Career Area:
Digital
Job Description:
The Software Engineer contributes to design, development and deployment of Caterpillar's state-of-the-art Digital Asset Management platform. This position will build a world class platform to host a wide range of Digital Asset Management applications
JOB RELATED STATISTICS:
Indeterminate
JOB DUTIES:
Responsibilities of the Software Engineer are across functional lines with individuals assigned in new program development and/or maintenance of existing mobile, WEB, Cloud, server, and/or distributed computing systems.

• Competent to perform all programming, project management, and development assignments without close supervision; normally assigned the more complex aspects of systems work.
• Works directly on complex application/technical problem identification and resolution, including responding to off-shift and weekend support calls.
• Works independently on complex systems or infrastructure components that may be used by one or more applications or systems.
• Drives application development focused around delivering business valuable features
• Maintains high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits
• Identifies and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team
• Communicate with end users and internal customers to help direct development, debugging, and testing of application software for accuracy, integrity, interoperability, and completeness
• 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.
• The position manages the completion of its own work assignments and coordinates work with others. Based on past experiences and knowledge, the Software Engineer normally works independently with minimal management input and review of end results.

Basic Qualifications:

• Position requires a four-year degree from an accredited college or university.
• Three years or more experience in designing and developing software applications in Java
• Working within an Agile framework (ideally Scrum)

Top candidates will also have:

• Strong understanding and/or experience in some of the following:
  • Hands on experience working with a Digital Asset Manager (DAM)
  • Experience with Adobe Scene7
  • Experience working with JavaScript, .Net, SQL and Python
  • Experience designing well-defined Restful APIs
  • Experience writing API proxies on platforms such as Apigee Edge, AWS API Gateway or Azure API Gateway
  • Hands one experience with API tools such as Swagger, Postman and Assertible
  • Test driven development and behavior driven development.
  • Hands on experience with testing tools such as Selenium and Cucumber and their integration into CI/CD pipelines.
  • Datastores such as MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, Elasticsearch, MySQL, Oracle.
• Must demonstrate solid knowledge of computer science fundamentals like data structures and algorithms.
• Ability to work under pressure and within time constraints
• Passion for technology and an eagerness to contribute to a team-oriented environment

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