Software Engineer

Caterpillar — Chennai, Tamil Nadu

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. Role Summary The Software Testing Engineer is responsible for driving quality engineering strategy, executing automation initiatives, and ensuring high test coverage across Caterpillar Dealer facing web application (Foresight). This role requires strong technical expertise in automation frameworks ( Playwright & Selenium), and the ability to collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, reliable web solutions. What You Will Do Leadership & Strategy Define and implement the overall QA strategy aligning with product and organizational goals. Ensure best practices and skills are developed. Coordinate QA activities across Project Operations modules, ensuring clarity of scope and priorities. Facilitate triage calls, team meetings, and cross-functional collaboration with stakeholders. Automation Framework Ownership Design, develop, and maintain robust automation frameworks using Playwright , Selenium, and RestAssured (Java/Python preferred). Upgrade or optimize existing frameworks for reliability, maintainability, CI/CD compatibility, and container-based test execution. Enable tagging, modularization, and classification of failures to support large-scale execution across Foresight modules. Test Planning & Execution Prepare, review, and maintain QA artifacts (test plans, cases, regression suites, reports). Ensure complete test coverage—functional, integration, API, end-to-end, performance, and batch job validati

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