Aftermarket Data Engineer II

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:

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Software Engineer with strong SQL and Python logic skills to join our dynamic team responsible for supporting Caterpillar's Aftermarket Insights Sales to Users (STU) application. The successful candidate will be responsible for performing logic enhancements, validation reports, monthly job processing, simulation requests, and reviewing peer coding.  This resource will need to have advanced technical skills, strong data analysis investigation, and ability to interpret business requirements into fully functioning insights. This role requires a deep understanding of DevOps practices, Github knowledge, and the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional international teams.

What You Will Do:

• Become Subject Matter Expert (SME) in Sales to User (STU) technical architecture transforming business requirements into functioning data insights.
• Perform monthly code validations through testing suites.
• Publish Sales to Users monthly metric and validation report datasets each month.
• Produce target setting datasets to key stakeholders to plan for future sales and growth objectives.
• Provide engineering support and data investigations to identified bugs.
• Monitor and troubleshoot release-related issues, ensuring timely resolution and minimal impact on production environments.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation, including release notes for monthly migrations.
• Collaborate with product managers and product owners to ensure alignment with enhancement objectives.
• Conduct code reviews with team members, validation of test suites results and pull request reviews.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies to continuously enhance our engineering capabilities.

What You Will Have:

• Effective Communications: Understanding 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.
• Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.
• Development Life Cycle: Knowledge of development life cycle; ability to use a structured methodology for delivering and managing new or enhanced products to the marketplace.
• Product Technical Knowledge: Knowledge of technical aspects of a product; ability to design, configure and integrate technical aspects of products.
• Software Development: Knowledge of software development tools and activities; ability to produce products or systems in line with product requirements.
• Software Integration Engineering: Knowledge of integration processes and functions; ability to design, develop and maintain interfaces and linkage to alternative platforms.
• Technical Troubleshooting: Knowledge of technical troubleshooting approaches, tools and techniques; ability to anticipate, recognize, and resolve technical issues on hardware, software, application or operation.

Considerations For Top Candidates:

• 4+ years experience as a Software Engineer in Sales to User (STU).
• 3+ years of hands-on experience working with partnering applications (Lens, PPIDs, CVA, and OLGA) to produce monthly insights.
• Strong understanding of Aftermarket Leads and Insights