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.

Software Engineering Lead – Data Platform
About the Role
We are seeking a highly skilled Software Engineering Lead – Data Platform to lead the development of Caterpillar’s next-generation Digital Manufacturing Data Platform. This platform enables large-scale data ingestion, transformation, and analytics across manufacturing, supply chain, and engineering ecosystems.
The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in data engineering, large-scale data ingestion, AWS-based architectures, and Snowflake,



along with robust leadership and software engineering discipline.

Key Responsibilities
- Leadership & Delivery
- Lead and mentor a team of data engineers and platform developers
- Drive Agile execution and ensure predictable, high-quality 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 real-time 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 Snowflake-based 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

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