Gen AI Lead Engineer: Python, AWS & LangChain

Caterpillar Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 128,000 - 209,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Paid time off

401(k) savings plans

Health Savings Account (HSA)

Career Development

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for Cat Digital to work on Generative AI projects, building assistants, AI-infused processing pipelines, tooling, and software. You will contribute to cutting-edge AI solutions leveraging Python, FastAPI, and AWS services from Chicago or Peoria offices.

Join a global team delivering scalable AI-powered solutions, collaborating with data scientists, developers, and cross-functional partners to drive innovation across the enterprise.

Qualifications

• Experience with Gen AI systems and prompt engineering concepts.
• Ability to deploy Gen AI solutions using Python and OOP.
• Experience building and deploying services with FastAPI on AWS.
• Familiarity with LangChain, LangGraph, and LangChain tooling.
• Experience with CI/CD using GitHub Actions and AWS components.

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.

Skills

Software development

Software life cycle

Software design/architecture

Software product knowledge

Software product testing

Python

GitHub Actions

AWS

LangChain/LangGraph

Tools

FastAPI

CloudFormation

Apache Airflow

GoLang

React

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for Cat Digital to work on Generative AI projects, building assistants, AI-infused processing pipelines, tooling, and software. You will contribute to cutting-edge AI solutions leveraging Python, FastAPI, and AWS services from Chicago or Peoria offices.

Join a global team delivering scalable AI-powered solutions, collaborating with data scientists, developers, and cross-functional partners to drive innovation across the enterprise.