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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.

Role Definition

 

PLCT Application team lead is responsible for guiding a team of developers in building and maintaining solutions using ReactJS & NodeJS tech stack. This role involves team & technical leadership, code quality oversight, mentoring team members, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, scalable web applications. 

 

Roles & Responsibilities 

• Collaborating with the tech lead to design, document & develop features and sub-modules. 
• Implement the entire feature & its components into action. 
• Ensure to adhere to coding standards, appropriate design patterns, developing test cases, and project management procedures. 
• Work autonomously and proactively with minimal supervision to deliver production-ready code 
• Understanding of HTML5, React, Node.js, and SQL to develop workable web app features and components 
• Creating RESTful services with Node.js 
• Produce Unit and Integration tests to ensure the quality of code. 
• Optimize applications for maximum speed and scalability. 
• Reviewing code, providing feedback, and ensuring code adheres to established standards and guidelines to the individuals in the team. 
• Estimating tasks, planning sprints, and managing multiple concurrent tasks to ensure timely project delivery. 
• Lead any debug and troubleshoot sessions and resolve any difficulties that occur within the team. 
• Keep up with the recent trends and innovations in your field. 
• Create maintainable, scalable code of the highest calibre. 

 

Requirements and Skills 

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in computer science or related discipline with 10+ years of hands-on experience 
• Expert level knowledge and experience in ReactJS and NodeJS 
• Understanding of algorithms and data structures. 
• Experience using asynchronous RESTful services (JSON) 
• Strong knowledge of typescript and other HTML/CSS standards 
• Thorough command of HTTP protocol and the client processing of server-side code 
• Practical experience in system performance improvement and optimization approaches 
• Strong & working knowledge of Azure cloud technology 
• Strong & working knowledge of CI/CD pipelines in a cloud environment 
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills in changing environment 

 

Desired Skills: 

• Knowledge & awareness of Windows services is a plus 
• Knowledge & awareness of Python language is a plus 
• Knowledge & awareness of C#, .NET is a plus 
• Knowledge & awareness of Industrial/Automotive protocols is a plus 

 

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 behaviors.
 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 products; 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:

June 23, 2026 - June 29, 2026

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply

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