Lead Angular Developer
Caterpillar8 days ago
Chicago, IL, USA +3 moreStaff+
Base Salary
$128k - $209k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own and define frontend architecture, UI frameworks, state management, and application structure across multiple teams.
- Design and deliver tablet-first applications with Angular, Ionic, and Capacitor for mobile and console-like environments.
- Build interactive, real-time interfaces that visualize and control autonomous systems using live data and AI-driven outputs.
- Optimize application performance for responsive, low-latency behavior on tablets and mobile devices.
- Establish engineering standards, reusable components, best practices, team practices, guardrails, and quality gates.
- Lead technical design reviews, guide implementation, and mentor engineers across teams.
- Collaborate with product, UX, backend, and AI/robotics teams on integrated solutions.
- Ensure software quality through automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and application observability.
- Use AI coding assistants and Spec-Driven Development to accelerate design, implementation, review, and testing while maintaining engineering rigor.
Requirements
- Experience in software engineering with strong frontend architecture expertise.
- Experience leading a team of engineers.
- Strong experience with Angular, RxJS, state management such as NgRx, JavaScript/TypeScript, and modern frontend design patterns.
- Hands-on experience building hybrid mobile applications with Ionic and Capacitor and optimizing performance for mobile and tablet environments.
- Experience integrating real-time data systems, WebSockets, and event-driven architectures.
- Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP and backend systems such as Node.js.
- Production experience with AI coding assistants such as Claude Code, Claude, Copilot, or Cursor, including agentic workflows and tool/MCP integrations.
- Experience with Spec-Driven Development or equivalent specification-first methodologies.
- Knowledge of software integration, software product design and architecture, software product technical concepts, and software product testing.
- Ability to analyze situations, make informed decisions, and deliver productive outcomes.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits, subject to plan eligibility.
- Paid time off including vacation, holidays, and volunteer time.
- 401(k) savings plans, Health Savings Account, and Flexible Spending Accounts.
- Health Lifestyle Programs, Employee Assistance Program, voluntary benefits, and employee discounts.
- Career development, incentive bonus, disability benefits, and life insurance.
- Parental leave, adoption benefits, and tuition reimbursement.
- The position is onsite five days per week in Chicago, Peoria, Dallas, or Denver, requires 5–10% travel, and offers no domestic relocation assistance.
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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.