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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 Overview

We are hiring an Engineering Manager – UI Engineering to lead multiple teams building and delivering high-quality, scalable, and performant user-facing applications across web and mobile platforms.

This is a people and delivery leadership role, responsible for execution, engineering excellence, and team growth within the Experience Engineering stack. You will work closely with the Lead UI Architect (for architecture) and UX/Design teams (for design alignment), ensuring seamless delivery of consistent and high-quality user experiences.

This role is accountable for executing and scaling reusable UI libraries and front-end frameworks across multiple product teams.

What You’ll Do

People Leadership & Team Development

• Build, lead, and grow high-performing UI engineering teams.
• Manage and coach senior engineers, tech leads, and emerging leaders.
• Drive a culture of accountability, inclusion, and continuous improvement.
• Own:
  • Hiring, onboarding, and retention
  • Performance management and career development
  • Succession planning and team structure

Delivery & Execution Excellence

• Own end-to-end delivery of UI engineering initiatives across multiple teams.
• Translate product and architecture inputs into execution plans with clear milestones.
• Manage:
  • Sprint execution, backlog prioritization, and release planning
  • Risks, dependencies, and cross-team coordination
• Ensure predictable, high-quality releases using defined engineering metrics:
  • Lead time
  • Change failure rate
  • Release predictability
• Own delivery across both platform and consuming applications, including:
  • UI libraries and framework roadmap
  • Adoption, migration, and integration across product teams
• Ensure predictable and well-governed framework releases, including:
  • Release notes
  • Migration guides
  • Backward compatibility considerations

Technical Execution & Platform Delivery

• Drive delivery and implementation of front-end applications using React, Next.js, TypeScript, and modern UI frameworks.
• Ensure alignment with architecture standards defined by the UI Architect.
• Oversee delivery of:
  • Micro-frontends and shared UI modules
  • Integration with BFF/APIs
  • Responsive and scalable UI implementations

UI Platform, Library & Framework Ownership

• Lead the development, scaling, and evolution of reusable UI libraries and front-end frameworks that power multiple applications across the organization.
• Own execution for:
  • Core UI component libraries, shared utilities, and framework capabilities
  • Framework stability, scalability, and backward compatibility
  • Versioning, release management, and upgrade strategies
• Drive adoption of UI libraries and frameworks across product teams by:
  • Enabling seamless onboarding and integration experiences
  • Defining clear usage guidelines, patterns, and documentation
  • Monitoring and improving adoption across applications
• Partner with the UI Architect to implement architectural standards and ensure alignment with the broader front-end strategy.
• Collaborate with UX/Design System teams to ensure tight integration of:
  • Design tokens
  • Component definitions
  • Theming and styling standards
• Establish scalable processes for:
  • Documentation and developer onboarding
  • Support models and issue resolution for consuming teams
  • Feedback loops to continuously improve the framework
• Manage dependencies and rollout strategies across multiple product teams consuming the UI framework.
• Define support and SLA models for the UI platform, including issue triage, resolution timelines, and escalation paths for consuming teams.

Design Systems & UX Collaboration

• Ensure adoption and correct implementation of design systems, component libraries, and UI standards.
• Work closely with UX designers and Design System teams to:
  • Translate designs into high-quality engineering outputs
  • Maintain consistency across applications
• Drive compliance with:
  • Accessibility standards (WCAG)
  • Responsive and adaptive design principles

Platform Adoption & Engineering Metrics

• Define and track success metrics for UI libraries and frameworks, including:
  • Adoption rate across applications
  • Component reuse and reduction in duplication
  • Developer onboarding time and productivity
  • Defect trends and issue resolution timelines
• Use insights from usage and feedback to drive continuous improvement of the platform.
• Percentage of applications aligned to standard UI platform (vs custom implementations)

Engineering Excellence & Quality

• Own enforcement of engineering quality standards and drive consistency across all teams consuming the UI platform.
• Ensure adherence to engineering standards, coding guidelines, and best practices defined at the org level.
• Drive implementation of:
  • Automated testing (unit, integration, visual regression)
  • CI/CD pipelines and release automation
• Track and improve code quality, defect rates, and technical debt within teams.
• Ensure both UI frameworks and consuming applications comply with code quality (SonarQube), open-source governance (FOSSA), and CI/CD quality gates

Performance, Reliability & Observability

• Ensure delivery meets performance benchmarks (Core Web Vitals).
• Drive adoption of:
  • Monitoring and observability (RUM, logs, alerts)
  • Incident management and root cause analysis
• Ensure systems meet availability, scalability, and reliability expectations.

DevOps & Release Management

• Establish strong release governance and operational cadence, including:
  • Quarterly planning
  • Release planning and review cycles
• Drive adoption of:
  • Trunk-based development
  • Feature flags and experimentation frameworks
  • Progressive delivery (canary, blue-green deployments)

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with:
  • UI Architect for technical direction
  • Product teams for roadmap alignment
  • UX/Design teams for experience alignment
  • Platform/Cloud teams for scalability and reliability
• Communicate progress, risks, and trade-offs to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of software engineering experience with strong focus on front-end/UI technologies.
• 3–6+ years of experience managing engineering teams.
• Proven experience delivering large-scale, user-facing applications.
• Strong expertise in:
  • React, Next.js, TypeScript
  • Front-end architecture and scalable UI systems
• Experience working with design systems and component-driven development.

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Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply

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