Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Caterpillar•Chicago, IL

13h•Onsite

About The Position

At Cat Digital, we are creating a world-class, next-generation platform that will power a growing ecosystem of innovative, customer-focused applications. We are seeking a strategic, visionary, and technically outstanding Senior Software Engineering Manager within Cat Digital Platform Services to lead multiple high-impact teams in building and scaling reusable platform services and APIs that enable enterprise-wide applications and products.

Requirements

Demonstrated ability to build and lead high-performing engineering teams, foster a culture of accountability and innovation, and influence cross-functional stakeholders to deliver enterprise platform strategy and outcomes.
Deep understanding of designing and evolving reusable platform services (shared APIs, common frameworks, foundational services) that enable downstream product teams to scale efficiently.
Proven expertise in designing and delivering scalable, cloud-native distributed systems, Platform Services and APIs, and driving engineering best practices across quality, performance, reliability, security, and automation.
Ability to detect systemic issues early, manage risk proactively, and drive corrective actions across teams and services.

Nice To Haves

Practical experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools (such as GitHub Copilot or automated agent workflows) to accelerate code generation, boilerplate reduction, and automated testing across multiple teams.
Demonstrated ability to lead and develop engineering managers, setting clear expectations, coaching through complexity, and ensuring consistent execution, talent growth, and accountability across multiple teams.
Proven ability to set a clear platform and engineering vision and drive multiple complex initiatives in parallel through a large organization of 40+ software engineers, aligning teams, managing dependencies, and delivering outcomes with consistency and accountability.

Responsibilities

Define and execute the vision for several scalable and secure platform Services and APIs that promote reuse, reduce duplication, and improve developer productivity.
Collaborate closely with product, architecture, security, and business stakeholders to ensure platform capabilities align with long-term enterprise strategy and evolving customer needs.
Drive the design and development of Platform Services/APIs with reusability in mind, balancing immediate business needs with future use cases by anticipating and forecasting evolving requirements.
Constantly seek opportunities to improve organizational efficiencies.