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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Engineer (Autonomy Services) - **Company:** Caterpillar - **Location:** Irving, TX, United States - **Salary:** $97,530.0 - $158,480.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Automation of Tests, Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Code Review, Databases, Continuous Integration, Software Debugging, DevOps, Python (Programming Language), Software Tools, Secure Coding, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Enterprise Software Applications, Large Language Models, Spring-boot, Backend, Restful APIs, Code Restructuring, Software Version Control, Microservices - **Published:** July 7, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/8E2378300E0F424B88127A14965D2B7E/job/ ## About the Role * Software Development: Knowledge of software development tools and activities; ability to produce software products or systems in line with product requirements. * Software Product Design/Architecture: Knowledge of software product design; ability to convert market requirements into software product design and technical approaches. * Software Integration Engineering: Knowledge of software integration processes and functions; ability to design, develop, and maintain interfaces and linkage to alternative platforms and software packages. * Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment. * Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools, and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through appropriate communication behaviors., * Strong backend engineering capability with Java 17+ and Spring Boot to design and deliver RESTful APIs using microservices principles. * Proven ability to build secure, scalable platform services in a cloud environment such as AWS or Azure. * Experience deploying backend services in cloud-native environments. * Knowledge of AI-assisted and agentic software development workflows * Ability to review, validate, test, and refine AI-generated code and pull requests for correctness, maintainability, performance, security, and alignment with established engineering standards. * Knowledge of responsible AI usage and secure coding practices in AI-assisted development * Nice to Have:·Experience building production AI agents using Python·Experience with agent orchestration frameworks such as LangChain or LangGraph·Experience integration LLMs with external tools, APIs, databases, and retrieval systems·Experience designing evals, guardrails, and monitoring for agent reliability·Multi-agent workflow design and memory/context management·Prompt optimization, latency reduction, and cost control·MLOps or model deployment experience ## Description The Software Engineer helps build the platform capabilities that power a new generation of digital products. This role is ideal for engineers who want to make visible business impact by designing, building, testing, and deploying secure, scalable services on AWS. 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