Software Engineer; Autonomy Services

Job Description

When you join Caterpillar, you become part of a global team that cares not only about the work we do but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don’t just talk about progress and innovation – 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.

Technology, Digital and Data

At Caterpillar, technology always has a purpose: to solve our customers’ toughest challenges. Through Cat Technology, we solve problems by building an intelligence layer that connects machines, data, and people to make jobsites safer, more productive, and more sustainable. By combining deep domain expertise in physical systems with software, connectivity, autonomy, and AI, we deliver solutions that work in the real world—on real jobsites, at global scale.

You’ll build and deploy against one of the most unique data foundations—over 1.6 million connected assets generating real-world data daily. These data and platform capabilities enable the development of AI models, edge computing architectures, and software systems that scale across fleets, products, and industries, delivering a new generation of machines that continuously learn and improve at scale.

• Design, build, test, and maintain backend RESTful API services using Java, Spring Boot, and microservices architecture.
• Contribute to the delivery of secure, scalable platform capabilities hosted in AWS and support the lifecycle from design through deployment and operations.
• Work directly on complex application and technical problems, analyze root causes, and implement high‑quality solutions.
• Develop business‑value features with attention to performance, reliability, maintainability, and observability.
• Follow established engineering standards for source control, testing, code reviews, documentation, and CI/CD automation.
• Use AI‑assisted development tools and software engineering agents to accelerate implementation, testing, debugging, refactoring, and documentation while validating outputs through code review, automated tests, and established engineering standards.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional Agile teams to refine requirements, estimate work, and deliver incremental value to customers.
• Contribute to front‑end or Python‑related tasks when needed while remaining primarily focused on Java/Spring Boot backend microservice development.
• Contribute to structured application and interface code, technical documentation, and operational runbooks in a fast‑moving environment.

• Software Development:
  Knowledge of software development tools and activities; ability to produce software products or systems in line with product requirements.
• Software Product Design/Architecture:
  Ability to convert market requirements into software product design and technical approaches.
• Software Integration Engineering:
  Ability to design, develop, and maintain interfaces and linkage to alternative platforms and software packages.
• Decision Making and Critical Thinking:
  Ability to analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
• Effective Communications:
  Ability to effectively transmit, receive, and interpret ideas, information, and needs through appropriate communication behaviors.

• Strong backend engineering capability with Java 17+ and Spring Boot to design and deliver RESTful APIs using microservices principles.
• Proven ability to build secure, scalable platform services in a cloud environment such as AWS or Azure.
• Experience deploying backend services in cloud‑native environments.
• Knowledge of AI‑assisted and agentic software development workflows.
• Ability to review, validate, test, and refine AI‑generated code and pull requests for correctness, maintainability, performance, security, and alignment with established engineering standards.
• Knowledge of responsible AI usage and secure coding practices in AI‑assisted development.
• Nice to Have:
  • Experience building production AI agents using Python.
  • Experience…