Cat
Lead Data Engineer – Physical AI Platform, Data Engineering
Irving, Texas · Part-time
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odds of building a lasting career here
Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
Lottery odds assume a STEM candidate.
Personalize to your clock →H-1B wage level
the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
$18,045 more — $146,515 — moves this role to Level IV and 4 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $146,515 would place this position at wage Level IV. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Data Scientists" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Data Scientists (15-2051) · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.
- When you join Caterpillar, you're joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do - but also about each other.
- We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities.
Responsibilities
- Actively collaborate with Principal Software Engineers and Data Architects to define solution architecture
- Lead the solution design and optimization of scalable data pipelines and microservices in Python, enabling both real-time and batch data processing across enterprise platforms
- Drive the development of cloud-native data ingestion and streaming solutions leveraging AWS services including Kinesis, S3, DynamoDB, EventBridge, and related technologies
- Own the design, implementation, and operational excellence of data integration frameworks and source data pipelines supporting CI Autonomy initiatives
- Partner with business, product, and engineering stakeholders to translate complex requirements into scalable data architectures, workflows, mappings, and system designs
- Lead operational monitoring, performance tuning, and root-cause analysis of production data platforms using observability tools such as CloudWatch to maintain high availability and service reliability
- Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Ability to lead the analysis and resolution of complex issues within distributed data platforms, designing scalable, and resilient solutions
- Effective Communications: Ability to communicate across teams by sharing feedback constructively, listening to others, and creating documentation that makes data systems and processes easy to understand and support
- Software Development: Experience in leading the design and development of backend systems and data pipelines using Python, Java, and modern frameworks, providing technical directions and ensuring the delivery of reliable, scalable solutions
- Software Integration Engineering: Capability to lead the design and integration of APIs, data pipelines, streaming platforms, and databases to enable reliable data exchange across enterprise systems and partner platforms
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
- 8+ years of experience in data engineering or related disciplines with increasing responsibility
- Strong hands-on experience with AWS data services (Kinesis, S3, DynamoDB, EventBridge, etc.) at scale
- Experience with monitoring, testing, and automation in large-scale data environments
Compensation
- $128,470.00 - $208,770.00
- Please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Caterpillar.
- Compensation and benefits offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, job level, market location, job-related knowledge, skills, individual performance and experience.
Benefits
- This is a summary list of benefits.
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits*
- Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*
- Health Savings Account (HSA)*
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*
- Health Lifestyle Programs*
- Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*
- Incentive bonus*
- Disability benefits
Company info
- We don't just talk about progress and innovation here - we make it happen, with our customers, where we work and live.
- Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.
- At Caterpillar, technology always has a purpose, which is to solve our customers' toughest challenges.
- Through Cat Technology, we are solving problems by building the intelligence layer that connects machines, data, and people to make jobsites safer, more productive, and more sustainable.
Visa & Work Authorization
- Visa sponsorship is available for eligible applicants.
This listing is sourced directly from Cat's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.