Career Area Technology Digital and Data Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc When you join Caterpillar youre 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 dont 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 Your Impact Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc When you join Caterpillar youre 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 dont 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 What does it mean to live the Caterpillar Experience It means you play a part in building a better world You contribute to a winning culturea spirit of accountabilitythat has driven change on every continent for more than 90 years To work with us is a commitment to improve sustainability invent for the digital age and innovate in order to bring solutions to millions of people Sure you work for Caterpillar But more importantly you work for the good of your career your family your community and your world Job Summary We are seeking a highly skilled Lead Software Engineer Data Engineering the development of Caterpillars nextgeneration Digital Manufacturing Data Platform This platform enables largescale data ingestion transformation and analytics across manufacturing supply chain and engineering ecosystems The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in data engineering largescale data ingestion AWSbased architectures and Snowflake along with strong leadership and software engineering discipline The preference for this role is to be based out of Chennai Brigade World Trade Center What You Will Do Leadership Delivery Lead and mentor a team of data engineers and platform developers Drive Agile execution and ensure predictable highquality delivery Establish engineering best practices code quality and CI CD standards Data Platform Architecture Architect scalable and secure data platforms on AWS Design robust data ingestion frameworks for batch and near realtime pipelines Define best practices in data modeling governance and metadata management Data Engineering Ingestion Lead design and development of scalable ingestion pipelines structured and unstructured data Build and optimize Snowflakebased data platforms for performance and cost Enable ingestion of diverse sources databases APIs files streaming data Cloud Platform Engineering Leverage AWS services S3 Glue Lambda EMR Redshift etc for endtoend pipelines Implement CI CD pipelines using Azure DevOps Jenkins Ensure system scalability resiliency and operational readiness Software Engineering Excellence Enforce software engineering principles modular design code quality testing version control Drive automation and continuous improvement Promote reusable frameworks for ingestion and transformation Stakeholder Collaboration Partner with product managers SMEs and business stakeholders Translate business needs into scalable data solutions What You Have 10 years of experience in Data Engineering Data Platform rolesStrong experience in AWS data ecosystem S3 Glue Lambda EMR Redshift Deep expertise in Snowflake architecture optimization data modeling Robust programming skills in Python and SQLExtensive experience with data ingestion pipelines and ETL ELT frameworksExposure to realtime streaming Kafka Spark Streaming Experience with CI CD tools GitHub Jenkins AWS CloudFormation etc Solid understanding of distributed systems and scalable architectures Strong foundation in software engineering principles Git testing design patterns Experienced in working with Agile teamsCollaborate with Data Science and AI teams to operationalize ML models and analytics workflows Promote integration of AI capabilities into data engineering pipelines e g GenAI MCP ATA Support realtime analytics and edge AI use cases in manufacturing environments Use AI extensively in building and testing Data Ingestion and Data pipelineThis position requires candidate to work a 5day a week schedule in the officeNicetoHave Skills Experience with Graph Databases Neo4j Neptune Experience with Vector Databases Milvus OpenSearch Knowledge of NVIDIA ecosystem and RAPIDS cuDF cuML cuGraph Experience integrating AI ML pipelines or GenAI workflowsQualifications Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Career Area

📌 Lead Software Engineer Data Engineering (Chennai)
🏢 Caterpillar
📍 Chennai