Principal Digital Architect (Autonomy)

Caterpillar

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Work type
On-site
Location
Chicago, IL · Peoria, IL
Salary
$147,760–$240,110 / yr
Posted
1 day ago
Closes
Jun 19, 2026

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This role $194k
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This role pays less than 60% of similar roles. Most pay $170,000–$245,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $194k versus about $208k for comparable roles.

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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 36 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $128,470–$208,770 across 36 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Principal Digital Architect (Autonomy)

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As a Principal Digital Architect for the Autonomy Program within the Platform Architecture team, you will lead the design of technical solutions that integrate edge, embedded, and cloud technologies to enable autonomous equipment and systems. Your daily tasks include defining scalable, secure, and resilient platforms, working with diverse sensor data streams like images and LiDAR, and collaborating across engineering, data science, and product teams to align business objectives with robust technical architectures. You will need expertise in Python and Java programming, cloud-native technologies such as AWS services, Docker, Kubernetes, and experience with real-time data pipelines and high-throughput systems. This role involves hands-on work on large-scale distributed systems, ensuring compliance and security while providing architectural guidance and mentorship to engineering teams.

Skills

Python Java AWS Kubernetes Docker Snowflake REST GraphQL gRPC SQL NoSQL Terraform CI/CD Prometheus Grafana PostgreSQL Redis Elasticsearch Kafka Zookeeper GitLab Jenkins

What you'll do

  • Own and define solution and platform architectures for large-scale distributed systems.
  • Create scalable, secure, and resilient platforms integrating edge, embedded, and cloud technologies.
  • Assess and introduce new technologies through proof-of-concept development and architectural spikes.
  • Establish and enforce architectural standards and best practices across teams.
  • Provide architectural guidance and mentorship to engineering teams for high-quality implementation.
  • Ensure solutions meet security, compliance, and regulatory requirements.

What we're looking for

  • Extensive experience in architecting real-time data pipelines and high-throughput systems.
  • Proven track record of designing scalable, secure, and resilient enterprise-scale distributed systems.
  • Strong background in cloud-native architectures, including AWS services, Docker, and Kubernetes.
  • Deep expertise in platform and application architecture using established patterns and standards.
  • Hands-on experience with temporal and spatial data modeling, time-series processing, and geospatial data handling.
  • Solid programming skills in Python and Java, with the ability to reason at a code level.

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