AI-Driven QA Lead for Web & API Testing

Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 128,000 - 209,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

401(k) savings plans

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

Career Development

Incentive bonus

Parental leave

Job summary

Caterpillar is seeking a Lead Software Test Engineer to drive quality engineering practices across Cat.com/Prime Online applications. This role defines test strategy, leads automation initiatives, improving release quality, and ensuring reliable, scalable customer experiences across web, API, and integrated enterprise systems.

The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise in software testing with strong leadership skills, enabling them to influence quality practices across

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
• 7+ years of experience in software testing, quality engineering, or test automation.
• Experience leading quality initiatives and mentoring software test engineers.
• Strong experience testing web, mobile, APIs and enterprise systems.
• Experience designing automated testing frameworks and strategies.
• Knowledge of Agile software development and DevOps practices.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and continuous testing.
• Experience using AI-enabled testing approaches is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor software test engineers, fostering growth and continuous improvement.
• Establish testing standards, quality metrics, and governance across product teams.
• Drive defect prevention through root-cause analysis and process improvements.
• Provide quality status, release readiness assessments, and risk evaluations.
• Champion an AI-first approach to quality engineering and automation.

Skills

Decision making

Software development

SDLC

Product design

Product knowledge

Testing

Leadership

AI-enabled testing

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Playwright

WebdriverIO

Selenium

Appium

Robot Framework

TestCafe

Job description

Caterpillar is seeking a Lead Software Test Engineer to drive quality engineering practices across Cat.com/Prime Online applications. This role defines test strategy, leads automation initiatives, improving release quality, and ensuring reliable, scalable customer experiences across web, API, and integrated enterprise systems.

The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise in software testing with strong leadership skills, enabling them to influence quality practices across