Caterpillar Recruitment for Associate Software Engineers at Chennai

Job Purpose

• The Associate Software Engineer contributes to design, development and deployment of Caterpillar’s state-of-the-art digital platform.
• This position will build a world class platform to host a wide range of digital applications.

Job Duties

• Responsibilities of the incumbents 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.
• Competent to perform all programming, project management, and development assignments without close supervision; normally assigned the more complex aspects of systems work.
• Works directly on complex application/technical problem identification and resolution, including responding to off-shift and weekend support calls.
• Works independently on complex systems or infrastructure components that may be used by one or more applications or systems.
• Drives application development focused around delivering business valuable features
• Mentor and assist software engineers, providing technical assistance and direction as needed
• Maintains high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits
• Identifies and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team
• Guide the team to develop a structured application/interface code, new program documentation, operations documentation and user guides in a casual, flexible environment
• Communicate with end users and internal customers to help direct development, debugging, and testing of application software for accuracy, integrity, interoperability, and completeness
• Performs integrated testing and customer acceptance testing of components that requires careful planning and execution to ensure timely, quality results.
• Employee is also responsible for performing other job duties as assigned by Caterpillar management from time to time.
• The position manages the completion of its own work assignments and coordinates work with others.
• Based on past experiences and knowledge, the incumbent normally works independently with minimal management input and review of end results.
• Typical customers include Caterpillar customers, dealers, other external companies who purchase services offered by Caterpillar as well as internal business unit and/or service center groups.
• The position is challenged to quickly and correctly identify problems that may not be obvious.
• The incumbent solves problems by determining the best course of action, within departmental guidelines, from many existing solutions.
• The incumbent sets priorities and establishes a work plan in order to complete broadly defined assignments and achieve desired results.
• The position participates in brainstorming sessions focused on developing new approaches to meeting quality goals in the measure(s) stated.