Career Area:
Business Technologies, Digital and Data
Job Description:
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. 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.
What You Will Do:
Architect, build and deploy well-managed core APIs and SDKs to access LLMs and our proprietary Foundational Models including training, fine-tuning and prompting tasks, including orchestration SDKs.
Design APIs for performance, real-time applications, scale, ease of use and governance automation.
Develop application-specific interfaces that leverage LLMs and FMs to continue to enhance customer experience.
Enable and democratize our users to build new Gen AI capabilities.
Develop tools and processes to monitor API access patterns and operational health.
Design and implement Responsible AI with guardrails.
What You Have:
Familiarity with building large-scale AI products, Generative AI solutions, or platforms for NLP, speech, computer vision, or recommendation systems.
Have experience with API security, observability, cloud access control and privacy best practices.
Experience with cloud platforms and distributed computing for scalable model training.
Software development experience in support of enterprise-grade solutions
Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think creatively.
Strong communication and collaboration skills.
Top candidates will also have :
Ability to move fast in an environment with ambiguity at times, and with competing priorities and deadlines.
Ability to iterate rapidly with researchers and engineers to improve product experience while building the foundational capabilities.
Conducts walkthroughs and monitors effectiveness and quality of the development activities.
Elaborates on multiple-development toolkits for traditional and web-based software.
Has participated in development of multiple or large software products.
Contrasts advantages and drawbacks of different development languages and tools.
Estimates and monitors development costs based on functional and technical requirements.
Provides consulting on both selection and utilization of developers' workbench tools.
Describes similarities and differences of life cycle for new product development vs. new release.
Identifies common issues, problems, and considerations for each phase of the life cycle.
Works with a formal life cycle methodology.
Explains phases, activities, dependencies, deliverables, and key decision points.
Interprets product development plans and functional documentation.
Has experience with designing data exchange interfaces to and from software product.
Describes tools and techniques for extraction, transformation and loading of electronic data.
Cites examples of common linkage requirements for software products and vendors.
Works with integrating software into the customer or partner framework and infrastructure.
Participates in the development of technology interfaces and bridges.
Demonstrates experience with the architecture and design of major or multiple products.
Describes major software architecture alternatives and considerations.
Explains design considerations for commercial database systems, operating systems and web.
Displays experience in estimating the cost of a specific design of a proposed product.
Facilitates design reviews and walkthroughs.
Analyzes benefits and drawbacks of specific software designs and architecture.
Degree and experience requirements:
Bachelors or Master's in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field preferred.
Extensive experience in Python, R, .NET, or Java.
Maintains and utilizes data related to install base configurations and environments.
Solicits customer feedback; reports and monitors bugs and implementation issues.
Participates in defining and conducting technical acceptance tests.
Participates in creating technical requirements for software development and deployment.
Explains basic environment and product configuration options.
Participates in test readiness reviews, functional, volume, and load testing.
Describes key features and aspects of a specific testing discipline or methodology.
Tests software components for compliance with functional requirements and design specifications.
Explains procedures for documenting test activities and results (e.g. errors, non-conformance, etc.)
Conducts functional and performance testing on aspects of assigned products.
What You Will Get: (US only)
Our goal at Caterpillar is for you to have a rewarding career. Our teams are critical to the success of our customers who build a better world.
Here you earn more than just an hourly wage, because we value your performance, we offer a total rewards package that provides day one benefits (medical, dental, vision, RX, and 401K) along with the potential of an annual bonus.
Additional benefits include paid vacation days and paid holidays (prorated based upon hire date).
Additional Info :
The primary locations for this position are: Nashville, TN, Dallas, TX, Peoria, IL
This position may require 5% travel.
Sponsorship is not available.
Relocation is available for qualified candidates.
EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals - Including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.
Not ready to apply? Join our Talent Community (http://flows.beamery.com/caterpillarinc/talcom) .
There's more to work at Caterpillar than just the work itself. We hire smart, friendly people and it shows in our culture. We hold ourselves to high standards and make sure our values of integrity, excellence, teamwork, commitment and sustainability come to life in the way we work. We make sure our employees feel continuously challenged while also supported. We provide professional growth opportunities, including leadership programs. We celebrate the diversity of our team, while also working together as one Caterpillar.
Our culture, like everything at our company, is made possible by each employee's contribution. Person by person, we create the environment we work in, and we are proud of the Caterpillar we've built.
