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.

About the Role
We are hiring a Principal Software Engineer – Platform & Services to define and drive the data‑as‑a‑service (DaaS) and platform architecture for our Digital Manufacturing & Supply Chain Platform. You will set technical strategy, establish standards, and lead the design of secure, scalable, and high‑performance service layers that expose curated enterprise and IoT data to downstream consumers—applications, analytics, and simulation workloads—at global scale.




You will partner closely with Data Engineering and product/architecture leadership to transform data models and pipelines into well‑governed APIs, microservices, and event streams, enabling real‑time insights, predictive analytics, and digital‑twin experiences. The platform you shape will also power NVIDIA Omniverse‑driven digital twins and industrial simulation use cases as downstream consumers.

Key Responsibilities
Platform Strategy & Architecture
- Own the end‑to‑end platform & services architecture (API/microservices/event‑driven) and align it to product strategy, business outcomes, and enterprise standards.
- Define domain boundaries, data contracts, and service interaction patterns (REST/gRPC/GraphQL, pub/sub) for real‑time and batch consumption across applications and analytics.
- Set technical standards for API lifecycle management (versioning, documentation, governance) and drive adoption across teams.

Engineering Excellence & Delivery
- Lead design a

📌 Principal Software Engineer-Platform (Chennai)
🏢 Caterpillar
📍 Chennai