Lead Software Engineer (Autonomy Services)
Cat · Irving, TX
$128,470–$208,770from the description
Jul 27, 2026
Irving, TX
Jul 28, 2026
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A Lead Software Engineer role at Caterpillar's Irving, TX (Dallas) office, focused on designing and delivering backend RESTful API services built on Java, Spring Boot, and microservices architecture deployed to AWS. The position carries technical leadership responsibilities — architecture guidance, code and design reviews, mentoring engineers, and driving adoption of AI-assisted development workflows — in support of a large-scale industrial IoT and data platform.
Senior level · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX · Full-time
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The title is 'Lead Software Engineer' but the posting carries no explicit seniority level word (Junior/Mid/Senior/Staff/Principal) in the title itself, so the title states no level. The scope and responsibilities (technical leadership, architecture ownership, mentoring) support a Senior classification.
AWS is listed as the primary cloud environment; Azure appears as an alternative in the 'Top Candidates Will Have' section ('AWS or Azure'), so both are captured under one skill with Azure as an alternative.
Java 17+ is specified in the 'Top Candidates Will Have' section with firm language ('Strong backend engineering capability with Java 17+'), treating it as a hard gate.
The 'Nice to Have' block covers Python, LangChain/LangGraph, LLM integration, evals/guardrails, multi-agent workflows, prompt optimization, and MLOps — all captured as preferred. LangChain and LangGraph are listed as interchangeable agent orchestration frameworks and are combined into one preferred skill.
No minimum years of overall experience are stated in the posting.
The role is fully on-site five days a week in Irving, TX; domestic relocation and visa sponsorship are both available.
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