herein is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and qualifications required of individuals performing the job. The qualifications detailed in this job description are not considered the minimum requirements necessary to perform the job, but rather as guidelines.
The terms of the applicable benefit plans, and all company actions administering or interpreting these plans, continue to control. Deere & Company reserves the right to suspend, amend, modify, or terminate the Plan(s) in any manner at any time, including the right to modify or eliminate any cost-sharing between the company and participants. Changes, which can be made at any time, are made by action of the company's board of directors, or to the extent authorized by resolution of its board of directors, or by the Deere & Company Compensation Committee. 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.
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