Senior Staff Software Engineer

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) - California - Santa Clara*

*Function:* *Product Engineering (CA)*

*Title:* *Senior Staff Software Engineer - 122036*

*Onsite/Remote:**Onsite Position*

Your Responsibilities

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As a Senior Staff Software Engineer for John Deere located in Santa Clara, CA, you will:

• 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).
• Architect and execute the transition from Fast DDS to Zenoh as the ROS 2 middleware layer, including performance benchmarking, integration testing, and migration planning.
• Diagnose and resolve complex system-level issues that span multiple processes, machines, and network boundaries — you're the person who figures out what's broken and why when logs are the only evidence.
• Design and implement core autonomy software components, including state machines, behavior trees, and shared utilities used across the robotics stack.
• Mentor and uplevel teammates on architecture, software best practices, modern language features, systems...