
Principal AI Data Architect
Caterpillar Inc.
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Irving • Illinois • Texas • United States
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Salary
💰 $159,120 - $258,570 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Develop detailed architecture deliverables to solve business problems through agentic AI systems and patterns.
- Ultimately, delivering full-stack prototypes and production solutions.
- You will act as a technical expert collaborating with a team of dedicated data scientists, IT professionals, software engineers, accountants, and ERP knowledge owners to deliver AI and Advanced Analytics solutions in support of Caterpillar’s enterprise-scale accounting data system.
- Design AI application's technical infrastructure, including orchestration layers, tool integrations, data retrieval patterns, and testing approaches.
- Evaluate and deploy of emerging AI technologies and frameworks to enhance Global Finance agentic capabilities.
- Translate business requirements into AI solution designs and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver results.
Requirements
- Deep experience designing and building agentic AI systems, including multi-agent architectures, tool use and orchestration patterns
- Experience designing and implementing production AI agent systems using frameworks like LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, or similar orchestration tools
- Strong understanding of LLM capabilities, limitations and deployment patterns (prompt engineering, RAG, function calling, context engineering)
- Experience evaluating and integrating AI/ML infrastructure components (vector databases, embedding models, orchestration layers, observability tools)
- Broad software engineering background including API design, authentication/authorization patterns, and enterprise integration
- Ability to translate complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders and influence architecture decisions across teams.
- Track record of staying current with rapidly evolving AI landscape and bringing practical recommendations to the table
- Experience with MLOps/LLMOps practices, model monitoring, or production AI systems at scale
- Proven track record of solving complex entity resolution challenges at scale
- Hands-on experience with Neo4J, AWS Neptune, or CosmosDB, specifically applied to ER or MDM
- Deep expertise in Snowflake architecture and optimization.
- Experience utilizing OLAP databases (e.g., DuckDB) and in-memory/column stores (e.g., Redis) for performance optimization.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits*
- Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)*
- 401(k) savings plans*
- Health Savings Account (HSA)*
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)*
- Health Lifestyle Programs*
- Employee Assistance Program*
- Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts*
- Career Development*
- Incentive bonus*
- Disability benefits
- Life Insurance
- Parental leave
- Adoption benefits
- Tuition Reimbursement
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
agentic AI systemsmulti-agent architecturesLangChainLangGraphSemantic KernelLLM capabilitiesMLOpsmodel monitoringSnowflake architectureOLAP databases
Soft Skills
collaborationtechnical communicationinfluenceproblem-solvingadaptability