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.
We are seeking a seasoned Senior Software Engineer with extensive experience in designing and implementing scalable, secure, and cost-effective distributed systems on AWS and Azure. Expert in cloud architecture, real-time data processing, and system optimization, with strong proficiency in Python and modern DevOps practices. Adept at translating complex business requirements into high-level and low-level architectural designs, ensuring alignment with performance, security, and compliance standards. Demonstrates deep knowledge of software product design, integration, and lifecycle management, while fostering technical excellence through mentoring, code reviews, and cross-functional collaboration. Skilled in cloud cost monitoring, event-driven architecture, and database performance tuning, with a strong focus on delivering resilient and efficient solutions
Responsibilities:
- Design, develop, and implement distributed systems in AWS and Azure, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers and business stakeholders, to gather requirements, translate them into architectural designs, and provide technical guidance throughout the development lifecycle.
- Create High-Level Designs (HLD) for new system components, considering scalability, security, and performance aspects.
- Conduct Low-Level Design (LLD) reviews to ensure architectural integrity, adherence to best practices, and alignment with business requirements.
- Optimize system performance, identify potential bottlenecks, and propose solutions for scalability and efficiency improvements.
- Monitor cloud costs and optimize resource allocation to ensure cost-effectiveness and adherence to budgetary constraints.
- Implement cloud cost monitoring tools and processes to track and analyze usage patterns, identify cost-saving opportunities, and provide regular cost reports to stakeholders.
- Set up alerts and monitoring systems to proactively identify and address any issues related to system health, performance, and availability.
- Collaborate with the product support to establish robust monitoring and alerting mechanisms, ensuring timely response to incidents and minimizing system downtime.
- Stay updated with industry standards, emerging technologies, and best practices related to cloud architecture, distributed systems, and monitoring tools.
- Collaborate with the security team to ensure that the system architecture meets security and compliance requirements.
- Conduct code reviews, provide technical guidance, and mentor junior team members to ensure high-quality code and adherence to best practices.
Qualifications
- Minimum 7+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong focus on cloud-based distributed systems.
- At least 2+ years of experience managing cloud-based systems end-to-end, including design, deployment, monitoring, and optimization.
- Strong proficiency in Python programming language with a proven track record of building scalable backend systems.
- Proven experience in designing and implementing systems in AWS (Amazon Web Services) and Azure cloud platforms.
- Solid understanding of real-time data processing concepts, technologies, and frameworks.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to analyze complex systems and propose effective solutions.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment.
- AWS and/or Azure certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Solutions Architect Expert).
- Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
- Understanding of DevOps principles and experience with CI/CD pipelines.
- Familiarity with event-driven architecture and messaging systems (e.g., AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, RabbitMQ).
- Experience in optimizing database performance and designing efficient database schemas for handling high data volumes.
- Proficiency in SQL query optimization and performance tuning techniques.
- Familiarity with database partitioning, sharding, and replication strategies.
- The preference for this role is to be based out of Chennai, WTC Brigade Office.
- Skill Descriptors
- Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
- Level Working Knowledge:
- Applies an assigned technique for critical thinking in a decision-making process.
- Identifies, obtains, and organizes relevant data and ideas.
- Participates in documenting data, ideas, players, stakeholders, and processes.
- Recognizes, clarifies, and prioritizes concerns.
- Assists in assessing risks, benefits and consideration of alternatives.
- 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 behaviours’.
Level Working Knowledge:
- Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient.
- Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness.
- Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work.
- Avoids technical jargon when inappropriate.
- Looks for and considers non-verbal cues from individuals and groups.
- Software Development: Knowledge of software development tools and activities; ability to produce software products or systems in line with product requirements.
Level Extensive Experience:
- Conducts walkthroughs and monitors effectiveness and quality of the development activities.
- Elaborates on multiple-development toolkits for traditional and web-based software.
- Has participated in development of multiple or large software products.
- Contrasts advantages and drawbacks of different development languages and tools.
- Estimates and monitors development costs based on functional and technical requirements.
- Provides consulting on both selection and utilization of developers' workbench tools.
- Software Development Life Cycle: Knowledge of software development life cycle; ability to use a structured methodology for delivering and managing new or enhanced software products to the marketplace.
Level Working Knowledge:
- Describes similarities and differences of life cycle for new product development vs. new release.
- Identifies common issues, problems, and considerations for each phase of the life cycle.
- Works with a formal life cycle methodology.
- Explains phases, activities, dependencies, deliverables, and key decision points.
- Interprets product development plans and functional documentation.
- Software Integration Engineering: Knowledge of software integration processes and functions; ability to design, develop and maintain interfaces and linkage to alternative platforms and software packages.
- Level Working Knowledge:
- Has experience with designing data exchange interfaces to and from software product.
- Describes tools and techniques for extraction, transformation and loading of electronic data.
- Cites examples of common linkage requirements for software products and vendors.
- Works with integrating software into the customer or partner framework and infrastructure.
- Participates in the development of technology interfaces and bridges.
- Software Product Design/Architecture: Knowledge of software product design; ability to convert market requirements into the software product design.
- Level Extensive Experience:
- Demonstrates experience with the architecture and design of major or multiple products.
- Describes major software architecture alternatives and considerations.
- Explains design considerations for commercial database systems, operating systems and web.
- Displays experience in estimating the cost of a specific design of a proposed product.
- Facilitates design reviews and walkthroughs.
- Analyzes benefits and drawbacks of specific software designs and architecture.
- Software Product Technical Knowledge: Knowledge of technical aspects of a software product; ability to design, configure and integrate technical aspects of software products.
Level Working Knowledge:
- Maintains and utilizes data related to install base configurations and environments.
- Solicits customer feedback, reports and monitors bugs and implementation issues.
- Participates in defining and conducting technical acceptance tests.
- Participates in creating technical requirements for software development and deployment.
- Explains basic environment and product configuration options.
- Software Product Testing: Knowledge of software product testing; ability to design, plan, and execute testing strategies and tactics to ensure software product quality and adherence to stated requirements.
Level Working Knowledge:
- Participates in test readiness reviews, functional, volume, and load testing.
- Describes key features and aspects of a specific testing discipline or methodology.
- Tests software components for compliance with functional requirements and design specifications.
- Explains procedures for documenting test activities and results (e.g. errors, non-conformance, etc.)
- Conducts functional and performance testing on aspects of assigned products.
Posting Dates:
October 28, 2025 - November 10, 2025
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply
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