Software Engineer (API Management)

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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.

JOB PURPOSE:

Cat Digital is the digital and technology arm of Caterpillar Inc. responsible for bringing world class digital capabilities to our products and services. With almost one million connected assets worldwide were focused on using IoT and other data technology advanced analytics and AI capabilities to help our customers build a better world.

This position is on the API Management team within Cat Digital. The team is responsible for the process controls and tools that support API development security publishing consumption monitoring and governance of APIs on Apigee platform.

JOB DUTIES: As a Software Engineer you will be responsible for the design development testing and deployment of software systems and/or applications.

• Competent to perform all programming project management and development assignments without supervision.
• Acts as team member for development and support groups; provides programming and application/technical leadership guidance and assistance to other team members.
• Works directly on application/technical problem identification and resolution including responding to off-shift and weekend support calls.
• Works independently on systems or infrastructure components that may be used by one or more applications or systems.
• Helps drive application development focused around delivering business valuable features
• Maintains high standards of software quality within the team by following and/or establishing good practices and habits
• Identifies and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team
• Guide the team to develop a structured application/interface code new program documentation operations documentation and user guides in a casual flexible environment.
• Communicate with end users and internal customers to help direct development debugging and testing of application software for accuracy integrity interoperability and completeness.
• Lead development of new functionality and applications on cross-functional Agile project teams
• Performs integrated testing and customer acceptance testing of components that requires careful planning and execution to ensure timely quality results.
• Employee is also responsible for performing other job duties as assigned by Caterpillar management from time to time.

Top candidates will also have:

• Position requires a four-year degree from an accredited college or university.
• 5 years or more of software development experience or at least 3 years of experience with masters degree in computer science or related field.
• Demonstrated experience in software engineering projects.
• 5 years or more of experience coding in Python JavaScript or Java.
• Experience writing API proxies on platforms such as Apigee Edge AWS API Gateway or Azure API Gateway or similar.
• Hands on experience with API tools such as Swagger Editor & Postman and linting tools like Spectral.
• Knowledge of security standards such as OAuth 2.0 and TLS.
• Hands on experience with metrics and visualization tools like Kibana Grafana Power-BI or equivalent.

Summary Pay Range:

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors job level market locationjob-related knowledge skills individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.

Benefits:

Subject to plan eligibility terms and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.

• Medical dental and vision benefits*

• Paid time off plan (Vacation Holidays Volunteer etc.)*

• 401(k) savings plans*

• Health Savings Account (HSA)*

• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*

• Health Lifestyle Programs*

• Employee Assistance Program*

• Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*

• Career Development*

• Incentive bonus*

• Disability benefits

• Life Insurance

• Parental leave

• Adoption benefits

• Tuition Reimbursement

* These benefits also apply to part-time employees

Posting Dates:

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.

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