Lead Digital Architect

Caterpillar

Quick summary

Work type: On-site
Location: Chicago, IL
Salary: $128,470–$208,770 / yr
Posted: 8 days ago
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $198k

This role $169k

$115k most similar roles pay here $255k

This role pays less than 70% of similar roles. Most pay $162,000–$235,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $169k versus about $198k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Caterpillar

Caterpillar Inc. is the world''s largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives. Industry: Heavy Equipment & Manufacturing

Caterpillar currently has 37 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $128,470–$208,770 across 37 roles with salary data.

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At a glance

TL;DR · Lead Digital Architect

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As a Lead Digital Architect on the Platform Architecture team, you will oversee the end-to-end architecture of large-scale digital platforms, ensuring they meet high standards for scalability, performance, and security while aligning with business outcomes. Your responsibilities include defining solution architectures, introducing new technologies through proof-of-concept development, establishing architectural standards, and providing mentorship to engineering teams. You will work closely with various stakeholders to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and produce clear documentation of architecture decisions. The role requires expertise in Python and Java programming, cloud-native architectures like AWS services and Kubernetes, data warehousing (Snowflake), modern DevOps practices, and API design. This position is crucial for enterprises looking to adopt AI reference architectures and scale production use of AI systems while improving developer productivity and system reliability.

Skills

AWS Python Java Docker Kubernetes Snowflake CI/CD Terraform REST GraphQL gRPC SQL NoSQL DevOps API_design Cloud_native_architecture Data_warehousing Automated_testing Observability

What you'll do

Define and govern end-to-end architecture solutions for large-scale digital platforms.
Ensure architectural alignment with business outcomes by partnering with various teams.
Introduce new technologies through proof-of-concept development and architectural spikes.
Establish and enforce architectural standards, patterns, and best practices across teams.
Provide mentorship to engineering teams on high-quality implementation of architectures.

What we're looking for

Proven experience designing and building enterprise-scale, distributed systems.
Strong programming background in Python and Java with code-level reasoning skills.
Hands-on experience with cloud-native architectures, including AWS services, Docker, and Kubernetes.
Deep understanding of data architecture: SQL and NoSQL databases, data warehouses (Snowflake), and data modeling techniques.
Experience defining AI reference architectures and standards for enterprise adoption.
Strong API design experience, including REST, GraphQL, gRPC, versioning, and documentation.

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