Senior Principal Architect, Applied AI Enterprise
Caterpillar1 day ago
Irving, TX, USA or Westminster, CO, USAStaff+
Base Salary
$173k - $259k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop detailed architecture deliverables for business problems addressed through agentic AI systems and patterns.
- Design technical infrastructure for AI applications, including orchestration layers, tool integrations, data retrieval patterns, and testing approaches.
- Lead the evaluation and deployment of emerging AI technologies and frameworks for Caterpillar’s agentic AI capabilities.
- Translate business requirements into AI solution designs and collaborate with IT, business functions, product teams, and other cross-functional stakeholders.
- Influence enterprise architecture decisions and provide practical recommendations on rapidly evolving AI technologies.
Requirements
- Deep understanding of modern AI/ML architectures, including transformer models, retrieval-augmented generation, agent frameworks, and model orchestration patterns.
- Hands-on experience with Azure OpenAI Service, AWS Bedrock, and Google Vertex AI, including multi-cloud or hybrid solution architecture.
- Strong knowledge of MLOps practices such as model versioning, deployment pipelines, monitoring, and governance.
- Deep experience designing and building agentic AI systems, including multi-agent architectures, tool use, and orchestration patterns.
- Experience implementing production AI agent systems with LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, or similar tools.
- Understanding of LLM capabilities, limitations, deployment patterns, prompt engineering, RAG, function calling, and context engineering.
- Experience with AI/ML infrastructure components such as vector databases, embedding models, orchestration layers, and observability tools.
- Broad software engineering experience, including API design, authentication and authorization patterns, and enterprise integration.
- Experience with MLOps or LLMOps, model monitoring, and production AI systems at scale.
- Expert knowledge of requirements analysis, data architecture, target architecture, analytical thinking, and effective communication.
- Ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and influence architecture decisions across teams.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
- 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 opportunities and tuition reimbursement.
- Disability benefits, life insurance, parental leave, and adoption benefits.
- Incentive bonus eligibility and other plan-based benefits.
- The position requires working onsite five days per week.
- Relocation is available.
- The position is based in Irving, TX; Peoria, IL; or Broomfield, CO.
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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.