Senior Software Engineer

** Career Area:
** Technology, Digital and Data
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* 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.

The Service Options team within CAT Digital is expanding to support the Speed to Quote initiative, aiming to improve how service option data is created, managed, and delivered for Caterpillar and dealers when quoting rebuilds, maintenance, and repairs.  As a Senior Software Engineer on the CAT Digital – Global Services Application Team, you will help develop a centralized customer hub in partnership with the Helios Team, integrating three existing applications (Service Options Collaborator, CAT Certified Rebuild, and CAT Calculated Web) with a newly integrated single capability within the Service Information System.
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* What You Will Do:

*** A qualified candidate will possess the ability to work independently, design, develop, test and deploy software applications.
* Work on functional lines with individuals assigned in new program development and/or maintenance of Cloud, server and/or distributed computing systems.
* Will mentor junior developers provide technical assistance as needed, perform code reviews, work directly on complex applications and technical problem identification and resolution.
* Will work on infrastructure components that may be used by one or more applications or systems and focused around delivering business value features.
* Will create program and operations documentation in a casual, flexible environment.
* May collaborate with business and internal customers to guide development, debugging, and testing for application software accuracy and completeness.
* Work independently to develop new functionality and applications on cross-functional Agile project teams.
* Perform integrated testing and customer acceptance testing of components to ensure timely, quality results.
** What You Have:**
* ** 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.
* ** Effective Communications:
** Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
* ** 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
** Consideration for Top Candidates:
*** Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or related field.
* Proven experience designing scalable architecture systems for Java-based applications.
* Strong experience in Spring Boot framework for building scalable, maintainable applications.
* Deep expertise in object-oriented design, design patterns, and software architecture.
* Proven experience architecting and deploying solutions on AWS or Azure cloud platforms.
* Experience with databases (SQL) and Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) tools such as Hibernate, JPA, or Spring Data.
* Experience with writing complex SQL queries and creating stored procedures and functions
* Familiarity with Snowflake data warehouse technology
* Proficiency in concurrency and multi-threading in Java, with the ability to design and implement thread-safe, high-performance applications.
* Design, develop, and deploy robust and scalable AI and machine…