Career Area:

Engineering

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.

Role Defination

Lead design and delivery of Java-based services/applications and mentor developers to deliver high-quality, scalable software in an Agile environment.

Responsibilities

• Own technical design and delivery; enforce coding standards, best practices, performance and availability.
• Lead code reviews, mentor engineers, and coach on design patterns and low-level design.
• Ensure enhancements align with existing architecture; deep-dive complex legacy modules and propose optimal solutions.
• Collaborate with DevOps/cloud teams on build, release, and deployment readiness.
• Drive quality improvements, prevent production issues, and reduce technical debt.

Experience

• 7+ years in Java development; 2+ years in a technical lead capacity.

Skill Descriptor

• Strong Java/J2EE, OOP, MVC, Java design patterns. Spring + REST/JSON services; JPA/Hibernate/JDBC, SQL; JUnit.
• Git (branching/merging/tagging), Maven; strong debugging.
• Docker/containerization (and related tooling as applicable).
• Excellent communication; experience working with global teams.
• Identify and drive opportunities to embed AI and automation into engineering workflows to improve developer productivity, quality, and delivery speed.
• Partner with architects and product teams to design AI‑ready services and APIs, enabling future integration of AI/ML capabilities.

Posting Dates:

March 11, 2026 - March 24, 2026

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

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