Senior Software Engineer

Career Area

Technology, Digital and Data

As a Senior Software Engineer – Search Dev Ops, you play a pivotal role in driving the success of advanced search solutions by actively contributing to their strategic direction and hands‑on implementation. Through your technical expertise and collaborative approach, you help build scalable, high‑performance search platforms that provide outstanding user experiences and support the continued growth of Caterpillar’s eCommerce initiatives.

• Contribute to defining and implementing the long‑term technical vision for the search platform, supporting scalability and adaptability as data volumes and query complexity increase.
• Participate in technical reviews, share best practices, and collaborate with search engineers to solve technical Dev Ops / Security challenges as part of the team.
• Collaborate closely with Search engineering teams to provide recommendations on Dev Ops best practices, Cat Digital Dev Ops standards, and troubleshooting of developer challenges in the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Work with developers to create, optimize, and troubleshoot Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Work with developers to create, optimize, and troubleshoot cloud infrastructure deployments using Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Work with developers in the usage of cloud services and assist in troubleshooting solution problems, including IAM, networking and other configuration issues.
• Assist in developing advanced features such as NLP, vector search, and personalization to improve relevance and accuracy.
• Support the creation of search capabilities with measurable KPIs (e.g., CTR, Query Distribution, Zero Search) and use analytics to help continuously optimize search performance.
• Work closely with product managers, data scientists, and engineering teams to align search efforts with business goals.

Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision‑making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.

Software Development: Knowledge of software development tools and activities; ability to produce software products or systems in line with product requirements.

Software Development Life Cycle: Knowledge of software development life cycle; ability to use a structured methodology for delivering and managing new or enhanced software products to the marketplace.

Software Integration Engineering: Knowledge of software integration processes and functions; ability to design, develop and maintain interfaces and linkage to alternative platforms and software packages.

Software Product Design/Architecture: Knowledge of software product design; ability to convert market requirements into the software product design.

Software Product Technical Knowledge: Knowledge of technical aspects of a software product; ability to design, configure and integrate technical aspects of software products.

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or related field. OR equivalent working experience
• 5+ years of experience in search engineering.
• 2+ years in a technical leadership role.
• Strong understanding of modern search technologies and frameworks.
• Working experience with building Low‑latency API in AWS using Memory‑storage solutions.
• Experience with AWS cloud services (such as IAM, S3, Lambda, Sage Maker, API Gateway, and RDS)
• Strong experience creating, managing, and troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines using Azure Dev Ops and/or Git Hub Actions.
• Familiarity with A/B testing frameworks for evaluating and improving
• Strong knowledge with cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, etc.)
• Advanced experience with version control / repositories such as Git Hub
• Experience operating in an Agile / Global team environment
• Must demonstrate strong initiative, interpersonal skills, and the ability to communicate effectively
• Experience in Web content / large Content search solutions.
• Previous experience with Search products such as Open Search, Elastic Search, SOLR, Lucene, Coveo, and Lucid Works Fusion.
• Strong…