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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Data Engineer - **Company:** Caterpillar - **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States - **Salary:** $97,530.0 - $158,480.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon S3, Unit Testing, Microsoft Azure, Software Quality, Continuous Integration, Information Engineering, Data Mapping, Amazon DynamoDB, Github, Identity and Access Management, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, MongoDB, NoSQL, Oracle (Applications), Systems Development Life Cycle, Software Tools, Oop Languages, Software Deployment, Software Engineering, Strategies of Testing, Git, Amazon Relational Database Service, AWS Fargate, Functional Programming, Data Pipelines, Jenkins - **Published:** August 6, 2026 - **Apply:** https://dejobs.org/x/x/A185EBD2F0A44AEBA5A8386C30D31251/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 Development Life Cycle: Knowledge of software development life cycle; ability to use a structured methodology for delivering and managing new or enhanced software products to the marketplace. * Software Product Design/Architecture: Knowledge of software product design; ability to convert market requirements into the software product design. * Software Product Technical Knowledge : Knowledge of technical aspects of a software products; ability to design, configure and integrate technical aspects of software products. * Software Product Testing : Knowledge of software product testing; ability to design, plan, and execute testing strategies and tactics to ensure software product quality and adherence to stated requirements. Consideration for Top Candidates: * Software development experience and solid working knowledge of OOP principles. * Experience in designing and developing software applications in Python. * Experience working with Git version control * Deploying software using CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, Github Actions, Azure Devops etc. * Experience with AWS components such as Lambda, Dynamo, Fargate, S3, Sagemaker, IAM and RDS * Experience with relational and/or noSQL databases such as PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, MongoDB, Oracle, etc. * Demonstrated strong learning ability and a proactive approach to staying current with the latest technologies and industry trends. * Exceptional communication skills with experience working on a cross functional team. ## Description As a Data Engineer on the Platform Data Engineering team, you will be responsible for developing Python data pipelines that build business data objects used to support applications. 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