Senior Software Engineer-Platform and Services
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Job Summary
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Technology Digital and DataJob 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.
Senior Software Engineer Platform & Services
About the Role
We are seeking a highly capable Senior Software Engineer Platform & Services to design build and optimize dataasaservice capabilities within our Digital Manufacturing & Supply Chain Platform.
In this role you will focus on delivering secure scalable and highperformance APIs and microservices that expose curated data from enterprise systems IoT devices and analytical models to various consumersincluding applications dashboards and simulation environments.
You will work closely with Data Engineering and platform teams to transform raw and processed datasets into reliable observable and productionready services enabling realtime insights predictive analytics and digital twin workflows.
This is a Grade 23 individual contributor role emphasizing handson engineering excellence and platform development.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and enhance REST/gRPC APIs GraphQL endpoints and eventdriven microservices for realtime and batch data consumption.
- Implement serviceoriented components that expose curated datasets from enterprise systems and IoT platforms.
- Partner with Data Engineering to understand data pipelines data contracts and governance requirements.
- Implement security controls including authentication authorization and rolebased access mechanisms.
- Optimize microservices for scalability high availability and lowlatency performance supporting use cases like predictive maintenance and dynamic scheduling.
- Contribute to API lifecycle managementincluding versioning monitoring observability and documentation.
- Deploy and manage services using Docker Kubernetes and cloudnative platforms (AWS/Azure).
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines infrastructureascode templates and automated deployment workflows.
- Collaborate with architects and product teams to ensure service designs align with platform strategy.
- Follow best practices for code quality testing DevOps automation and platform security.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related technical field.
- 711 years of professional software engineering experience.
- Strong handson experience with API development (REST gRPC GraphQL).
- Solid knowledge of microservices architecture and distributed systems.
- Proficiency in backend programming languages such as Java Python or .
- Practical experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure) and container orchestration (Docker/Kubernetes).
- Familiarity with messaging systems like Kafka or Event Hubs.
- Experience developing and operating CI/CD pipelines and cloudnative deployments.
- Strong problemsolving communication and crossfunctional collaboration skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with API gateways developer portals and usage analytics.
- Knowledge of OAuth2 JWT and enterprisegrade security standards.
- Familiarity with data virtualization semantic layers or enterprise analytics platforms.
- Experience using observability tools such as Prometheus Grafana OpenTelemetry.
- Understanding of data integration patterns and orchestration frameworks.
- Exposure to OpenUSD or Omniverse for simulationdriven data services.
- Participation in opensource projects or publications in platform engineering or Industry 4.0 domains.
Posting Dates:
January 22 2026 - January 28 2026Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Spring
- .NET
- C/C++
- Go
- React
- OOP
- C#
- AWS
- Data Structures
- Software Development
- Java
- Distributed Systems
About Company
Caterpillar is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial turbines and diesel-electric locomotives.
