Lead Software Engineer
Caterpillar
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This role pays less than 61% of similar roles. Most pay $142,450–$208,800 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $169k versus about $176k for comparable roles.
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Caterpillar Inc. is the world''s largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives. Industry: Heavy Equipment & Manufacturing
Caterpillar currently has 157 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $118,860–$183,140 across 148 roles with salary data.
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As a Lead Software Engineer within the Cat Digital Platform team, you will provide technical leadership to build scalable, secure cloud solutions that facilitate the flow of data and services between customers, dealers, machines, and applications. You will lead the design and development of enterprise-scale REST APIs and microservices using Java 21+, Spring Boot, and AWS services while defining OpenAPI specifications and managing security via OAuth 2.0 and JWT. Your daily work involves translating business requirements into technical designs, conducting code reviews, and overseeing the end-to-end software lifecycle including CI/CD pipelines and automated testing with JUnit and Mockito. You will utilize technologies such as Apigee, Kafka, RabbitMQ, and various database systems like PostgreSQL and MongoDB to solve complex integration challenges within an Agile framework while ensuring high reliability and observability for critical digital infrastructure.
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