Caterpillar, Inc

Principal Digital Architect

Caterpillar, Inc$159K — $258K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or related field.
  • 10 years of experience in software development or related occupation.
  • Experience in designing and maintaining software at scale.
  • Proficiency in both relational and NoSQL databases.
  • Familiarity with cloud deployment, especially in AWS or Azure.

Responsibilities

  • Design large-scale data lakes and enterprise data warehousing solutions.
  • Implement end-to-end automated ETL pipelines utilizing various tools.
  • Lead data architecture development for enterprise-scale systems.
  • Manage data modeling for structured and unstructured data.
  • Drive implementation of big data transformations and cloud data processing.

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)
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Career Development opportunities
  • Incentive bonus options
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Life Insurance and Disability benefits
  • Parental and Adoption leave.
Full Job Description
Career Area:
Technology, Digital and Data

Job Description:

Caterpillar Inc. seeks Principal Digital Architect at its facility located at 501 SW Jefferson Avenue, Caterpillar Building LC, Peoria, IL 61605. Design largescale data lakes and enterprise data warehousing (EDW) projects using on-premise and cloud native data warehousing solutions such as Redshift & Snowflake. Drive development and execution of designing, implementing, and supporting end-to-end automated data processing ETL pipelines using a variety of tools and technologies such as Hadoop Technologies, AWS EMR, and AWS Glue. Lead data architecture development for enterprise scale systems in public cloud in AWS, Azure and hybrid eco-systems. Implement data lakes, big data transformations, cloud data processing, SQL, and NoSQL data modeling. Manage data modeling requirements for structured and non-structured data using various database management technologies such as AWS RDS (mySQL, PostagreSQL, Aurora), AWS DynamoDB, and NoSQL database. REQS: This position requires a bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology or a related field and 10 years of experience in software development or related occupation. Additionally, the applicant must have employment experience with: (1) Designing, developing, deploying and maintaining software at scale; (2) Developing software applications using relational and NoSQL databases; (3) Application architectural patterns, such as MVC, Microservices, Event-driven, etc.; (4) Deploying software using CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GoCD, Azure Devops etc.; (5) Deploying and maintaining software using public clouds such as AWS or Azure; (6) Working within an Agile framework such as Scrum; (7) Batch or stream processing systems such as Apache Spark, Flink, Akka, Storm; (8) Message brokers such as Kafka, Rabbitmq, AWS SQS, AWS SNS, Apache Active MQ, Kinesis; (9) Writing API proxies on platforms such as Apigee Edge, AWS API Gateway or Azure API Gateway; (10) Datastores such as MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis, Elasticsearch, MySQL, Oracle; and (11) Debugging and maintaining software in Linux or Unix platforms.

Applicants who are interested in this position should apply via www.caterpillar.com/careers, search [Principal Digital Architect / R0000367703 #]. LI-DNI.

Summary Pay Range:
$159,120.00 - $258,570.00

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

This position requires working onsite five days a week.

Visa Sponsorship is not available for this position.

Posting Dates:
May 2, 2026 - August 29, 2026

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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