Senior Full-Stack Tech Lead — Next.js & Java

Caterpillar; Westminster (CO); 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)

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a senior software engineer to lead design, development, and deployment of full-stack solutions using Next.js and Java Spring Boot. You will provide technical leadership to engineering teams and collaborate with product owners, UX, and cross-functional partners to deliver reliable, scalable software.

You will drive CI/CD practices, cloud-native patterns on AWS or Azure, and mentor developers to maintain secure, maintainable systems.

Qualifications

• Professional software engineering experience building enterprise-grade applications.
• Strong expertise in Next.js, React, and TypeScript for modern frontend development.
• Deep hands-on experience with Java Spring Boot, microservices, and REST API design.
• Proven experience providing technical leadership or mentoring engineering teams.
• Experience deploying and operating solutions on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or similar).
• Proficiency with CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and deployment of full-stack solutions using Next.js/Java/Spring Boot.
• Provide technical leadership to engineering teams, ensuring architecture quality and coding standards.
• Collaborate with product owners, architects, UX, and cross-functional teams to refine requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement through CI/CD automation, test coverage, observability, and cloud-native design.
• Mentor developers through code reviews, technical coaching, and pair programming.
• Own key technical decisions to keep systems maintainable, performant, secure, and resilient.
• Contribute to long-term platform strategy, architectural planning, and roadmaps.

Skills

Next.js

React

TypeScript

Java Spring Boot

Microservices

CI/CD

GitHub Actions

AWS cloud

Azure cloud

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

REST API design

GraphQL

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a senior software engineer to lead design, development, and deployment of full-stack solutions using Next.js and Java Spring Boot. You will provide technical leadership to engineering teams and collaborate with product owners, UX, and cross-functional partners to deliver reliable, scalable software.

You will drive CI/CD practices, cloud-native patterns on AWS or Azure, and mentor developers to maintain secure, maintainable systems.