Caterpillar Inc. Looking for 2024 Software Engineering Recent Grad Positions – Cat Digital at Chicago, IL Full Time

Digital

Job Description

At Caterpillar, we believe in The Power of Everyone. Our competitive advantage as a Fortune 100 leader begins with our employees who remain passionate, innovative, and diverse. Our most valuable work comes from the inclusive environment we’ve fostered to celebrate people of all backgrounds, ensuring everyone feels seen, heard, and valued. United under our Values in Action, our dedicated teams at Caterpillar do the work to build a better world.

Cat® Digital is the 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. Here, you’ll be able to build your career on a global scale and take advantage of development opportunities with emerging technologies.

As a Software Engineering professional, you will contribute to the design, development, and deployment of Caterpillar’s state-of-the-art digital platform. Software Engineers manage the completion of their own work assignments and coordinate work with others.

This position will build a world class platform to host a wide range of digital applications. Responsibilities are across functional lines with individuals assigned in new program development and/or maintenance of existing mobile, WEB, Cloud, server, personal computer, mainframe, and/or distributed computing systems.

Examples of skills and technologies that previous hires have utilized include:

• Designing, developing, deploying, and maintaining software at scale
• Developing software applications using relational and NoSQL databases
• Application architectural patterns, such as MVC, Microservices, Event-driven, etc.
• Deploying software using CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GoCD, Azure Devops etc.
• Deploying and maintaining software using public clouds such as AWS or Azure
• Working within an Agile framework (ideally Scrum)
• Designing well-defined Restful APIs
• Writing API proxies on platforms such as AWS API Gateway or Azure API Gateway
• Utilizing API tools such as Swagger, Postman and Assertible
• Testing with Selenium and Cucumber and their integration into CI/CD pipelines
• Datastores such as MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, Elasticsearch, MySQL, Oracle

Basic Qualifications

• Currently attending or recently graduated from a 4-year accredited university/college with a minimum bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Human Interaction Design, or related degree
• Minimum cumulative GPA requirement 3.0/ 4.0 (no rounding)
• Graduation date between April 2023 through June 2024
• Demonstrated experience with Java, Python and/or AWS
• Must be able/willing to relocate to work location

Top Candidate Will Also Have

• Demonstrated experience or project work in software development or a master’s degree in computer science or related field
• Demonstrated experience or project work in designing and developing software applications in Java or Scala or a master’s degree in computer science or related field
• Previous demonstrated leadership experience
• Previous technical work experience demonstrating technical aptitude
• Passion for technology and an eagerness to contribute to a team-oriented environment

Additional Information

• Candidates hired for their opportunity will be included in the Cat Digital Early Talent Development Program which will include programming around Technical, Professional and Caterpillar acumen
• Locations for this position are typically Chicago and Peoria Illinois, Dallas Texas or Westminster Colorado
• Basic relocation may be available, dependent on relocation qualifications

Start Dates

Please note, we typically start our new employees for early talent in cohorts. The next cohort start dates are currently scheduled for January / February 2024 and/or Summer 2024.

Compensation And Benefits

Base salary for this role ranges from $75,900 and $137,436. For Digital and Analytics Early Talent, actual salary will be based on degree, completed degree level and prior internship experience at Caterpillar. The total rewards package, beyond base salary includes:

Benefits

• Annual incentive plan*
• Medical, dental and vision coverage starting day 1
• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holiday, Volunteer, Etc.)
• 401k savings plan including company match
• Health savings account (HSA)
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Short and long-term disability coverage
• Life Insurance
• Parental leave
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts
• Career Development
• Subject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines

Relocation is available for this position.Visa sponsorship available for eligible applicants.

Summary Pay Range

$75,900.00 – $141,456.00

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.

Benefits

Annual incentive bonus plan*

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holiday, Volunteer, Etc.)

401k savings plan

Health savings account (HSA)

Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

Disability benefits

Life Insurance

Parental leave

Healthy Lifestyle Programs

Employee Assistance Programs

Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts

Tuition Reimbursement

Career Development

• Subject to annual eligibility and incentive plan guidelines .

EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals – Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities – are encouraged to apply.

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