Career Area:

Technology, Digital and Data

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.

JOB PURPOSE: At Caterpillar, you are part of a work family that builds what matters! Come, play a pivotal role in building the next generation digital solutions that power customer work sites across the globe.

Cat Digital has an exciting opportunity for a talented and motivated lead UI engineer. The primary purpose of the role is to lead the UI/front-end design and development of modern cloud-based customer facing CAT Foresight web application by collaborating with architects, other front-end and backend teams, PO/PM, Scrum Master and Engineering Manager stakeholders. You will be part of a fast-moving global team to build a best-in-class product for Caterpillar dealers worldwide to improve operational efficiency and reduce TCO.

JOB DUTIES: As a lead FED, you will be responsible for solution design following modern/standard UI best practices, leading the team development activities while contributing hands-on code development, maintenance of technical debt (PRs, performance, UX improvements, Storybook/re-usable components, NFR…etc.), leading POCs or major Spikes and help with the refinement of the requirements into technical features & user stories. To effectively deliver, you would collaborate with other front-end/backend leads/teams, end to end architects, PO/PMs, Scrum Masters and Engineering managers.

Basic qualifications:

• 12 + years of experience in web application and UI development with JavaScript, RESTful API, HTML 5 and CSS3.
• 5+ years or more of experience with modern UI frameworks and libraries such as TypeScript, React, Redux, Jest and Webpack
• Experience building new web application, leading major technical POCs and developing higher order re-usable UI components such as dashboard, widget and custom table. etc.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills

Top candidates will also have:

• Position requires a four-year degree from an accredited college or university.
• Proven experience in some of the following,
• Designing, developing, deploying and maintaining intuitive and performant UI.
• Integration and development with Grafana visualization
• Working within an Agile framework (ideally Scrum) with multiple other teams
• Strong understanding and/or experience in some of the following,
• UI middleware and mocking technologies and tools like Redux-Saga and Mirage JS
• Experience working with API development tools like Swagger and Postman
• AWS Cloud, automated CICD and BDD with Cucumber.
• Ability to work under pressure and within time constraints
• Passion for technology and an eagerness to contribute to a team-oriented environment
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science

Posting Dates:

July 23, 2025 - July 29, 2025

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

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