Senior Digital Platform Engineer

Caterpillar; Peoria (IL); On-site; USD 113,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) and retirement savings plans

Career development and training

Job summary

Caterpillar’s Cat Digital team is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to design, operate, and continuously improve an enterprise digital experience platform. You will work across Adobe Edge Delivery Services, Vercel, Uniform, AEM Assets, and Cloud Manager, shaping reliability, security, and developer experience in a fast-paced, cloud-driven environment.

Collaborating with product, architecture, infrastructure, and security teams, you will enhance platform capabilities, drive modernization, and

Qualifications

• Experience with building and maintaining scalable digital experience platforms.
• Knowledge of HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and Web Components.
• Familiarity with cloud deployment practices and CI/CD pipelines.
• Ability to collaborate with product, engineering, infrastructure, security, and vendor teams.
• Experience in incident response, monitoring, and observability in enterprise environments.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and support scalable digital experience platform capabilities across EDS, Vercel, Uniform, AEM Assets, Cloud Manager, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Improve platform reliability, security, performance, and maintainability through engineering practices and automation.
• Lead or contribute to incident resolution and root-cause analysis for critical applications.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver platform enhancements, migrations, and modernization work.
• Contribute to code quality, testing, documentation, governance, and agile delivery.

Skills

Software Development

Software Integration

Software Architecture

Decision Making

Effective Communications

Platform Engineering

Tools

Adobe Experience Manager (AEM)

Adobe Edge Delivery Services (EDS)

Vercel

Uniform

Next.js

AWS

CI/CD

Job description

Career Area: Technology, Digital and Data

Job Description: Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc. When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. We don't just talk about progress and innovation here – we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it. Cat® Digital is the digital and technology arm of Caterpillar Inc., leveraging the latest technologies to build industry leading digital and analytics solutions for our customers and dealers. We’ve created an inclusive environment for you to explore your passions, make an impact and do the work that really matters. With over 1.5M connected assets worldwide, our business and in the industries, we serve, data is generated continuously by Cat® equipment using the latest technology, advanced analytics, telematics and AI capabilities to help our customers build a better world.

Job Summary

Join the Digital Marketing Enablement – Platform Engineering team within Cat Digital to build, operate, and continuously improve enterprise digital experience platform capabilities. You will develop and support solutions across Adobe Edge Delivery Services (EDS), Vercel, Uniform, AEM Assets, Cloud Manager, CI/CD pipelines, CDN and cloud technologies. In partnership with product owners, architects, developers, infrastructure, security, and vendor teams, you will improve platform reliability, performance, security, maintainability, and developer experience. The role combines hands‑on software engineering with platform operations, modernization, automation, and incident resolution in an agile environment.

What You Will Do

• Design, develop, integrate, and support scalable digital experience platform capabilities across EDS, Vercel, Uniform, AEM Assets, Cloud Manager, CI/CD pipelines, CDN, and related cloud technologies.
• Improve platform reliability, security, performance, maintainability, monitoring, and observability through sound engineering practices and automation.
• Lead or contribute to incident resolution, root cause analysis, service restoration, and follow-through improvements for business‑critical digital applications.
• Partner with product, architecture, engineering, infrastructure, security, and vendor teams to deliver platform enhancements, integrations, cloud migration, and modernization work.
• Contribute to code quality, testing, technical documentation, governance, change management, and agile delivery practices.

What You Will Have

• Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Working Knowledge of the decision‑making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
• Effective Communications: Working Knowledge of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
• Software Development: Extensive Experience with software development tools and activities; ability to produce software products or systems in line with product requirements.
• Software Integration Engineering: Working Knowledge of software integration processes and functions; ability to design, develop and maintain interfaces and linkage to alternative platforms and software packages.
• Software Product Design/Architecture: Extensive Experience of software product design; ability to convert market requirements into software product design.
• Software Product Technical Knowledge: Working Knowledge of technical aspects of a software product; ability to design, configure and integrate technical aspects of software products.

Considerations for Top Candidates

Demonstrated software development and platform engineering experience in enterprise digital environments; relevant education or equivalent practical experience is valued, with an advanced degree considered a plus rather than a prerequisite. Strong hands‑on experience with several of the following: Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), Adobe Edge Delivery Services (EDS), Vercel, Next.js, Uniform, Akamai or another enterprise CDN, edge computing, and AWS. Experience operating and supporting cloud‑based digital experience platforms, including monitoring, observability, automation, incident response, root cause analysis, and service restoration. Working knowledge of modern web development using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and Web Components, plus CI/CD and cloud deployment practices. Ability to collaborate across product, engineering, infrastructure, security, and vendor teams while advancing operational best practices, governance, change management, and service excellence.

Additional Details

This position requires the candidate to be in Chicago, IL, Peoria, IL, Denver, CO or Dallas, TX Relocation assistance is NOT available for this position Visa sponsorship is NOT available with this position.

Summary Pay Range

Summary Pay Range: $112,710.00 - $183,140.00 Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.

Benefits

Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)
• 401(k) savings plans
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
• Health Lifestyle Programs
• Employee Assistance Program
• Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts
• Career Development
• Incentive bonus
• Disability benefits Life Insurance Parental leave Adoption benefits Tuition Reimbursement

These benefits also apply to part-time employees

This position requires working onsite five days a week. Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Posting Dates

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.

Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.

There’s more to work at Caterpillar than just the work itself. We hire smart, friendly people and it shows in our culture. We hold ourselves to high standards and make sure our values of integrity, excellence, teamwork, commitment and sustainability come to life in the way we work. We make sure our employees feel continuously challenged while also supported. We provide professional growth opportunities, including leadership programs. We celebrate the diversity of our team, while also working together as one Caterpillar. Our culture, like everything at our company, is made possible by each employee’s contribution. Person by person, we create the environment we work in, and we are proud of the Caterpillar we’ve built.