Mechanical Engineer

Caterpillar; Dayton (OH); On-site; USD 64,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Coaching

Coverage

Flexible internship hours

Job summary

Caterpillar in Dayton seeks a Mechanical Engineer focused on escalating reliable tech for the Dayton platform. You’ll implement secure authentication with Express.js and ship improvements on a regular cadence.

The role requires 4+ years in Conflict Resolution and hands-on Spring Boot work, with a bias for documentation and strong analytical skills. Competitive package includes coaching, coverage, and flexible internship hours.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of Conflict Resolution reps
• Hands-on familiarity with Spring Boot
• The discipline to document while it\'s fresh
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities

Responsibilities

• Implement secure authentication and authorization flows using Express.js
• Ship incremental improvements to Caterpillar's Dayton platform on a regular cadence
• Configure and manage infrastructure as code across staging and production
• Track and report on key performance metrics for technology services
• Map data flow across Caterpillar's Express.js services and spot the leaks
• Drive adoption of best practices in testing, security, and observability
• Drive the Express.js incident postmortem that stops the Dayton outage from recurring

Skills

Express.js

Spring Boot

Conflict resolution

Documentation

Job description

We measure our technology engineers by what they make easy for everyone else, and that\'s the Mechanical Engineer bar in Dayton. Reduce it to essentials and you have $64,000 - $100,000, an OH Mechanical Engineer seat, 4 years asked, and a clear climb ahead.

Key Responsibilities

• Implement secure authentication and authorization flows using Express.js
• Ship incremental improvements to Caterpillar\'s Dayton platform on a regular cadence
• Configure and manage infrastructure as code across staging and production
• Track and report on key performance metrics for technology services
• Map data flow across Caterpillar\'s Express.js services and spot the leaks
• Drive adoption of best practices in testing, security, and observability
• Drive the Express.js incident postmortem that stops the Dayton outage from recurring

What You\'ll Bring

• 4+ years of Conflict Resolution reps, not just Conflict Resolution exposure
• Hands-on familiarity with Spring Boot, sharpened by Conflict Resolution side projects
• The discipline to document while it\'s fresh, not after it\'s forgotten
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities

We started Caterpillar in a Dayton garage because the technology status quo deserved a slow-to-anger reckoning. You\'ll find a flat structure where the best argument wins, regardless of title.

The package speaks for itself: $64,000 - $100,000, coaching, coverage, and the flexible internship hours that playfully-serious technology pros expect.

Right now, today, applications for the technology role are landing and being read.