Senior Java Developer, Agentic AI Squad Lead

Caterpillar

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Work type
On-site
Location
Irving, TX
Salary
$112,710–$183,140 / yr
Posted
4 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Oct 13, 2026 (soon)

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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 131 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Java Developer, Agentic AI Squad Lead

The Senior Java Developer - Agentic AI Squad Lead joins a multidisciplinary delivery team to build world-class mining software within the MineStar ecosystem. This role involves designing, building, and maintaining Java-based applications, microservices, and RESTful APIs while serving as a custom agent squad lead. You will direct AI-enabled delivery workflows, treating AI agents as integrated team members to improve delivery speed, consistency, and engineering effectiveness. Key responsibilities include orchestrating agentic AI capabilities for requirements decomposition, solution design, and automated testing while ensuring human accountability for technical outcomes. Required skills include advanced Java development using Spring and Spring Boot, distributed architecture, and modern database design. You must also possess expertise in prompt engineering, agentic workflows, and AI orchestration to solve complex problems in real-time machine usage information and mining fleet monitoring.

What you'll do

  • Design, build, and maintain Java-based applications, microservices, and APIs for the MineStar ecosystem.
  • Lead the delivery of features and technical initiatives using AI tooling and agentic workflows.
  • Orchestrate agentic AI capabilities for requirements decomposition, solution design, test generation, and defect triage.
  • Validate all AI-generated outputs against architecture standards, secure coding practices, and domain realities.
  • Contribute to solution architecture and technical decision-making for complex software problems.
  • Support production operations by monitoring services, troubleshooting incidents, and performing root-cause analysis.
  • Create reusable agentic AI patterns, prompts, skills, and playbooks for other teams.
  • Mentor engineers through pairing and coaching to raise capabilities in Java engineering and AI-native delivery.

What we're looking for

  • Advanced Java development using Spring and Spring Boot.
  • Experience with microservices, distributed architecture, and RESTful APIs.
  • Knowledge of modern database design, security principles, and secure coding practices.
  • Proficiency in CI/CD, DevOps tooling, automated testing, and observability.
  • Ability to develop and use a squad of interactive custom agents for software delivery.
  • Understanding of prompt engineering, agentic workflows, and AI orchestration.
  • 7+ years of relevant commercial software development experience (preferred).
  • Experience providing technical leadership within a multidisciplinary software delivery team (preferred).

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