Lead Software Engineer - Cloud APIs & Microservices

Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 128,000 - 209,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Paid time off (Vacation, Holidays, Vol

401(k) savings plans

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Health Lifestyle Programs

Employee Assistance Program

Voluntary Benefits and Discounts

Career Development

Incentive bonus

Disability benefits

Life Insurance

Parental leave

Adoption benefits

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to design and deliver scalable, secure cloud solutions for Caterpillar’s digital future. You will provide technical leadership and own the end-to-end software lifecycle across REST APIs, microservices, and enterprise integrations.

The role emphasizes API-first design, OpenAPI specs, and collaboration with product and architecture teams to ensure reliable, customer-focused software delivery.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing REST APIs and microservices with Java 21+ and Spring Boot.
• Experience deploying and operating applications in AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Ability to own end-to-end software lifecycle and write automated tests (JUnit/Mockito).
• Experience with Event-Driven Architectures and messaging solutions.
• Strong knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases and caching systems.
• Hands-on CI/CD experience with modern pipelines.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted coding tools can accelerate delivery.
• Agile development experience, ideally Scrum.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of enterprise-scale REST APIs and microservices using Java, Spring Boot, and AWS cloud services.
• Build API-first solutions, define service contracts, payload schemas, and OpenAPI/Swagger specs.
• Guide engineers in secure and scalable service integrations using OAuth 2.0 and JWT.
• Translate business requirements into scalable technical designs, user stories, and plans.
• Provide technical leadership through design reviews, decisions, code reviews, and best practices.
• Collaborate with product owners, UI teams, architects, and partner teams to ensure successful delivery.
• Lead adoption and improvement of engineering practices for reliability, scalability, observability, security, and maintainability.
• Drive quality engineering with automated, performance, and operational testing and improvements.
• Lead troubleshooting and resolution of complex production issues.
• Own end-to-end software lifecycle, including deployment, monitoring, support, and runbooks.

Skills

REST API design

Microservices

Java 21+

Spring Boot

API management (Apigee)

Automated testing

JUnit/Mockito

Event-Driven Architecture

Agile/Scrum

AI-assisted coding

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

PostgreSQL

MySQL

Oracle

MongoDB

DynamoDB

Redis

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

GoCD

Kafka

Job description

Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to design and deliver scalable, secure cloud solutions for Caterpillar’s digital future. You will provide technical leadership and own the end-to-end software lifecycle across REST APIs, microservices, and enterprise integrations.

The role emphasizes API-first design, OpenAPI specs, and collaboration with product and architecture teams to ensure reliable, customer-focused software delivery.