Sr. Software Engineer

Career Area:
Business Technologies, Digital and Data
Job Description:
Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.
When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do - but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here - we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.
Caterpillar Inc. seeks Sr. Software Engineer at its facility located at 540 W. Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois 60661.
Contribute to design, development, and deployment of Caterpillar's state-of-the-art digital platform. Work across functional lines with individuals assigned in new program development and/or maintenance of existing mobile, web, cloud, server, personal computer, mainframe, and distributed computing systems. Perform all programming, project management, and development assignments without close supervision. Work directly on complex application/technical problem identification and resolution. Work independently on complex systems or infrastructure components that may be used by one or more applications or systems. Drive application development focused around delivering business valuable features, maintaining high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits. Identify and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team. Guide the team to develop a structured application/interface code, new program documentation, operations documentation, and user guides in a casual, flexible environment. Perform integrated testing and customer acceptance testing of components that requires careful planning and execution to ensure timely, quality results. Specifically, create functions and assign droles in AWS Lambda to run python scripts and AWS Lambda using java to perform event driven processing. Work on DevOps / Agile operations process and tools area such as Code review, unit test automation, build and release automation environment, Incident and Change Management, including various tools. Create alarms based on CloudWatch metrics to report issues and errors in AWS resources like EC2, Lambda, Api gateway, kinesis, SQS, S3, SNS and create alarms based on the custom metrics. Develop TDD (Test Driven Development) compliant reusable component testing framework in Java and Python using Cucumber.
REQS: This position requires a master's degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field plus one (1) year experience as a Software Developer, Embedded Developer, or related occupation. Additionally, the applicant must have employment experience with: (1) Designing, developing, deploying, and maintaining software at scale developing software applications; (2) Deploying software using CI/CD tools via Azure; (3) Database tools and technologies including specifically: MongoDB, Redis, MySQL, and Oracle; (4) AWS technologies: S3, LB, CloudWatch, SNS, ECS, RDS, Dynamo, Lambda, SQS, Kinesis, Cloud Formation, IAM, and EC2; and (5) Testing frameworks: Spock, Junit, TDD, Behave, Cucumber.
Telecommuting: 2 days/week permitted.
Applicants who are interested in this position should apply via www.caterpillar.com/careers , search [Sr. Software Engineer/ Reference # - R0000266063] . #LI-DNI.
Posting Dates:
July 16, 2024 - November 22, 2024
Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.
EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.
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