Senior Backend Engineer - Cloud-Native Java & AWS

Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation; Broomfield (CO); On-site; USD 113,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) savings plans

Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Accounts

Career Development

Incentive bonus

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Caterpillar is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build and support scalable, cloud-native applications on AWS, with deep expertise in Java, Spring Boot, microservices, and distributed systems.

You will provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and collaborate across teams to deliver secure, reliable backend solutions at scale. Join Caterpillar, a Fortune 100 leader, and shape solutions that drive performance and sustainability.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience building enterprise-scale backend applications.
• Expertise in Java 11+/17+, Spring Boot, REST APIs, and Microservices.
• Hands-on AWS and cloud-native development.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and event-driven architectures.
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB).

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

Java

Spring Boot

REST APIs

Microservices

Distributed systems

Event-driven architectures

Messaging patterns

AWS

PostgreSQL

MySQL

DynamoDB

Leadership / mentoring

Tools

AWS

PostgreSQL

MySQL

DynamoDB

Job description

Caterpillar is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build and support scalable, cloud-native applications on AWS, with deep expertise in Java, Spring Boot, microservices, and distributed systems.

You will provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and collaborate across teams to deliver secure, reliable backend solutions at scale. Join Caterpillar, a Fortune 100 leader, and shape solutions that drive performance and sustainability.