The Role
The Senior Software Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, and implementing software applications while ensuring compliance with standards and facilitating the testing process.
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Job Summary:
Responsible for designing, developing, and delivering high-quality, scalable, and secure software solutions aligned with coding standards and technical architecture. This role involves end-to-end ownership across the software development lifecycle, including requirement analysis, design, development, testing, deployment, and ongoing support. The Software Engineer – Senior plays a key role in driving technical excellence, improving system performance, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver business value.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, test, and deploy robust software solutions in alignment with business and technical requirements
- Translate business needs into scalable system designs, architectures, and integrated solutions
- Own and drive end-to-end solution delivery across application and database layers
- Develop backend services using Java and Spring Boot frameworks
- Analyze system requirements, data flows, and work processes to identify improvement opportunities
- Optimize database performance through query tuning, indexing, and performance enhancements (Oracle)
- Review and refactor existing code, including migration of database logic to service layers where appropriate
- Conduct code reviews, system audits, and enforce software engineering best practices (coding standards, CI/CD, testing, etc.)
- Collaborate with users, stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to gather requirements, provide estimates, and meet delivery timelines
- Support application deployment, maintenance, and issue resolution, ensuring system reliability and scalability
- Define and document system specifications, interfaces, and non-functional requirements (NFRs)
- Monitor and improve application performance, security, and compliance
- Contribute to architectural decisions and recommend modern tools, technologies, and development practices
- Foster built-in quality, technical agility, and continuous improvement within teams
- Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends, especially in open-source ecosystems
- Minimum 5+ years of experience in software engineering or related roles
- Proven experience in designing and delivering scalable enterprise applications
- Hands-on experience across both application and database layers
- Experience in performance tuning, system optimization, and troubleshooting complex issues
- Demonstrated ability to own and drive technical solutions independently
- Experience working in Agile or DevSecOps environments
- Exposure to system integration, API design, and cross-functional collaboration
- Hands-on, proactive, and capable of owning and driving solutions across both application and database layers
- Analyze and resolve database performance issues across application and database layers
- Design, develop, and optimize backend services using Java and Spring Boot
- Perform database query optimization, indexing, and performance tuning in Oracle
- Analyze existing stored procedures/functions and migrate appropriate business logic to the service layer
- Conduct code and database audits to ensure performance, scalability, and best practices
- Own and maintain the backend Java and database codebase, including identifying risks and recommending improvements
- Review system interactions, including API payloads and data flow across services
- Provide recommendations for database strategy, including consolidation or optimization of current database systems
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and provide technical leadership during issue resolution
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- May require compliance with export control or regulatory licensing requirements
- Programming & Modern Development Practices (Agile, CI/CD, DevSecOps)
- Solution Design & Architecture
- Data Management & Governance
- Security & Compliance Principles
- Strategic and Innovative Thinking
- Technical Curiosity and Continuous Learning
- Driving Results with Ownership and Accountability
- Effective Communication and Stakeholder Engagement
- Customer-Centric Mindset
- Collaboration and Inclusion
Skills Required
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related subject
- Experience working in Agile environments
- Experience in professional software engineering best practices
Cummins Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cummins and has not been reviewed or approved by Cummins.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company contribution/match and both defined contribution and defined benefit pension plans are offered, alongside profit sharing and an employee stock purchase plan. This mix supports long-term savings and financial security.
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple medical plan options (HSA, HSA Plus, PPO) with dental, vision, life and long-term disability coverage are provided, along with telehealth, mental-health support, and wellness tools. In-network protections and HSA/HSA Plus structures are described to help manage costs.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid maternity and paternity leave, family medical leave, and adoption assistance are offered. Reduced or flexible hours and unpaid extended leave options further support caregiving needs.
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The Company
What We Do
At Cummins, we empower everyone to grow their careers through meaningful work, building inclusive and equitable teams, coaching, development and opportunities to make a difference. Across our entire organization, you'll find engineers, developers, and technicians who are innovating, designing, testing, and building. You'll also find accountants, marketers, as well as manufacturing, quality and supply chain specialists who are working with technology that's just as innovative and advanced.
