Career Area:
Engineering
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 looking for a Senior Engineer to play a pivotal role in the MineStar Edge platform—an enterprise-grade, cloud-hosted ecosystem built on Microsoft Azure. This role is suited to an experienced engineer who thrives across the full lifecycle of cloud systems, from design and development through to production support and continuous improvement.
MineStar Edge leverages modern Azure services to deliver scalable, resilient, and highly available solutions. As a Senior Engineer, you will act as both a hands-on technical contributor and a technical owner, helping shape platform evolution while ensuring reliability, performance, and operational excellence. You will work closely with globally distributed engineering, support, and stakeholder teams to deliver outcomes that matter.
In addition to platform engineering and operations, this role may also involve designing and delivering software solutions that maintain the MineStar Edge product, working closely with product and stakeholder teams to meet existing customer and business needs.
Key Responsibilities
• Design, build, and evolve cloud native services within the MineStar Edge ecosystem
• Own and support production workloads, including monitoring, incident response, and continuous improvement
• Take accountability for components or services, influencing architecture and technical decisions
• Collaborate with global engineering, support, and business stakeholders to deliver high quality solutions
• Apply best engineering practices to ensure service reliability, scalability, security, and maintainability
• Design and deliver software solutions for the MineStar Edge product, when required, translating product and customer requirements into robust, scalable implementations.
Technology Stack
You will work hands on with a range of Azure services and technologies, including:
• Azure Service Fabric
• C# Durable Functions
• C# Web Applications
• Azure IoT Hub
• Azure Service Bus
• Azure Database for PostgreSQL (Flexible Server)
• Azure Cosmos DB
• Angular
• Java / Spring Boot services deployed to cloud environments
What You’ll Bring
• Strong experience designing, building, and operating solutions on Microsoft Azure
• Proficiency in C# and modern cloud native development patterns
• Experience supporting production systems and distributed architectures
• Ability to collaborate effectively with global, cross functional teams
• A proactive, ownership driven mindset with a balance of hands on delivery and technical leadership
• Experience delivering end to end software solutions, from requirements and design through to production deployment and support
Why Join Us?
• Work on a modern Azure hosted platform with real world, industrial impact
• Collaborate with highly skilled engineers across multiple regions
• Influence both technical direction and operational excellence
• Grow your career within a complex, evolving cloud ecosystem
Benefits:
Competitive remuneration package including a great bonus structure and share options.
Intentional career development with exposure to global teams and markets.
A strong commitment to safety and your wellbeing
An inclusive workplace culture focused on quality, customer service and the environment
A commitment to diversity and inclusion, equal opportunity, and equal outcome
The opportunity to do truly meaningful work in a supportive, constructive culture that encourages you to make the most of your talents.
Caterpillar of Australia is not currently hiring foreign national applicants that require or will require sponsorship.
Posting Dates:
March 11, 2026 - March 29, 2026
Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply
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