Lead Software Engineer - java - full Stack

Lead Software Engineer

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.

Big machines require big thinking. Are you looking for your next big challenge?

Cat® Digital is the digital and technology arm of Caterpillar Inc., leveraging the latest technologies to build industry leading digital solutions for our customers and dealers. With over one million connected assets worldwide, our teams use data, technology, advanced analytics, telematics, and AI capabilities to help our customers build a better world.

Working with a Fortune 100 leader, you can build your career on a global scale and take advantage of development opportunities with emerging technologies. We've created an inclusive environment for you to explore your passions, make an impact and do the work that really matters. Join Us.

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.

14+ years of experience in designing, developing, deploying and maintaining software at scale

Hands-on in JAVA and J2EE technologies & cloud based environment with experience in leading the engineers and providing technical guidance

Expert knowledge in JPA, Hibernate, JDBC, SQL, Spring, JUnit and JSON, REST/JSON web services.

Strong knowledge in Java Design Patterns.

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

Developing software applications using relational and NoSQL databases.

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

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

Working within an Agile framework (ideally Scrum).

Experience designing well-defined Restful APIs

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

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

Test driven development and behavior driven development.

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

Experience using mocking frameworks and unit test frameworks

Expertise 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.

Experience in working with the Leads to create product plans, resource and scope estimates and feature technical specifications

Knowledge of modern authorization mechanisms, such as OAuth, JSON Web Token

Advance knowledge in Security and best practices in cyber security

A strong understanding of approaches and techniques to optimize web performance.

Additionally, you would participate in competency development with the objective of ensuring the best-fit and high-quality technical solutions.

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.