Lead Software Engineer, Gen AI
About The Position
As a Lead Software Engineer you will work on Generative AI projects focused on building assistants, AI-infused processing pipelines, tooling, and software. Join our innovative team and contribute to the development of cutting-edge AI solutions at Cat Digital. Cat Digital is the digital and technology arm of Caterpillar Inc., leveraging the latest technologies to build industry-leading digital solutions for our customers and dealers. With over 1.5 million connected assets worldwide, our teams use data, technology, advanced analytics, telematics, and AI capabilities to help our customers build a better, more sustainable world.
Requirements
- Software Development: Knowledge of software development tools and activities; ability to produce software products or systems in line with product requirements.
- Software Development Life Cycle: Knowledge of the software development life cycle; ability to use a structured methodology for delivering and managing new or enhanced software products.
- Software Product Design/Architecture: Knowledge of software product design; ability to convert requirements into software product design.
- Software Product Technical Knowledge: Knowledge of technical aspects of a software products; ability to design, configure and integrate technical aspects of software products.
- Software Product Testing: Knowledge of software product testing; ability to design, plan, and execute testing strategies and tactics to ensure software product quality and adherence to stated requirements.
Nice To Haves
- Comfort planning, building, maintaining, and coordinating with others on large, complex projects.
- Software development experience and solid working knowledge of OOP principles
- Experience in designing and developing software applications in Python (nice to have experience: GoLang, frontend frameworks like React)
- Experience with Python libraries such as FastAPI, LangGraph, and LangChain
- Experience with modern Gen AI system architectures and techniques (multi agent, big tool, context management, MCP, long term memory)
- Experience working with Git version control on medium to large teams
- Exceptional communication skills with experience working on a cross-functional team
- Deploying software using GitHub Actions or similar
- Experience with AWS components such as SageMaker Studio, Lambda, API Gateway, and RDS
- Technical writing skills
Responsibilities
- Develop and deploy Gen AI solutions utilizing Python and OOP principles.
- Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
- Deploy solutions on AWS using CloudFormation.
- Work with frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, and Crew.ai.
- Apply knowledge of Large Language Models (LLMs) and prompt engineering concepts.
- Develop and deploy services using FastAPI on AWS.
- Collaborate with data scientists to refactor analytics solutions for production, ensuring scalability and efficiency.
- Assist in the development of machine learning and AI pipelines using Apache Airflow.
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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
