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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Engineering Manager (Autonomy Services) - **Company:** Caterpillar - **Location:** Irving, TX, United States - **Salary:** $147,760.0 - $240,110.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Automation of Tests, Code Generation, Distributed Systems, Software Architecture, Software Engineering, GitHub Copilot, Serverless Computing - **Published:** July 7, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/35102975607C417C8636B575CDEDA508/job/ ## About the Role * Organizational Leadership: Demonstrated ability to build and lead high-performing engineering teams, foster a culture of accountability and innovation, and influence cross-functional stakeholders to deliver enterprise platform strategy and outcomes. * Software Architecture : Deep understanding of designing and evolving reusable platform services (shared APIs, common frameworks, foundational services) that enable downstream product teams to scale efficiently. * Software Development: Proven expertise in designing and delivering scalable, cloud-native distributed systems, Platform Services and APIs, and driving engineering best practices across quality, performance, reliability, security, and automation. * Operational Excellence : Ability to detect systemic issues early, manage risk proactively, and drive corrective actions across teams and services., * Strong background in cloud-native services, APIs, automation, observability, and production readiness. * Gen AI Assisted Development : Practical experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools (such as GitHub Copilot or automated agent workflows) to accelerate code generation, boilerplate reduction, and automated testing across multiple teams. * Vision & Execution at Scale : Proven ability to set a clear platform and engineering vision and drive multiple complex initiatives in parallel through a large organization of 20+ software engineers, aligning teams, managing dependencies, and delivering outcomes with consistency and accountability. ## Description The Manager Software Engineering leads engineering teams responsible for building Physical AI mission automation, execution/control services, remote control platforms, command validation, state transitions, safety integration points, and machine/gateway integration services. 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