Data Engineer, Physical AI Platform & AI at Scale

Caterpillar Inc.; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 98,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Visa sponsorship

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a Data Engineer in Irving, TX to design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and cloud-based data systems. You will work on real-time and batch processing, leveraging Python, AWS services, and microservices within an agile team.

You will ensure data quality, implement automated testing, and collaborate to deliver reliable data solutions across distributed environments. This onsite role offers relocation and visa sponsorship options.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• 2+ years development experience on modern, large scale, complex data platforms.
• 3+ years developing and deploying Java or Python solutions to a production environment.
• Experience building high-throughput, scalable data pipelines.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS data services (Kinesis, S3, DynamoDB, EventBridge, etc.).
• Proficiency in SQL, including data quality and validation practices.
• Proficiency in deploying software using CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps, Jira, Jenkins, etc.
• Experience developing microservices that support real-time data ingestion.
• Experience developing software applications using relational and noSQL databases.
• Ability to ensure data integrity across distributed and streaming systems.
• Experience with API development and secure integrations (OAuth 2.0).
• Proven experience with monitoring, testing, and automation in large-scale data environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize data pipelines and microservices using Python for real-time and batch processing.
• Develop cloud-based data ingestion solutions using AWS services (Kinesis, S3, DynamoDB, EventBridge, etc.).
• Build and maintain data integration workflows for source data pipelines aligned to CI Autonomy.
• Translate business requirements into reliable data workflows, mappings, and system designs.
• Implement automated testing and validation to ensure data integrity across distributed systems.
• Monitor and troubleshoot pipelines using CloudWatch to maintain reliability.

Skills

Python

AWS

Java

SQL

CI/CD

Microservices

Data pipelines

Cloud

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

CloudWatch

Azure DevOps

Jira

Jenkins

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a Data Engineer in Irving, TX to design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and cloud-based data systems. You will work on real-time and batch processing, leveraging Python, AWS services, and microservices within an agile team.

You will ensure data quality, implement automated testing, and collaborate to deliver reliable data solutions across distributed environments. This onsite role offers relocation and visa sponsorship options.