Software Engineer

Caterpillar Inc.•Peoria, IL

21h•$97,530 - $158,480

About The Position

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Digital Identity & Onboarding engineering team within Cat Digital. This role will play a critical hands-on engineering leadership role across multiple mission‑critical applications that form the foundation of Caterpillar’s digital ecosystem, including customer onboarding, digital application governance, and unified user identity management. The engineer will contribute to the design, development, and delivery of scalable, secure, customer‑facing web and API platforms that support global customers, dealers, and internal digital applications.

Requirements

Strong hands-on experience building full-stack applications using Java and modern front-end frameworks (Angular preferred), following industry best practices for security and scalability.
Solid understanding of end-to-end SDLC, with experience working in Agile/Scrum teams.
Experience designing and integrating RESTful APIs and services across internal and external platforms.
Ability to translate business and market requirements into well-designed, scalable software architectures.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make informed technical decisions in complex environments.
Ability to clearly communicate technical concepts and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
React JS, any experience with Spec Anchored Development is a plus.
Professional software development experience, with strong emphasis on React JS and Next.js.
Extensive experience building customer-facing web applications using React JS (4+ preferred) or similar frameworks, along with HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript.
Cloud-native development experience (AWS preferred) and familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices.
Experience with AI driven backends and NVIDIA hardware such as Thor or Orin.
Familiarity with embedded industrial machine software and knowledge of CAN bus protocol
Experience implementing application and API security best practices, including OAuth 2.0 and federated identity integrations.
Experience designing and operating large-scale, highly available systems in production.
Knowledge of event-driven and messaging architectures (Kafka, SQS, SNS, or similar).
Experience with API gateways and tooling such as Swagger/OpenAPI, Postman, and API proxies.
Strong understanding of application observability, testing strategies, and automated quality pipelines (Cypress, Selenium, TDD/BDD).
Demonstrated leadership on medium-to-large initiatives impacting strategic digital platforms.

Responsibilities

Lead all stages of software development including refining product vision, gathering requirements, project planning, software system design, coding, testing, release, deployment, and support.
Contribute across all stages of the software development lifecycle, including requirements refinement, system design, implementation, testing, deployment, and production support.
Design, develop, and enhance full-stack web applications.
Build secure, scalable, and maintainable solutions using modern architecture patterns (microservices, event-driven, API-first).
Collaborate closely with product owners, UX designers, and platform teams to deliver high-quality, business-valuable features on time.
Drive engineering best practices including code quality, automated testing, CI/CD, security, and observability.
Participate in on-call and operational support rotations for critical production systems as needed.