Lead Software Engineer provides technical leadership in design, development and deployment of Caterpillar’s state-of-the-art digital platform. This position will build a world class platform to host a wide range of digital applications.

JOB DUTIES: Responsibilities of the incumbents are across functional lines with individuals assigned in new program development and/or maintenance of existing mobile, WEB, Cloud, server, personal computer, mainframe, and/or distributed computing systems.

Competent to perform all programming, project management, and development assignments without close supervision; normally assigned the more complex aspects of systems work.
Defines the integration architecture meeting business requirements
Provides integration inputs for the leadership and Architecture Review Board
Guides the project team on detailed integration work from concept and initiation to the end of development
Validates and signs off the delivered solution integration architecture
Acts as tech leader for development and support groups; provides programming and application/technical leadership, guidance, and assistance to other team members.
Works directly on complex application/technical problem identification and resolution, including responding to off-shift and weekend support calls.
Works independently on complex systems or infrastructure components that may be used by one or more applications or systems.
Drives application development and systems integration tasks focused around delivering business valuable features
Maintains high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits
Identifies and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team
Enforces standards in SDLC, such as structured application/interface code, new program documentation, operations documentation and user guides in a casual, flexible environment
Communicates with end users and internal customers to help direct development, debugging, and testing of application software for accuracy, integrity, interoperability, and completeness
Leads development of new functionality and applications on cross-functional Agile project teams
Performs integrated testing and customer acceptance testing of components that requires careful planning and execution to ensure timely, quality results.
Employee is also responsible for performing other job duties as assigned by Caterpillar management from time to time.

Qualifications

Basic qualifications:

· Position requires a four-year degree from an accredited college or university.

· Eight years or more of software development experience or at least five years of experience with master’s degree in computer science or related field.

· Eight years or more of experience in designing and developing software applications in Java or Scala or at least five years of experience in Java or Scala with master’s degree in computer science or related field.

Top candidates will also have:

· Proven experience in many of the following,

o Designing, developing, deploying and maintaining software at scale.

o Batch or stream processing systems such as Apache Spark, Flink, Akka, Storm

o Message brokers such as Kafka, RabbitMq, AWS SQS, AWS SNS, Apache ActiveMQ, Kinesis.

o Datastores such as MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, Elasticsearch, MySQL, Oracle.

o Developing software applications using relational and Nosql databases.

o Application architectural patterns, such as MVC, Microservices, Event-driven, etc.

o Deploying software using CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GoCD, Azure Devops etc.

o At least three plus years of deploying and maintaining software using public clouds such as AWS or Azure.

o Working within an Agile framework (ideally Scrum).

o Debugging and maintaining software in Linux or Unix platforms.

o Experience designing well-defined Restful APIs

o Experience writing API proxies on platforms such as Apigee Edge, AWS API Gateway or Azure API Gateway

o Hands one experience with API tools such as Swagger, Postman and Assertible

o Test driven development and behavior driven development.

o Hands on experience with testing tools such as Selenium and Cucumber and their integration into CI/CD pipelines.

· Must demonstrate solid knowledge of computer science fundamentals like data structures and algorithms.

· Ability to work under pressure and within time constraints.

· Passion for technology and an eagerness to contribute to a team-oriented environment.

· Demonstrated leadership on medium to large-scale projects impacting strategic priorities.

· Demonstrated experience in consulting or advisory roles.

· Bachelor’s degree in Computer science or Electrical engineering or related field is required.

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Kyle Cline

Analytics Manager

PEOPLE-FIRST EXPERIENCE

Work in a setting that prioritizes people

Leading a team isn’t Cline’s only duty. “My most important leadership role is being a father,” he said, commending the parental leave policy that let him be with his newborn son. The human element extends to entities like the Caterpillar Foundation, which among other initiatives, provides support to disaster-impacted areas. “I’m proud to work for a company that prioritizes communities and their people,” Cline said.

Caterpillar makes me feel like they want me to stay and grow.

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GROW EACH DAY

Advance in a development-minded environment

A 16-year company veteran, Banerjee hasn’t just logged serious time with the company — but mileage, too. From navigating M&As in Japan and tackling new product introduction in China and Singapore, to spearheading digital efforts in India, the technologist has grown immensely since starting as an IT analyst. “At Caterpillar, there are myriad opportunities to explore your potential and grow your career globally,” Banerjee said.

Leaders appreciate initiative, enthusiasm, flexibility and the drive to get things done.

Jenny Thompson

Digital Product Manager

Real World Impact

Digital Solutions That Power the Bottom Line

Digital Product Manager Jenny Thompson sees connectivity as a cornerstone of great service. “Our digital services empower customers to improve their efficiency, productivity, profitability and sustainability — directly powering their bottom line,” Thompson said. To transform its customers’ operations, Caterpillar develops digital solutions that combine its many strengths: asset and service data, engineering and robust analytics. “These tools give customers insights about their operations and recommendations for their fleets that are more tailored than ever before,” Thompson said.

Caterpillar was an early adopter of connectivity and the value that data can bring. We want our customers to be successful, and these technologies are important enablers for that success.