Senior Search Platform Engineering Lead

Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 148,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k) plan

HSA

FSAs

Career development

Incentive bonus

Disability benefits

Life Insurance

Parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineering Manager for Search to shape the technical direction of our web and content search platforms, overseeing multiple teams.

You will drive NLP, vector search, personalization, and low-latency API work, partnering with product managers and data scientists to deliver scalable, high-performance search solutions across ecommerce and content domains.

Qualifications

• Strong experience as a Software engineering manager or architect.
• Experience with search products like OpenSearch/Elasticsearch/SOLR/Lucene/Coveo/LucidWorks Fusion.
• Proficiency in Java, Python or Scala and source control practices.
• Familiarity with AI code generation tools and DevOps for cloud deployment.
• Practical ML usage to improve search relevance.
• Proven leadership delivering end-to-end search solutions.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement a long-term technical vision for search platforms.
• Build detailed architecture for content-focused search solutions.
• Recruit, manage, and mentor multiple software engineering teams.
• Introduce NLP, vector search, and personalization features.
• Design integrations across platforms and manage product delivery.
• Collaborate with product managers, data scientists, and engineering leaders to align initiatives.

Skills

Leadership

Search architecture

Team leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

OpenSearch

Elasticsearch

SOLR

Lucene

Coveo

LucidWorks Fusion

AWS

CI/CD

Memory storage

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineering Manager for Search to shape the technical direction of our web and content search platforms, overseeing multiple teams.

You will drive NLP, vector search, personalization, and low-latency API work, partnering with product managers and data scientists to deliver scalable, high-performance search solutions across ecommerce and content domains.