JOB PURPOSE:
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.

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JOB DUTIES: As a Senior Software Engineer you will contribute to design, development and deployment of Caterpillar’s state-of-the-art digital platform.

1.Competent to perform all programming and development assignments without close supervision; normally assigned the more complex aspects of systems work.
2.Works directly on complex application/technical problem identification and resolution, including responding to off-shift and weekend support calls.
3.Works independently on complex systems or infrastructure components that may be used by one or more applications or systems.
4.Drives application development focused around delivering business valuable features
5.Maintains high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits.
6.Identifies and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team.
7.Mentors junior developers.
8.Communicate with end users and internal customers to help direct development, debugging, and testing of application software for accuracy, integrity, interoperability, and completeness.
9.Performs integrated testing and customer acceptance testing of components that requires careful planning and execution to ensure timely, quality results.

The position manages the completion of its own work assignments and coordinates work with others. Based on past experiences and knowledge, the incumbent normally works independently with minimal management input and review of end results.

Typical customers include Caterpillar customers, dealers, other external companies who purchase services offered by Caterpillar as well as internal business unit and/or service center groups. The position is challenged to quickly and correctly identify problems that may not be obvious. The incumbent solves problems by determining the best course of action, within departmental guidelines, from many existing solutions. The incumbent sets priorities and establishes a work plan in order to complete broadly defined assignments and achieve desired results. The position participates in brainstorming sessions focused on developing new approaches to meeting quality goals in the measure(s) stated.

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 at least five years of experience in Java with master’s degree in computer science or related field.
Top candidates will also have:
•Deep domain knowledge in telematics
•Proven experience in many of the following,
oDesigning, developing, deploying and maintaining software at scale, with good understanding of concurrency.
oBatch or stream processing systems such as Apache Spark, Flink, Akka, Storm
oMessage brokers such as Kafka, RabbitMq, AWS SQS, AWS SNS, Apache ActiveMQ, Kinesis, Azure Event Hub.
oDatastores such as DynamoDB, Aurora PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, Elasticsearch, MySQL, Oracle.
oDeveloping software applications using relational and NoSQL databases.
oApplication architectural patterns, such as MVC, Microservices, Event-driven, etc.
oDeploying software using CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GoCD, Azure Devops, Confluence, etc.
oAt least three plus years of deploying and maintaining software using public clouds such as AWS or Azure.
oWorking within an Agile framework (ideally Scrum).
oExperience designing well-defined Restful APIs
oExperience writing API proxies on platforms such as Apigee Edge, AWS API Gateway or Azure API Manager
oHands one experience with API tools such as Swagger, Postman and Assertible
oTest driven development and behavior driven development.
oHands on experience with testing tools such as Cucumber and their integration into CI/CD pipelines.
oExperience using mocking frameworks and unit test frameworks
oExpertise writing and debugging multi-threaded applications
•Strong analytical skills.
•Must demonstrate solid knowledge of computer science fundamentals like data structures and algorithms and object-oriented design.
•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.
•Bachelor’s degree in Computer science or Electrical engineering or related field is required.

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Kyle Cline

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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

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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.