Senior Software Engineer
Caterpillar1 day ago
Chicago, IL, USA +4 moreSenior
Base Salary
$113k - $183k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, prototype, test, and deploy modern software applications, pilots, reusable components, and production-ready features.
- Evaluate and apply generative AI, LLM-powered workflows, AI-assisted development, intelligent automation, cloud services, and integration platforms.
- Convert ambiguous ideas, customer needs, and technical opportunities into proofs of concept, pilots, and measurable business outcomes.
- Apply automated testing, security, observability, performance, maintainability, responsible AI, and operational-readiness practices.
- Collaborate with product, architecture, data, security, operations, and business teams to define use cases, success criteria, tradeoffs, and enterprise transitions.
- Share learnings through demonstrations and documentation, mentor others, and promote experimentation and continuous improvement.
Requirements
- Strong software engineering fundamentals in design, integration, testing, and scalable solution delivery.
- Ability to evaluate emerging technologies, assess risk and value, and make practical recommendations.
- Hands-on experience with modern development tools, cloud-native patterns, APIs, automation, and AI-enabled capabilities.
- Ability to work effectively in ambiguity, test assumptions, communicate technical tradeoffs, and move ideas toward validated outcomes.
- Experience with generative AI, LLMs, RAG, prompt engineering, AI-assisted development, or intelligent automation is preferred.
- Experience creating proofs of concept, pilots, or MVPs is preferred.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms, APIs, microservices, data pipelines, vector databases, DevOps, or observability tools is preferred.
- Experience with responsible AI, security, privacy, data governance, testing, and production readiness is preferred.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience is preferred.
- Ability to lead technical discussions, mentor others, and influence adoption through demos and documentation.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
- Paid time off including vacation, holidays, and volunteer time.
- 401(k) savings plans, health savings accounts, and flexible spending accounts.
- Health lifestyle programs, employee assistance, voluntary benefits, and employee discounts.
- Career development, tuition reimbursement, incentive bonus, disability benefits, life insurance, parental leave, and adoption benefits.
- Travel is up to 15%; relocation is not available.
- The posting dates are September 19, 2026 through September 22, 2026.
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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.