Job Summary

• The Lead Software Engineer – API Platform & Product Ownership provides technical and product leadership for Caterpillar’s Parts eCommerce APIs, owning the technical definition, lifecycle, quality, and evolution of APIs.
• Responsibilities include acting as the technical product owner for API domains, defining and enforcing API quality standards, and maintaining hands-on engineering capability for API implementations and proxies.
• Caterpillar offers development opportunities with emerging technologies in an inclusive environment, with benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), paid time off, and incentive bonus.

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Salary

Base: $128,470.00 - $208,770.00; Bonus/Equity: Incentive bonus; Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, PTO, 401(k), HSA, FSA, etc.

Skills & Requirements

Key Requirements

• Four-year degree or equivalent working experience
• 5+ years software development experience with Master's degree
• Demonstrated production-quality code writing
• Experience with AI-enabled APIs
• Familiarity with Model Context Protocol (MCP)
• Experience with agent-to-agent interaction patterns

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