Software Engineer-1 @ Caterpillar Inc

We are looking for innovative, highly competent java developer to join our team to help drive the ongoing development of our cloud-based web application projects.
This position requires extensive experience applying Java, cloud and desktop (or) web application technologies.

Key Role/Responsibilities:
Provide technical delivery of software as per the specifications and design guidelines.
Apply and integrate technologies such as Java, J2EE, AJAX, Web Services to conceptualize, design, and develop and unit test web-based (or) desktop applications.
Analyse the requirements and its impact to existing application
Communicate and collaborate with the team
Work with the Leads to create scope estimates and feature technical specifications
Required Skills:
Strong experience in JAVA and J2EE technologies with Cloud based environment.
Expert knowledge in JPA, Hibernate, JDBC, SQL, Spring Boot, JUnit and JSON, REST/JSON web services.
Knowledge in Java Design Patterns will be an added advantage.
Experience developing applications with Agile team methodologies preferred.
Strong Object-Oriented design skills and understanding of MVC.
Sufficient experience with Git to organize a large software project with multiple developers to include branching, tagging and merging.

Desired Skills:
Experience in Azure or AWS cloud (PaaS) with Java is a plus.
Strong business application design skills.
Excellent communications and interpersonal skills.
Strong debugging skills.
Highly proficient in standard Java development tools (Eclipse, Maven, etc.)
A strong interest in building security into applications from the initial design.
Experience at creating technical project Documentation and task time estimates.