Lead Software Engineer - Java
Place of work
Košice, Slovakia (Job with occasional home office)
Start date & Contract type
full-time
Wage (gross)
4 600 EUR/month
Information about the position
Job description, responsibilities and duties
Big machines require big thinking. Are you looking for your next big challenge?
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.
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’ve created an inclusive environment for you to explore your passions, make an impact and do the work that really matters. Join Us.
Job Opportunity:
We are seeking talented individuals to join our team to help us grow our presence, organization, culture, which will drive our digital product development efforts. As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies and collaborate with top professionals working on very high impact and visibility products. Don't miss this chance to join a newly forming presence and support digital innovation for a global leader in heavy machinery!
What will you do?
As a Lead Software Engineer you will be performimg implementation, regular problem solving, maintenance and support, as well as:
- Define and promote the technical vision and long-term roadmap for software systems, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.
- Acquiring client requirements; resolving workflow problems through automation optimization.
- Writing source code for new applications, and/or generating and enhancing code samples for existing applications.
- Utilizing automated testing tools to perform the testing and maintenance.
- Mentor and help more junior engineers and provide them guidance in creating structured application/interface code, new documentation and guides.
- Identify areas of growth within the team.
- Stay up to date with the latest trends and advancements in IT development.
This position works directly with Slovakia based engineering leadership and Cat Digital IT in the US.
Employee perks, benefits
- 4600+ 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!
Information about the selection process
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
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Requirements for the employee
Candidates with education suit the position
University education (Master's degree)
Postgraduate (Doctorate)
Educational Specialization
Language skills
Personality requirements and skills
- 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.
- 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.
- Software Development: Knowledge of software development tools and activities; ability to produce software products or systems in line with product requirements.
- Expert-level proficiency in Java (8/11/17), Spring Boot (MVC, Data, Security, Cloud), .Net, and microservices design.
- Advanced knowledge of AWS services (e.g., EC2, Lambda, RDS, SQS, API Gateway) and cloud-native patterns.
- Mastery of DevOps tools (e.g., Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, CloudFormation Templates) and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Experience with performance tuning, security hardening, and distributed systems.
- Proven ability to influence architects, align teams, and drive consensus on technical direction.
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Brief description of the company
Caterpillar is a company of builders. Of challenge breakers. Of innovators who want to impact the world. Our people build and design the products and services that help shape the communities where we work and live.
We are building on our legacy and innovating for the next generation. One where technology-enabled services create improved outcomes for our people and the customers and communities we serve.
Our ability to innovate and build begins with our people. Our tech and digital teams are at the forefront of Caterpillar’s evolution – taking pride in solving complex problems by building new systems from the ground up.
On our team, you’ll leverage data from across our entire enterprise and more than 1.5M connected assets to solve problems and find solutions that open a new world of possibilities for our machines, our customers, our dealers and our business.
While the challenge is great, so is the opportunity. Working with a Fortune 100 leader, you can build your career on a global scale and take advantage of development opportunities with emerging technologies like telematics, data engineering, AI and machine learning, and predictive analytics.
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Contact
Contact person: Patricia Kundratova
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