About this role
Career Area:
Technology, Digital and DataJob 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.
Join Solar Turbines!
As a Software Engineer, you will contribute in software development community in order to deliver information technology components based on client or customer requirements.
What will be your tasks?
Responsibilities of the successful candidates are to design, test and develop software solutions such as features, capabilities of platform and whole applications that meet client or customer requirements.
- Competent to analyze the requirements.
- Competent to design, test and develop the software components that meet defined requirements.
- Able to use best coding practices (libraries, frameworks, APIs) and standard design patterns in software development.
- Works directly on dedicated application/technical problem identification and resolution.
- Competent to troubleshoot and maintain existing code base in order to fix bugs or address client or consumer concerns.
- Leverage Agile practices during the whole software development lifecycle.
- Collaborate with a team of software and test engineers, designers, and data scientists to optimize and iterate on software solutions.
Who are we looking for?
Basic qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree or relevant experience in Software engineering.
- 3 years or more of relevant industry experience.
- 2 years or more of experience with designing, developing, delivering, and maintaining large scale enterprise web applications.
- 2 years or more of software engineering experience as backend developer (Java 21, Springboot 3.4.X, REST API, Swagger, Redis, Docker, SQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle)
- Strong understanding of Agile methodology.
- You communicate in English.
Top candidates will also have:
- Ability to operate as an individual contributor with minimal supervision within a team of developers during the implementation of development activities.
- Responsibility to conduct peer reviews.
- Deploying software using CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Azure Devops etc.
- Cloud experience (AWS: Lambda, EC2, CloudWatch, Aurora, etc.)
- Cybersecurity best practices (Sonar, JFrog Xray, …)
- Passion for technology and an eagerness to contribute to a team-oriented environment
- Ability to adapt quickly to a complex environment
- Pro-active thinking - being flexible and creative
- Self-motivated mentality - individual with passion in latest technology trends.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with other team members.
Posting Dates:
January 21, 2026 - February 20, 2026Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply
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Other facts
About Solar Turbines
Headquartered in San Diego, California, USA, Solar Turbines Incorporated, a subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc., is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of industrial gas turbines, with more than 16,000 units and over 3 billion operating hours in over 100 countries. Products from Solar Turbines play an important role in the development of oil, natural gas and power generation projects around the world. Solar Turbines’ products include gas turbine engines (rated from 1,590 to 52,500 horsepower), gas compressors, and gas turbine-powered compressor sets, mechanical-drive packages and generator sets (ranging from 1 to 39 megawatts). Solar’s customers put the company’s products to work in many areas including production, processing and pipeline transmission of natural gas and crude oil and generation of electricity and thermal energy for processing applications, such as manufacturing chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and food products.
Solar’s foundation is people and Solar’s culture is one where individual contributions are valued, diversity in the workplace is encouraged, and safety is emphasized in all aspects of the business. Solar Turbines, founded in 1927, is comprised of a dedicated and multi-talented workforce of more than 8,000 employees with decades of experience working as a global team.
What you'll do
- The successful candidate will design, test, and develop software solutions that meet client requirements. They will also troubleshoot and maintain existing code to address client concerns.
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