Software Engineer-UI Developer

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Job Description:

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar yourejoining 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 dontjust 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.

Role Definition
Performs implementation regular problem solving maintenance and support for a agile software development.

Responsibilities
Designing modifying developing writing and implementing software programming applications for target system using agile methods.
Acquiring client requirements; resolving workflow problems through automation optimization.
Writing source codes for new applications and/or generating and enhancing code samples for existing applications.
Utilizing automated testing tools to perform the testing and maintenance.

Skill Descriptors
Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decisionmaking process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
Level Working Knowledge:
Applies an assigned technique for critical thinking in a decisionmaking process.
Identifies obtains and organizes relevant data and ideas.
Participates in documenting data ideas players stakeholders and processes.
Recognizes clarifies and prioritizes concerns.
Assists in assessing risks benefits and consideration of alternatives.

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.
Level Working Knowledge:
Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient.
Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness.
Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work.
Avoids technical jargon when inappropriate.
Looks for and considers nonverbal cues from individuals and groups.

Software Development: Knowledge of software development tools and activities; ability to produce software products or systems in line with product requirements.
Level Extensive Experience:
Conducts walkthroughs and monitors effectiveness and quality of the development activities.
Elaborates on multipledevelopment toolkits for traditional and webbased software.
Has participated in development of multiple or large software products.
Contrasts advantages and drawbacks of different development languages and tools.
Estimates and monitors development costs based on functional and technical requirements.
Provides consulting on both selection and utilization of developers workbench tools.

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.
Level Working Knowledge:
Describes similarities and differences of life cycle for new product development vs. new release.
Identifies common issues problems and considerations for each phase of the life cycle.
Works with a formal life cycle methodology.
Explains phases activities dependencies deliverables and key decision points.
Interprets product development plans and functional documentation.

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.
Level Working Knowledge:
Has experience with designing data exchange interfaces to and from software product.
Describes tools and techniques for extraction transformation and loading of electronic data.
Cites examples of common linkage requirements for software products and vendors.
Works with integrating software into the customer or partner framework and infrastructure.
Participates in the development of technology interfaces and bridges.

Software Product Design/Architecture: Knowledge of software product design; ability to convert market requirements into the software product design.
Level Basic Understanding:
Identifies basic design methods and design tools.
Identifies major components of functional and technical design.
Cites examples of good and bad designs.
Describes tasks activities deliverables and key concerns of technical design.

Software Product Technical Knowledge: Knowledge of technical aspects of a software products; ability to design configure and integrate technical aspects of software products.
Level Working Knowledge:
Maintains and utilizes data related to install base configurations and environments.
Solicits customer feedback; reports and monitors bugs and implementation issues.
Participates in defining and conducting technical acceptance tests.
Participates in creating technical requirements for software development and deployment.
Explains basic environment and product configuration options.

Software Product Testing: Knowledge of software product testing; ability to design plan and execute testing strategies and tactics to ensure software product quality and adherence to stated requirements.
Level Working Knowledge:
Participates in test readiness reviews functional volume and load testing.
Describes key features and aspects of a specific testing discipline or methodology.
Tests software components for compliance with functional requirements and design specifications.
Explains procedures for documenting test activities and results (e.g. errors nonconformance etc.
Conducts functional and performance testing on aspects of assigned products.

Strong understanding and/or experience in many of the following:
AWS environment such as Lambda functions SQS EC2 S3 ECR ECS Cloud Front Cloud Formation API Gateway ALB etc.
Frontend development with React JS
Unit testing frameworks for Python Java and React such as Junits Pytest unittest Jest Mocha
Datastores such as PostgreSQL MySQL.
Development and integration of REST APIs. Authentication and Authorization such as OAuth 2.0 JWT Bearer Tokens API Keys etc.
SSO cookies and session management etc.
API security header data encryption rate limiting input validation etc.
API tools such as Swagger Postman Apigee JMeter etc.
Container Platforms and Orchestration such as Docker ECR Kubernetes etc.
Git repositories code versioning development and integration of CI/CD pipelines etc.

This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job. At the discretion of management this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization. It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of essential job functions as that term is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).

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