Job Description:

Career Area:
Business Technologies, Digital and Data, Strategy
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.



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.


Cat Digital is the digital and technology arm of Caterpillar Inc., leveraging the latest technologies to build industry leading digital solutions for our customers and dealers. With over 1.5 million connected assets worldwide, our teams use data, technology, advanced analytics, telematics, and AI capabilities to help our customers build a better, more sustainable world.



About the Role


As a Software Engineer, you will contribute to the design, development, and deployment of Caterpillar's state-of-the-art digital platform. Software Engineers manage the completion of their own work assignments and coordinate work with others.


This position will build a world class platform to host a wide range of digital applications.Responsibilities are across functional lines with individuals assigned in new program development and/or maintenance of existing mobile, WEB, Cloud, server, personal computer, mainframe, and/or distributed computing systems.



What You Will Do


You'll join a team with diverse project responsibilities and have valuable networking opportunities with all levels of Caterpillar employees. In addition, all individuals hired into a early career role in Cat Digital will participate in L.E.A.D (learn, engage, adapt, develop), which is a 12 month onboarding program. Through this program, you will gain networking opportunities, Caterpillar, Cat Digital and technical acumen. Software engineering roles are primarily in the verticals below:



Applications Engineering - early career team members will be immersed in designing and developing consistent customer-centric, premium digital experiences. This includes product development, mobile and service applications, eCommerce and digital marketing, etc.



Digital Platform - early career team members will work to help simplify enterprise digital infrastructure; accelerate application development, ensuring greater data availability, quality and security. This includes backend services include API, databases, notification services, onboarding services and automation around onboarding, etc.

Data & AI Engineering - early career team members will work to build data ingestion, data processing and transformation pipelines which serves Dealers/Customers and CAT internal users through the Digital Platform.

Project Coordinator - early career team members will manage the day-to-day activities of projects. Developing contingency plans for potential risks. Evaluating and managing deliverables to ensure service expectations are achievable, developed, and met.



What You Have - Skills and Experiences


Examples of skills and technologies that previous hires have utilized include:

• Designing, developing, deploying, and maintaining software at scale utilizing Java, Javascript,/Typescript, Springboot, NextJS, Python, React, etc.
  
• Developing software applications using relational and NoSQL databases
  
• Deploying software using CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GoCD, Azure Devops etc.
  
• Deploying and maintaining software using public clouds such as AWS or Azure
  
• Working within an Agile framework (ideally Scrum)
  
• Gen/AI prompt engineering
  
• Designing well-defined Restful APIs along with writing API proxies on platforms such as AWS API Gateway or Azure API Gateway
  
• Testing with Selenium and Cucumber and their integration into CI/CD pipelines
  
• Datastores such as MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, Elasticsearch, MySQL, Oracle
  

Degree Requirements


Currently attending or recently graduated from a 4-year accredited university/college with a bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or related degree



Top candidates will also have

• Minimum cumulative GPA requirement 3.0/ 4.0 (no rounding)
  
• Expected graduation date between May 2023 through June 2025
  
• Demonstrated experience using skills and technologies listed above
  
• Previous demonstrated leadership experience
  
• Previous technical work experience demonstrating technical aptitude
  
• Passion for technology and an eagerness to contribute to a team-oriented environment
  

Additional Information


Locations for this position are typically Chicago and Peoria Illinois. Limited opportunities in Dallas, Texas


Basic relocation may be available, dependent on relocation qualifications



Wage and Employee benefit details


Base salary for this role ranges from $79,800 - $119,760. Actual salary will be based on degree, completed degree level and priorinternship experience at Caterpillar. The total rewards package, beyond base salary includes:

• Annual incentive bonus plan (subject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines)
  
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage
  
• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holiday, Volunteer, Etc.)
  
• 401k savings plan
  
• Health savings account (HSA)
  
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
  
• Short and long-term disability coverage
  
• Life Insurance
  
• Paid parental leave
  
• Healthy Lifestyle Programs
  
• Employee Assistance Programs
  
• Voluntary Benefits (Ex. accident,identity theft protection, etc.)
  

Relocation is available for this position.Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position. This employer is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship tied to a specific employer, such as, H, L, TN, F, J, E, O. 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.
Posting Dates:
October 29, 2024 - November 1, 2024
Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

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