Senior Data Engineer — Build CI/CD Pipelines (On‑Site)

Caterpillar Inc.; Peoria (IL); On-site; USD 112,710 - 183,140; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision benefits

Paid time off

401(k) savings plans

Health Savings Account

Flexible Spending Accounts

Tuition Reimbursement

Incentive bonus

Parental leave

Career Development

Disability benefits

Life Insurance

Job summary

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a software engineer in Chicago, IL or Peoria, IL for on-site work five days a week. You will develop across programs, build pipelines, resolve complex tech problems, and shape scalable software with modern tools and cloud services.

Candidates should demonstrate Python expertise, OOP, embedding models, and CI/CD experience. The role emphasizes design interpretation, testing, and collaborating across teams while maintaining high quality and pursuing continuous learning

Qualifications

• Extensive software development experience with OOP.
• Strong Python development experience and code-quality discipline.
• Experience embedding models and chunking data for scalable pipelines.
• Proficient with Git version control and collaborative workflows.
• Hands-on CI/CD implementation using Jenkins, GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps.

Responsibilities

• Responsibilities across functional lines with individuals assigned in new program development.
• Perform all programming, project management, and development assignments without close supervision; normally assigned the more complex aspects of systems work.
• Work directly on complex application/technical problem identification and resolution.
• Interpret design requirements for engineering implementation.
• Build and deploy CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement source to target mapping as pipeline code.
• Perform unit and integration testing.
• Maintain high standards of software quality within the team by establishing good practices and habits.
• Identify and encourage areas for growth and improvement within the team.

Skills

OOP Principles

Python

Embedding Models

Git Version Control

CI/CD Pipelines

AWS Services

SQL/NoSQL

Continuous Learning

Tools

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

SageMaker

DynamoDB

PostgreSQL

Job description

Caterpillar Inc. is seeking a software engineer in Chicago, IL or Peoria, IL for on-site work five days a week. You will develop across programs, build pipelines, resolve complex tech problems, and shape scalable software with modern tools and cloud services.

Candidates should demonstrate Python expertise, OOP, embedding models, and CI/CD experience. The role emphasizes design interpretation, testing, and collaborating across teams while maintaining high quality and pursuing continuous learning