This role pays less than
82%
of similar roles. Most pay
$149,500–$196,787
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$148k
versus about
$173k
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
62 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$131,789–$192,710
across 61 roles with salary data.
The Senior Software Test Engineer joins the team to build quality into the Autonomy Services Platform by creating scalable automation for mission, task, command, state, and integration services. This role involves designing and building automated test frameworks for Java/Spring Boot microservices, REST APIs, event-driven systems, and distributed workflows. The engineer will utilize AI-assisted coding platforms like GitHub Copilot or Cursor to accelerate test generation, data creation, and failure analysis while validating asynchronous processing, state transitions, and resilience. Key technical requirements include experience with JUnit, Mockito, Testcontainers, WireMock, REST Assured, Cucumber, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and Kafka. The role focuses on the technical challenge of ensuring reliability for software supporting intelligent machines and autonomous operations, specifically addressing complex problems like idempotency, backpressure, and service virtualization within a cloud-native environment to ensure high-quality performance across distributed systems.