Caterpillar, Inc

Lead Software Engineer (Autonomy Services)

Caterpillar, Inc$128K — $208K *
Technical Services
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in backend engineering with strong expertise in Java and Spring Boot.
  • Proven knowledge of building secure, scalable services in cloud environments such as AWS or Azure.
  • Ability to implement AI-assisted software development practices and workflows.
  • Experience in deploying microservices and RESTful API services in production environments.
  • Strong decision-making skills with a focus on critical thinking and effective communication.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design and deployment of backend RESTful APIs using microservices architecture.
  • Provide architectural guidance and hands-on problem-solving as a technical leader.
  • Manage complex platform challenges from inception to delivery, prioritizing quality and security.
  • Set high standards for software quality through design and code reviews and operational readiness.
  • Mentor team members to enhance technical skills and consistency in execution.
  • Drive adoption of AI-assisted development processes to improve delivery speed and code quality.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional Agile teams to deliver business-value features effectively.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits
  • Paid time off plan including vacation and holidays
  • 401(k) savings plan with employer contributions
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs) and Health Savings Account (HSA)
  • Career development programs and tuition reimbursement
  • Life insurance and disability benefits
  • Parental leave and adoption benefits
Full Job Description

Career Area:

Technology, Digital and Data

Job Description:

What You Will Do:

The Lead Software Engineer provides technical leadership for critical platform investments that enable a broad portfolio of digital applications. This role is an opportunity to shape architecture, influence engineering direction, and accelerate delivery of secure, scalable services on AWS while mentoring other engineers. You will drive high-impact technical decisions, establish strong development practices including secure AI-assisted and agentic engineering workflows, and help the team build platform capabilities that create meaningful business outcomes at scale.

  • Lead design, development, testing, and deployment of backend RESTful API services using Java, Spring Boot, and microservices architecture.
  • Act as a technical leader for development and support groups by providing architectural guidance, engineering direction, and hands-on problem solving.
  • Own complex application and platform challenges from discovery through delivery, balancing speed, quality, security, and long-term maintainability.
  • Set and reinforce high standards for software quality through design reviews, code reviews, testing strategy, operational readiness, and best practices.
  • Mentor and develop engineers across the team, helping raise technical capability and consistency in execution.
  • Lead adoption of AI-assisted and agentic software development practices across the team by defining effective repository guidance, approval workflows, validation standards, and secure development guardrails that improve delivery speed while preserving quality, architecture integrity, and human accountability.
  • Influence full-stack architecture patterns across UI, API, and service layers while maintaining primary ownership of scalable backend microservice and platform architecture.
  • Drive delivery of business-value features with cross-functional Agile teams while aligning implementation choices to product, platform, and enterprise needs.
  • Guide the team in building structured application and interface code, technical documentation, and reusable patterns that improve scalability and developer productivity.

WHAT YOU WILL HAVE

  • Software Product Design/Architecture: Knowledge of software product design; ability to convert market requirements into software product design and strategic technical direction.
  • Software Product Technical Knowledge: Knowledge of technical aspects of software products; ability to design, configure, and integrate technical aspects of software products.
  • Software Integration Engineering: Knowledge of software integration processes and functions; ability to design, develop, and maintain interfaces and linkage to alternative platforms and software packages.
  • Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.
  • Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools, and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through appropriate communication behaviors.

TOP CANDIDATES WILL HAVE

  • Strong backend engineering capability with Java 17+ and Spring Boot to design and deliver RESTful APIs using microservices principles.
  • Proven ability to build secure, scalable platform services in a cloud environment such as AWS or Azure.
  • Experience deploying backend services in cloud-native environments.
  • Knowledge of AI-assisted and agentic software development workflows
  • Ability to review, validate, test, and refine AI-generated code and pull requests for correctness, maintainability, performance, security, and alignment with established engineering standards.
  • Knowledge of responsible AI usage and secure coding practices in AI-assisted development
  • Nice to Have:

    ·Experience building production AI agents using Python

    ·Experience with agent orchestration frameworks such as LangChain or LangGraph

    ·Experience integration LLMs with external tools, APIs, databases, and retrieval systems

    ·Experience designing evals, guardrails, and monitoring for agent reliability

    ·Multi-agent workflow design and memory/context management

    ·Prompt optimization, latency reduction, and cost control

    ·MLOps or model deployment experience

ADDITIONAL DETAILS

  • This position requires the candidate to be based in Irving, TX (Dallas)
  • Domestic relocation assistance is available for this position.
  • Visa sponsorship is available for this position

 

Summary Pay Range:

$128,470.00 - $208,770.00

Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience. Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar. 

Benefits:

Subject to plan eligibility, terms, and guidelines. This is a summary list of benefits.

  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits*

  • Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*

  • 401(k) savings plans*

  • Health Savings Account (HSA)*

  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*

  • Health Lifestyle Programs*

  • Employee Assistance Program*

  • Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*

  • Career Development*

  • Incentive bonus*

  • Disability benefits

  • Life Insurance

  • Parental leave

  • Adoption benefits

  • Tuition Reimbursement

       

* These benefits also apply to part-time employees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Posting Dates:

July 6, 2026 - July 20, 2026

Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen.

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About Caterpillar, Inc

Progress Rail Services Corporation, a Caterpillar company, is one of the largest integrated and diversified suppliers of railroad and transit system products and services worldwide. Since its acquisition by Caterpillar Inc. in 2006, Progress Rail has used the Caterpillar international footprint to gain quick and widespread notice and approval across the globe. Product technology, reliability and durability, along with legendary aftermarket parts and service support, have been their keys to success. Caterpillar is the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines and industrial gas turbines. The technology and world reach of Caterpillar, combined with the service standard and historical reliability of Progress Rail, ensures their products and services make a growing impact on the world rail industry. With their acquisition of Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD), Progress Rail is the world's largest builder of diesel-electric locomotives for all commercial railroad applications including freight, intercity passenger, commuter, switching, industrial and mining. EMD is also a global provider of diesel power engines for marine propulsion, offshore and land based oil well drilling rigs and stationary power generation. Electro-Motive is the only diesel engine manufacturer of its size to have produced more than 70,000 engines. This success stems from product reliability, serviceability, load acceptance capability, low operating costs and ease of maintenance with standardized components.

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Learn more about Caterpillar, Inc
Size
107,700 employees
Market Cap
$125.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$2.9 billion
Founded
1925
5 Year Trend
+5.8%
Revenue
$41.7 billion
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