Sr. Software Engineer

Career Area:

Technology, Digital and Data

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.

We are looking for innovative, highly competent java developer to join our team to help drive the ongoing development of our cloud-based technology projects.

This position requires extensive experience applying Java, cloud and mobile (or) web application technologies.

Key Role/Responsibilities:

• Provide technical delivery of Cloud software development capabilities, including analytics and infrastructure.
• Apply and integrate technologies such as Java, J2EE, AJAX, Web Services to conceptualize, design, and develop and unit test web-based (or) desktop applications.
• Leverage Java development expertise and an understanding of Cloud technologies to assist with developing overall Cloud transition strategy, to identify opportunities for future growth, and to introduce and leverage new technologies to support current and future mission within the Cloud.
• Work with the Leads to create product plans, resource and scope estimates and feature technical specifications

Required Skills:

• Strong experience in JAVA and J2EE technologies with Cloud based environment.
• Expert knowledge in JPA, Hibernate, JDBC, SQL, Spring, JUnit and JSON, REST/JSON web services.
• Strong knowledge in Java Design Patterns.
• Development and implementation of features in any Cloud platform products and technologies.
• Experience developing applications with Agile team methodologies preferred.
• Strong Object-Oriented design skills and understanding of MVC.
• Sufficient experience with Git to organize a large software project with multiple developers to include branching, tagging and merging.

Desired Skills:

• Experience in AWS / Azure cloud (PaaS) with Java is a plus.
• Strong business application design skills.
• Excellent communications and interpersonal skills.
• Strong debugging skills.
• Highly proficient in standard Java development tools (Eclipse, Maven, etc.)
• A strong interest in building security into applications from the initial design.
• Experience at creating technical project Documentation and task time estimates.

Posting Dates:

January 9, 2026 - January 22, 2026

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

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