Lead Software Engineer Coveo Search

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The Cat Digital group is the digital and technology arm of Caterpillar Inc. responsible for bringing world class capabilities to our products and services. With over 1.5 million connected assets worldwidewerefocused on using data advanced analytics and AI capabilities to help our customers build a better world.

Job Summary:

eCommerce is a key digital enabler to Caterpillars aftermarket parts and services growth strategy. Delivering on the Caterpillar brand promise of premium high-quality solutions is an important element in accelerating the development and deployment of Caterpillars expanded capabilities in eCommerce.

The Lead Software engineer Ecommerce Search is responsible for setting the technical direction and overseeing the execution of advanced search solutions. This role combines strategic vision hands-on technical expertise and leadership to build scalable high-performance search platforms that deliver exceptional user experiences.

What You Will Do:

• Technical Strategy: Define and implement a long-term technical vision for the search platform to ensure scalability and adaptability to growing data volumes and query complexity.
• Team Leadership: Mentor and guide a team of search engineers through technical reviews best practices and collaborative problem-solving.
• Feature Development: Introduce advanced capabilities such as NLP vector search and personalization to enhance relevance and accuracy.
• Data Analysis & Optimization: Build search capabilities with measurable KPIs (e.g. CTR Query Distribution Zero Search) and leverage analytics to continuously improve search performance.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with product managers data scientists and engineering teams to align search initiatives with business objectives

Considerations For Top Candidates:

• Progressively complex professional experience.
• Experience as a lead software engineer Architect engineering manager.
• Experience leading technical teams and managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Experience working within ITSM processes (incident change problem).
• Strong communication organization and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to handle sensitive complex or high-visibility issues.
• Excellent written and verbal communication abilities.

Technical expertise required for the role

• Experience in eCommerce Search deployments.
• Previous experience with Search products such as OpenSearch Elastic Search SOLR Lucene Coveo and LucidWorks Fusion.
• Strong expertise in building head-less frameworks to integrate with ecommerce applications
• Distributed Systems: Proven experience building large-scale highly available systems.
• Programming:
  • Proficiency in Java Python or Scala including source control tools and practices for managing code and changes to it.
  • Proficiency in software debugging and problem-solving techniques.
  • Proficiency in AI code generation tools such as Claude Code ChatGPT or GitHub Copilot.
  • Familiarity with DevOps tools and techniques for cloud deployment.
  • Producing and consuming APIs
• Data Technologies: Familiarity with event streaming and cloud platforms.
• Machine Learning: Practical experience applying ML to improve search relevance.

Considerations for Top Candidates:

• Bachelors or masters degree in computer science or related field.
• 7 years of experience in search engineering.
• 3 years in a technical leadership role.
• Strong understanding of modern search technologies and frameworks.
• Working experience with heavy equipment engineering or data analysis.
• Working experience with building Low-latency API in AWS using Memory-storage solutions.
• 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 GitHub
• Experience operating in an Agile / Global team environment

• Must demonstrate strong initiative interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively.

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