Lead Software Engineer (AWS, Snowflake & ML Backend)
Caterpillar1 day ago
Chennai, India or Bengaluru, IndiaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Architect and maintain backend microservices for deploying, scaling, and monitoring machine learning models in production.
- Design batch and real-time analytical pipelines that ingest enterprise data, perform feature engineering, and generate predictions.
- Establish MLOps governance practices including model versioning, registries, and drift tracking.
- Co-design cloud-native distributed backend systems using AWS managed services.
- Build optimized Snowflake storage, data views, data models, and analytical queries.
- Ensure data governance, access controls, lineage, and reproducible validation across training and production layers.
- Write secure, efficient backend code and develop complex software features.
- Set coding standards, conduct code reviews, and establish testing strategies.
- Mentor and coach junior and mid-level software engineers.
Requirements
- 8+ years of professional software development experience focused on data-intensive applications or ML backend infrastructure.
- Hands-on expertise architecting across AWS compute, storage, and serverless workflow services.
- Deep proficiency in advanced SQL, Snowflake warehousing, data modeling, and performance tuning for complex analytical datasets.
- Strong programming experience, such as Python, for scalable backend systems, REST/gRPC endpoints, and data pipelines.
- Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, and consensus-building skills across multidisciplinary technical teams.
Benefits
- The position requires working onsite five days a week.
- Relocation is available.
- The posting is open from October 22, 2026 through November 12, 2026.
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About Caterpillar
Caterpillar Inc. designs, manufactures, and services construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives for infrastructure, resource, and energy customers. The public company, founded in 1925 and headquartered in Irving, Texas, sells primarily through an independent worldwide dealer network and provides equipment financing. It operates through Construction Industries, Resource Industries, and Energy & Transportation segments, with shares traded on the NYSE and Euronext Paris.