Senior Backend Engineer - AWS Microservices & Java

Caterpillar Inc.; Westminster (MD); On-site; USD 113,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) savings plans

Paid time off plan

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Career Development

Incentive bonus

Parental leave

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Discounts

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build and support scalable, cloud-native applications on AWS. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, and distributed systems, delivering secure, reliable, high-performing backend solutions at scale.

You will provide technical leadership, influence architecture, mentor engineers, and collaborate across teams to drive engineering excellence. Join a Fortune 100 leader focused on sustainable world-building.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience building enterprise-scale backend applications.
• Strong expertise in Java 11+/17+, Spring Boot, REST APIs, and Microservices.
• Hands-on experience with AWS and cloud-native application development.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, event-driven architectures, and messaging patterns.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, and DynamoDB.
• Proven ability to lead technical initiatives, mentor engineers, and drive architectural decisions.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and support scalable backend services and REST APIs using Java and Spring Boot.
• Architect and deliver cloud-native solutions on AWS.
• Lead technical design and architecture decisions for new capabilities.
• Build and optimize solutions using PostgreSQL, MySQL, and DynamoDB.
• Develop event-driven and asynchronous processing systems.
• Collaborate with Product, Architecture, DevOps, and QA teams to deliver high-quality software.
• Conduct code reviews, mentor engineers, and promote engineering best practices.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues and drive performance, scalability, and reliability improvements.
• Implement CI/CD, observability, and operational excellence practices.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Problem-solving

Communication

Cloud-native design

Tools

Java

Spring Boot

REST APIs

Microservices

AWS

PostgreSQL

MySQL

DynamoDB

Event-driven architectures

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build and support scalable, cloud-native applications on AWS. The ideal candidate has deep expertise in Java, Spring Boot, Microservices, and distributed systems, delivering secure, reliable, high-performing backend solutions at scale.

You will provide technical leadership, influence architecture, mentor engineers, and collaborate across teams to drive engineering excellence. Join a Fortune 100 leader focused on sustainable world-building.