Junior Data Engineer

Caterpillar Caterpillar · Industrial · Kosice, Slovakia

Junior Data Engineer role at Caterpillar's digital division, focusing on developing and deploying digital solutions. Responsibilities include application development, technical assistance, integrated testing, and working with Python and CI/CD tools within an Agile framework. Requires knowledge of software products, Python development, and computer science fundamentals. Cloud and IaC experience are a plus.

What you'd actually do

  1. Development of applications, project management, and complex assignments.
  2. Development of application focused around delivering business valuable features.
  3. Assist other engineers, providing technical assistance and colaboration.
  4. Guiding the team to developing a structured code, new program documentation, operations, documentation, and user guides.
  5. Performing integrated testing to ensure timely, quality results.

Skills

Required

  • Knowledge of technical aspects of a software products; ability to design, configure and integrate technical aspects of software products.
  • Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
  • Relevant degree in Computer Science or similar field.
  • Proven experience with software development, testing, creating documentation and working within a team.
  • Experience in designing and developing software applications in Python.
  • Solid knowledge of computer science fundamentals like data structures and algorithms.
  • Deploying software using CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GoCD, Azure DevOps etc.
  • Working within an Agile framework (ideally Scrum)

Nice to have

  • Basic knowledge of computer science fundamentals like data structures and algorithms.
  • Elementary understanding of AWS cloud platform – components, services, cloud-native architecture etc.; experience with IaC – Terraform or CloudFormation