# Lead Software Engineer- Data Engineer

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. Software Engineering Lead - Data Platform About the Role We are seeking a highly skilled Software Engineering Lead - Data Platform to lead the development of Caterpillar’s next-generation Digital Manufacturing Data Platform. This platform enables large-scale data ingestion, transformation, and analytics across manufacturing, supply chain, and engineering ecosystems. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in data engineering, large-scale data ingestion, AWS-based architectures, and Snowflake, along with strong leadership and software engineering discipline. Key Responsibilities Leadership & Delivery Lead and mentor a team of data engineers an

- **Id**: 3723640
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/caterpillar-lead-software-engineer-data-engineer>
- **Role**: Data Science
- **Role family**: Data Science
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Chennai, India, Bengaluru, India
- **Countries**: IN
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: yes
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-04T04:05:59Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-04
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T08:32:23Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 3
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4269
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: yes
- **Industries**: Industrial Machinery

## Company

- **Id**: 176554
- **Name**: Caterpillar
- **Domain**: caterpillar.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/caterpillar>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 97
- **Open postings**: 140
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.107
- **Repost share**: 0.014
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 32
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Technologies

- **Agile** — Optional: no
- **Amazon Redshift** — Optional: no
- **Amazon S3** — Optional: no
- **Apache Kafka** — Optional: no
- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **AWS Lambda** — Optional: no
- **Azure DevOps** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **CloudFormation** — Optional: no
- **Edge AI** — Optional: no
- **ETL/ELT** — Optional: no
- **Git** — Optional: no
- **GitHub** — Optional: no
- **Jenkins** — Optional: no
- **Model Context Protocol** — Optional: no
- **Platform Engineering** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Snowflake** — Optional: no
- **Spark** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no
- **Amazon Neptune** — Optional: yes
- **Azure** — Optional: yes
- **cuDF** — Optional: yes
- **cuML** — Optional: yes
- **Milvus** — Optional: yes
- **Neo4j** — Optional: yes
- **OpenSearch** — Optional: yes
- **RAPIDS** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 3

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 10
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-04T04:05:59Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 90
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.903
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 3
- **Expected fill days**: 32
- **Reasons**: conf:2, velocity, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

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