Senior Software Engineer - AWS Microservices & Tech Lead

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

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Paid time off

401(k) plan

Visa sponsorship

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. in Chicago, IL seeks a Senior Software Engineer to lead design, development, testing and deployment of a digital platform hosted on AWS.

You will build a world‑class backend with RESTful APIs and microservices, mentor teammates, perform code reviews, and guide agile teams to deliver valuable features with high quality. Relocation not offered; visa sponsorship is available; you will collaborate with cross‑functional teams and contribute to a safe, scalable, and sustainable

Qualifications

• Experience with Java 17+ and Spring Boot RESTful APIs.
• Experience deploying software to public clouds (AWS/Azure).
• Knowledge of messaging systems (Kafka/RabbitMQ/AWS SNS/SQS).
• Familiarity with modern data stores (PostgreSQL/MySQL/DynamoDB).

Responsibilities

• Design and develop backend RESTful APIs using microservices architecture.
• Mentor developers and conduct code reviews.
• Lead development for cross‑functional Agile project teams.
• Resolve complex technical problems and drive feature delivery.
• Maintain high software quality and best practices.

Skills

Java 17+

Spring Boot REST APIs

Cloud: AWS/Azure

CI/CD (Azure DevOps/Jenkins)

Agile/Scrum

Team leadership/mentoring

RESTful API design

Distributed microservices

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS Kinesis/SQS/SNS

Apache Kafka

RabbitMQ

Azure Event Hub

PostgreSQL

MySQL

ElasticSearch

MongoDB

Redis

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. in Chicago, IL seeks a Senior Software Engineer to lead design, development, testing and deployment of a digital platform hosted on AWS.

You will build a world‑class backend with RESTful APIs and microservices, mentor teammates, perform code reviews, and guide agile teams to deliver valuable features with high quality. Relocation not offered; visa sponsorship is available; you will collaborate with cross‑functional teams and contribute to a safe, scalable, and sustainable