Lead Software Engineer

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 solutions for our customers and dealers. With over 1.5 million connected assets worldwide, our teams use data, technology, advanced analytics, telematics, and AI capabilities to help our customers build a better, more sustainable world.

Job Summary:

Join the Cat Foresight team and help shape the future of dealer-facing applications that monitor asset health, optimize maintenance, and drive operational efficiency. As a Lead Software Engineer, you’ll lead design and development of the condition monitoring domain within Cat Foresight, delivering intuitive, scalable, and high-performing user experiences for global users.

As a Lead Software Engineer, you will be at the forefront of innovation, leading all stages of software development. Your responsibilities will include refining the product vision, gathering requirements, project planning, software system design, coding, testing, release, deployment, and support. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of our products and make a significant impact on our customers' success.

 What You’ll Do

• Architect and evolve frontend systems built in React.
• Lead complex projects spanning across multiple system components.
• Assist product management with new requirements by conducting feasibility studies, leading proof of concepts (POCs), and troubleshooting larger or overarching concerns.
• Lead complex programming and development activities.
• Partner closely with backend engineering teams to design robust APIs, align on data contracts, and ensure seamless integration between frontend components and core services.
• Collaborate with product owners, UX researchers, and analytics teams to align technical solutions with business goals.
• Leverage generative AI to accelerate UI development, automate repetitive coding tasks, and prototype user flows.
• Showcase products and prototypes effectively.
• Communicates clearly with stakeholders.
• Mentoring and assisting software engineers, providing technical assistance and direction.
• Collaborate with teams across India, Slovakia, and USA to drive the condition monitoring technical strategy.

 What You Bring

• Demonstrated experience leading software engineering projects.
• Expert experience developing customer facing applications using front-end frameworks, libraries (React preferred) and design patterns.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, LaunchDarkly, and agile methodologies.
• Strong understanding of web performance, security, and accessibility standards.
• Familiarity with backend services and RESTful APIs.
• Experience applying generative AI tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Figma AI, ChatGPT) in frontend workflows.

Preferred Skills

• Architectural leadership in modular, scalable frontend systems.
• Demonstrated experience leading software engineering projects.
• Domain expertise in key areas of equipment, service, user onboarding authentication and authorization for large equipment manufacturing organization.
• Expert experience in overall frontend or full-stack software development.
• Expert experience developing customer facing applications using front-end frameworks, libraries (React preferred) and design patterns.
• Extensive experience coding HTML 5, CSS3, JavaScript and Web components
• Solid Cloud production experience (preferably AWS) OR a higher-level Cloud training certification (e.g., AWS Solution Architect Associate).
• Proven experience in many of the following:
  • Designing, developing, deploying and maintaining software at scale.
  • Developing software applications using relational and NoSQL databases.
  • Application architectural patterns, such as MVC, Microservices, Event-driven, etc.
  • Understanding of fundamental design principles behind a scalable application.
  • Deploying software using CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GoCD, Azure DevOps etc.
  • Deploying and maintaining software using public clouds such