Lead Software Test Engineer - Prime Online at Caterpillar, Inc.
Chicago, IL
$128,470–$208,770from the description
Jul 22, 2026
Chicago, IL
Jul 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior quality engineering role focused on Caterpillar's Cat.com and Prime Online web platforms. The position involves setting test strategy, building and scaling automation frameworks across web, mobile, and API layers, and embedding quality gates into CI/CD pipelines. It also carries a leadership dimension — mentoring test engineers and coordinating with product, development, and DevOps teams — making it best suited to someone with deep hands-on automation experience who is also comfortable driving quality practices at an organizational level.
Senior level · 7+ years · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 100 people in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software quality assurance analysts and testers). range 60–190
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $107,902 (middle half $85,142–$133,799). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The title is 'Lead Software Test Engineer' with no explicit seniority level word (Junior/Senior/Staff/etc.), so advertised seniority is Unspecified; however, 7+ years required and a leadership/mentoring scope support a Senior classification.
The posting does not specify a work location city beyond Caterpillar's headquarters context (Peoria/Chicago metro area, IL). CBSA set to Chicago-Naperville-Elgin as Caterpillar's Cat Digital arm is headquartered in that broader metro; this is an inference and may need verification.
Playwright, WebdriverIO, and Selenium appear together in the Required Qualifications section under 'Drive automation strategy using modern tools and frameworks such as Playwright, WebdriverIO, Selenium, Appium' — the 'such as' qualifier means these are interchangeable examples of the required automation framework capability. Playwright is emitted as the primary with WebdriverIO and Selenium as alternatives; Appium is separately required for mobile.
JavaScript/TypeScript experience is listed under Preferred Qualifications, not Required, so both are marked preferred.
AI-assisted tools (GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Copilot, Azure AI) are listed under Preferred Qualifications and marked accordingly.
The degree requirement states 'Bachelor's degree … or equivalent experience,' so no hard degree gate applies.
The Technical Skills section at the bottom of the posting appears to be a stack/taxonomy list rather than a separate requirements block; skills from it that are not already captured from the Required/Preferred sections are included as preferred.
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