Senior Software Engineer (React)

Career Area: Technology, Digital and Data Job Description: Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar, you're joining 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 don't just 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.

Are you looking for your next big challenge?

For more than 90 years, Caterpillar Inc. has been making sustainable progress possible and driving positive change on every continent. Customers turn to Caterpillar to help them develop infrastructure, energy and natural resource assets. With 2020 sales and revenues of $41.7 billion,  Caterpillar is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives.

Caterpillar is investing in our digital future, and we’re looking for the best Software Engineer. Our iconic products have evolved from mechanical work horses to highly sophisticated, electronically-controlled worksite solutions. This transformation, along with our smart factories and our integrated dealer network, has a wealth of data ready to be leveraged by our customers and our dealers. Think you have what it takes to develop the software and architect the platform to support Caterpillar’s digital revolution? We at Caterpillar Digital are working to put together the Digital platform for delivering industry-leading digital solutions in support of profitable growth for Caterpillar, dealers & our end customers. 

Come join us in this exciting journey and be part of the world class organization and play a key role in its digital transformation.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: The Software Engineer contributes to design, development and deployment of Caterpillar’s state-of-the-art digital platform.  This position will build a world class platform to host a wide range of digital applications. 

Responsibilities of the incumbents are across functional lines with individuals assigned in new program development and/or maintenance of existing Web based Dealer facing application build using React, Redux front end technologies. 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 incumbent normally works independently with minimal management input and review of end results.

Typical customers include Caterpillar customers, dealers, other external companies who purchase services offered by Caterpillar as well as internal business unit and/or service center groups.  The position is challenged to quickly and correctly identify problems that may not be obvious. The incumbent solves problems by determining the best course of action, within departmental guidelines, from many existing solutions. The incumbent sets priorities and establishes a work plan in order to complete broadly defined assignments and achieve desired results. The position participates in brainstorming sessions focused on developing new approaches to meeting quality goals in the measure(s) stated.

BACKGROUND/ EXPERIENCE: • Position requires a four-year degree from an accredited college or university. • 7-9 years of software development experience or at least 6+ years of experience with master’s degree in computer science or related field. • 7 years or more of experience in designing and developing software applications in React, Redux.

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

Top candidates will also have proven experience in some of the following, Designing, developing, deploying and maintaining software at scale.

Developing software applications using relational and Nosql databases.

Application architectural patterns, such as MVC, Microservices, Event-driven, etc.

Deploying software using CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GoCD, Azure Devops etc. 

Deploying and maintaining software using public clouds such as AWS or Azure.

Working within an Agile framework (ideally Scrum)

Strong understanding and/or experience in some of the following, 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.

This position requires working onsite five days a week.  

Relocation is available for this position.

Posting Dates: June 26, 2026 - July 2, 2026

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply

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