Lead Software Engineer(Senior Data Specialist) chez Cat

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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.

Your Impact 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.

Job Summary

Caterpillar is seeking a Lead Software Engineer (Senior Data Specialist) to join Financial Systems Tech Support -CAT IT

We are seeking a highly skilled Lead Software Engineer to drive technical strategy and execution for modern, scalable web applications. This role combines hands-on development with leadership responsibilities, ensuring architectural integrity, security, and performance across the stack. The ideal candidate will lead technical initiatives, mentor team members, and collaborate with stakeholders to align technology solutions with business objectives.

The preference for this role is to be based out of Bangalore – Caterpillar PSN

What you will do

• Define and own the technical roadmap, ensuring alignment with business goals and scalability requirements.
• Make architecture decisions for frontend, backend, and cloud infrastructure to optimize performance and cost.
• Establish coding standards, best practices, and governance for development and deployment.
• Partner with product owners and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical strategies.
• Drive cloud adoption and modernization initiatives, leveraging AWS services for efficiency and resilience.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and tools to enhance system capabilities and future-proof solutions.

Technical & Leadership Responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor a team of developers, fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration.
• Architect, develop, and maintain secure, scalable web applications using React.js/Next.js and Python.
• Design and implement backend services, APIs, and microservices with a focus on performance and reliability.
• Oversee deployment and management of applications on AWS (EC2, ECS, S3, Lambda, Glue, etc.).
• Define and maintain CI/CD pipelines using AWS services for rapid and safe delivery.
• Drive database design and optimization for relational and NoSQL systems (Snowflake, AWS RDS, PostgreSQL, MongoDB).
• Ensure code quality through version control (Git), code reviews, and automated testing.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize performance across the stack.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders, providing actionable insights and technical recommendations.

 What you will have 

• Bachelor’s or master’s in computer science or software engineering, or Equivalent education with at least 8 Years of experience (B.E / B Tech / M Tech)
• ·Strong proficiency in Next.js, React, and modern JavaScript/TypeScript.
• ·Solid experience in Python (PySpark, Flask, FastAPI preferred).
• ·Proven expertise in AWS, including ECS, ECR, Lambda, Glue, S3, DataBrew, CloudWatch.
• ·Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).
• ·Experience with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code (CloudFormation, Terraform).
• Knowledge of RESTful APIs and GraphQL.
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills.
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience with monitoring tools and performance tuning.
• Knowledge of security best practices in cloud and web development.
• Agile/Scrum experience.
• Prior experience in leading technical projects or teams.
• The position requires the candidate to work a 5-a day -week schedule in the office.

Skills desired:

Value Realization: Knowledge of value realization methods; ability to plan, execute, monitor and manage business activities and resources to determine and achieve the actual value from a business initiative as estimated in an associated business case.
Level Basic Understanding:
• Describes the importance of Value Realization milestones for long-term projects.
• Assists in measuring and attaining post-project implementation value.
• Identifies process changes or business value integration in change initiative plans and activities.
• Contributes to project team communication regarding the linkage of a change initiative to its associated business goals and case.

Communicating Complex Concepts: Knowledge of effective presentation tools and techniques to ensure clear understanding; ability to use summarization and simplification techniques to explain complex technical concepts in simple, clear language appropriate to the audience.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Uses comparisons to familiar ideas when introducing a technical or novel feature.
• Separates fundamental concepts from supporting details in explaining a product or service.
• Explains products and services with little or no use of technical jargon or advanced vocabulary.
• Emphasizes the most important facts or features of a product or service.
• Perceives lack of audience comprehension; further simplifies explanation when needed.

Agile Development: Knowledge of agile methodologies and the agile development lifecycle; ability to utilize formal agile methodologies, disciplines, practices and techniques for the delivery of new and enhanced applications.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Explains a specific agile process and its associated checkpoints and deliverables.
• Works with a specific agile development methodology.
• Interprets metrics used to measure progress and effectiveness.
• Defines key selection and qualifying criteria for projects suitable for agile development.
• Applies major tools and techniques associated with the specific methodology.

Cloud Computing: Knowledge of the concepts, technologies and services of cloud computing; ability to design, deploy and implement cloud computing solutions in various business environment.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Works with a specific cloud service model, such as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) or Software as a Service (SaaS).
• Follows established procedures in defining client requirements for cloud services.
• Implements a specific cloud service model, such as Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Software as a Service (SaaS) or Serverless computing.
• Carries out tasks, under supervision, to increase capacity or add capabilities through cloud computing.
• Documents and resolves basic problems related to cloud security.

Database Design (Physical): Knowledge of database systems; ability to establish a data model for designing an organization's database that runs effectively and efficiently for better business outcome.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Researches relationships between different business data sets.
• Participates in the establishment of data structures based on their relationships.
• Adheres to an organization's database design policies.
• Utilizes database design tools and techniques.
• Tests the effectiveness of the database before its release for business use.

ETL Process: Knowledge of the extraction, transformation and loading (ETL) process; ability to develop a database through the ETL process.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Ensures the accuracy and effectiveness of data provided for the warehouse.
• Loads selected data into the warehouse on a regular basis.
• Derives necessary business or technical information from original data.
• Acquires a large amount of data from different sources/systems.
• Solves technical and administrative problems during the ETL process.

Information Management: Knowledge of an organization's existing and planned Information Architecture and Information Management (IM) methodology; ability to collect and manage information from different sources, and distribute this information to enhance operational efficiency.
Level Extensive Experience:
• Directs the implementation of information processing and operation standards to protect and manage information assets.
• Develops capabilities, features and uses for major IM platforms.
• Coaches others on issues and considerations for managing structured vs. unstructured data.
• Advises on improvement plans for existing and forecasted information architecture.
• Consults on all major information management platforms and practices.
• Consults on information architecture concepts, disciplines and practices.

Modeling: Data, Process, Events, Objects: Knowledge of data, process and events; ability to use tools and techniques for analyzing and documenting logical relationships among data, processes or events.
Level Working Knowledge:
• Defines common types of data, processes or event models.
• Participates in model reviews and walkthroughs.
• Explains existing models to clients and describes their associated business processes.
• Focuses on modifying Data Structure, Access and Entity Relationship Diagrams.
• Prepares reports to recap current findings and issues in data, processes or event models.

What you will get:

• Work Life Harmony
• Earned and medical leave.

Holistic Development

• Personal and professional development through Caterpillar ‘s employee resource groups across the globe
• Career developments opportunities with global prospects

Health and Wellness

• Medical coverage -Medical, life and personal accident coverage
• Employee mental wellness assistance program

 Financial Wellness

• Employee investment plan
• Pay for performance -Annual incentive Bonus plan.

 Additional Information:

Caterpillar is not currently hiring individuals for this position who now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status; however, as a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers

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

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