Senior Cloud-Native Software Engineer (AI/Backend)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) savings plans

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Paid time off (vacation, holidays)

Incentive bonus

Career development

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to develop and maintain the Caterpillar Product Content (CPC) platform, delivering product and parts data to Cat.com and dealer systems.

The role requires hands-on AI/agentic development experience and spec-driven delivery to accelerate release cycles. The position emphasizes cloud-native design on AWS, Java-based REST APIs, CI/CD, and cross-functional collaboration to improve platform quality and performance.

Qualifications

• Hands-on AI/agentic development experience.
• Experience with scalable cloud-native backend systems.
• Strong knowledge of REST APIs, microservices, and data-driven applications.

Responsibilities

• Design, modify, develop, and implement scalable, cloud-native software applications and services for enterprise platforms.
• Gather and clarify stakeholder requirements and resolve integration and workflow challenges through automation and optimization.
• Write high-quality Java, REST APIs, and maintainable documentation for new and existing solutions.
• Use automated testing, CI/CD, and monitoring tools for QA, deployment validation, and troubleshooting.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

REST APIs

SQL

Microservices

AWS

CI/CD

Agile methodologies

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to develop and maintain the Caterpillar Product Content (CPC) platform, delivering product and parts data to Cat.com and dealer systems.

The role requires hands-on AI/agentic development experience and spec-driven delivery to accelerate release cycles. The position emphasizes cloud-native design on AWS, Java-based REST APIs, CI/CD, and cross-functional collaboration to improve platform quality and performance.