Senior Software Engineering Manager

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 Summary:
At Cat Digital, we are creating a world-class, next-generation platform that will power a growing ecosystem of innovative, customer-focused applications. We are seeking a strategic, visionary, and technically outstanding Senior Software Engineering Manager within Cat Digital Platform Services to lead multiple high-impact teams in building and scaling reusable platform services and APIs that enable enterprise-wide applications and products.

What You Will Do:

• Define and execute the vision for several scalable and secure platform Services and APIs that promote reuse, reduce duplication, and improve developer productivity.
• Collaborate closely with product, architecture, security, and business stakeholders to ensure platform capabilities align with long-term enterprise strategy and evolving customer needs.
• Drive the design and development of Platform Services/APIs with reusability in mind, balancing immediate business needs with future use cases by anticipating and forecasting evolving requirements.
• You will constantly seek opportunities to improve organizational efficiencies.

What You Will Have:

• Organizational Leadership: Demonstrated ability to build and lead high-performing engineering teams, foster a culture of accountability and innovation, and influence cross-functional stakeholders to deliver enterprise platform strategy and outcomes.
• Software Architecture: Deep understanding of designing and evolving reusable platform services (shared APIs, common frameworks, foundational services) that enable downstream product teams to scale efficiently.
• Software Development: Proven expertise in designing and delivering scalable, cloud-native distributed systems, Platform Services and APIs, and driving engineering best practices across quality, performance, reliability, security, and automation.
• Operational Excellence: Ability to detect systemic issues early, manage risk proactively, and drive corrective actions across teams and services.

Top candidates will have:

• Gen AI Assisted Development: Practical experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools (such as GitHub Copilot or automated agent workflows) to accelerate code generation, boilerplate reduction, and automated testing across multiple teams.
• Managing Managers: Demonstrated ability to lead and develop engineering managers, setting clear expectations, coaching through complexity, and ensuring consistent execution, talent growth, and accountability across multiple teams.
• Vision & Execution at Scale: Proven ability to set a clear platform and engineering vision and drive multiple complex initiatives in parallel through a large organization of 40+ software engineers, aligning teams, managing dependencies, and delivering outcomes with consistency and accountability.

Additional Details:

• This position requires the candidate to be based in Chicago, IL
• Relocation assistance is NOT available for this position
• Visa sponsorship is NOT available with this position.

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Summary Pay Range:

$159,120.00 - $258,570.00

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:

Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits*

• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*

• 401(k) savings plans*

• Health Savings Account (HSA)*

• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*

• Health Lifestyle Programs*

• Employee Assistance Program*

• Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*

• Career Development*

• Incentive bonus*

• Disability benefits

• Life Insurance

• Parental leave

• Adoption benefits

• Tuition Reimbursement

* These benefits also apply to part-time employees

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Posting Dates:

May 8, 2026 - May 18, 2026

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer, Including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.  Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply.

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