Software Engineer

JOB PURPOSE:  

The Software Engineer contributes to design, development, and deployment of Caterpillar’s state-of-the-art digital applications.  

JOB DUTIES: 

Responsibilities Include: 

• Responsibilities 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 Spring Boot and development assignments without close supervision; normally assigned the more complex aspects of systems work. 

• Build new backend microservices using Sprint Boot framework leveraging out of the box components as well as extending/customizing where necessary to meet business needs. 

• Works directly on complex application/technical problem identification and resolution, including responding to off-shift and weekend support calls. 

• Works on complex systems or infrastructure components that may be used by one or more applications or systems under mentorship of Lead and Senior developer. 

• Drives application development focused around delivering business valuable features. 

• Maintains high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits. 

• Communicate with others 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. 

• Typical customers include Caterpillar customers, dealers, other external companies who purchase services offered by Caterpillar as well as internal business unit and/or service centre groups.  

• Collaborate with project leads, senior developers and testers. 

• Good team player with sense of accountability, positivity and flexibility. 

 Basic qualifications: 

• Position requires a four-year degree or equivalent from an accredited college or university. 

• 2+ years of software development experience. 

• 1+ years of experience in working with Java Sprint boot framework.  

Top candidates will also have proven experience in many of the following: 

• Hands on Experience with Spring Boot framework and OSGi specification. 

• Strong knowledge of micro-service logging, monitoring, debugging, and testing. 

• Strong proficiency in Java programming language.  

• Knowledge of RESTful web services and API development. 

• Knowledge of markup languages such as JSON and YML. 

• Interconnecting microservices with databases. 

• Implementations experience in micro-service integration, packaging, build automation, and deployment. 

• Understanding of software development principles and methodologies. 

• Ability to work in a team environment and collaborate effectively with other developers and stakeholders. 

• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills. 

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills. 

• Familiarity with software development design patterns: GIT, Swagger, PCF, and Rabbit MQ 

• Expertise in API technologies such as Rest Webservices. 

• Previous experience writing unit tests with JUnit, Mockito, or PowerMock 

• Familiarity with database technologies such as MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL or equivalent 

• Knowledge of how streaming systems such as Kafka operate. 

• Working knowledge of quality and security scan technologies such as Sonar, Fortify, and WebInspect or equivalent. 

• Knowledge of the Agile approach.