Lead Software Engineer

Career Area:

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.

Who is CAT Digital? What do we do?

Bigmachines require big thinking. Are you looking for your next big challenge?

Cat Digital isthe digital and technology arm of Caterpillar Inc., leveraging the latest technologies to build industry leading digital solutions for our customers and dealers. With over one million connected assets worldwide, our teams use data, technology, advanced analytics, telematics, and AI capabilities to help our customers build a better world.

Working with a Fortune 100 leader, you can build your career on a global scale and take advantage of development opportunities with emerging technologies.We’vecreated an inclusive environment for you to explore your passions, make animpactand do the work that really matters. Join Us.

Job Opportunity:

We are seeking talented individuals to join our team to help usgrow ourpresence, organization, culture, which will drive our digital product development efforts. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to work withcutting-edgetechnologiesand collaborate with top professionals working onvery highimpact and visibility products.Don'tmiss this chance to join and support digital innovation for a global leader in heavy machinery!

What will you do?

As LeadSoftware Engineer you will be ahands-ontechnical leader responsible not only for delivering features, but also for ensuring technical excellence,long-termmaintainability, and healthy engineering practices within the digital productarea. You willoperateat a level where architectural intent is translated intoday-to-dayengineering decisions, ensuring that solutions are scalable, secure, and sustainable, as well as:

• Own and continuously curate the technical backlog to reduce technical debt (including dependency upgrades, performance and reliability improvements, and security and compliance findings).
• Supervise test management and defect handling, ensuring bugs are clearly reported, categorized, and prioritized.
• Partner with QA and L2/L3 support to ensure production readiness and operation.
• Set clear expectations for code quality, test coverage, and delivery predictability, and continuously improve them using engineering metrics and data-driven insights.
• Enable and uplift engineers through mentorship, clearly defined standards, and modern development tooling, including responsible use of AI-assisted development.
• Keep a strong engineering culture focused on quality, consistency, and continuous improvement.
• Stay up to date with the latest trends and advancements in IT development.
• Identify skills gaps and growth opportunities within the team and actively support upskilling.

This position works directly with Slovakia based engineering leadership and Cat Digital IT in the US.

What you have:

Core leadership & engineering competencies

• Strong decision-making and critical-thinking skills applied to complex technical systems.
• Excellent communication skills across engineering, product, and business stakeholders.
• Deep understanding of SDLC, Agile delivery, and enterprise software development.
• Proven experience designing and integrating systems using modern integration patterns and APIs.
• Proven experience designing and integrating scalable solutions using APIs, microservices, event-driven architectures, and cloud-native patterns.
• Strong focus on engineering excellence, maintainability, reliability, performance, and operational readiness.
• Experience working in GenAI-enabled environments and leveraging AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity and quality.

Required technical experience/knowledge

• Development
• HTML5, CSS3
• React, Node.js, Next.js, JavaScript, TypeScript
• REST API design and integration, SQL
• Java 21, Spring Boot 3, and microservices-based architectures
• Experience building scalable, customer-facing web applications
• Authentication, authorization, OAuth2, OpenID Connect (OIDC), and entitlement-driven access models
• Experience with distributed systems, asynchronous communication patterns, and system integration
• Familiarity with specification-driven engineering and AI-assisted software development practices (GitHub Copilot or similar GenAI tools)

Cloud & DevOps

• Deployment and operation in AWS and/or Azure
• CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
• Containerization (Docker) and cloud-native deployment patterns

Quality & Delivery

• Strong experience with automated testing and regression strategies
• Testing frameworks (Playwright)
• Experience working in Agile / Scrum environments
• Proven track record of maintaining high engineering standards in production systems

Security

• Secure-by-Design principles and secure software development practices
• OAuth2, OpenID Connect (OIDC), and modern identity management
• OWASP Top 10 security controls and remediation practices
• Experience with SAST, DAST, dependency scanning, and application security testing
• Understanding of security, privacy, and compliance requirements for enterprise applications

Top Candidates will also have:

• Formal education in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Strong passion for engineering excellence, maintainability, and long-term system health.
• Experience modernizing or stabilizing large, long-lived codebases.
• Exposure to production monitoring, observability, and operational support.

What we offer:

At Cat Digital, we are committed to fostering a culture of innovation and continuous learning, and we believe in investing in the development of our employees. As a member of our team, you will have access to a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well asvery competitivecompensation and benefits packages, like:

• 4 600+ euros / month gross
• Performance related annual cash incentive
• Industry leading Pension plan
• 5 days of extra vacation above the legislative requirement
• Attractive Life insurance
• 1 Volunteering Day
• Multisport Card

Take the chance to apply now for this position at Cat Digital Slovakia branch!

Contract type:

Full-time

Place of work:

Košice, Slovakia

Additional Information:

Pleasefrequentlycheck the email associated with your application, including the junk/spam folder, as this is the primary correspondence method. If you wish to know the status of your application - please use the candidate log-in on our career website as it will reflect any updates to your status.

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, age, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, military/veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical or mental disability or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws.

Caterpillar is committed to creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion, respect and integrity, customer focus, and innovation. For more information, visit https://www.caterpillar.com/en/careers/why-caterpillar.html

Follow us on Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube.

Base Minimum Pay:

Please note that salary is only one component of the total compensation and benefit package available at Caterpillar.

Posting Dates:

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

Not ready to apply? Join our Talent Community.