Senior GenAI Platform Architect (Senior Digital Architect)

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Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc.

When you join Caterpillar yourejoining a global team who cares not just about the work we do but also about each other. We are the makers problem solvers and future world builders who are creating stronger more sustainable communities. We dontjust talk about progress and innovation here we make it happen with our customers where we work and live. Together we are building a better world so we can all enjoy living in it.

Your Impact Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc

When you join Caterpillar youre joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do but also about each other. We are the makers problem solvers and future world builders who are creating stronger more sustainable communities. We dont just talk about progress and innovation here we make it happen with our customers where we work and live. Together we are building a better world so we can all enjoy living in it.

Job Summary

We are seeking a skilled Senior GenAI Platform Architect (Senior Digital Architect) to join our Financial Systems -CAT IT Division.

The incumbent would design and deploy enterprise-grade Generative AI solutions with a strong focus on DevOps practices for secure scalable implementations. You will build and optimize GenAI applications and cloud architectures leveraging traditional ML techniques to deliver innovative production-ready AI solutions.

The preference for this role is to be based out of Bangalore PSN Whitefield Office

What you will do

• GenAI Development: Design and build Generative AI applications leveraging major cloud platforms (AWS Azure Snowflake) with expertise in LLMs prompt engineering and agentic frameworks.
• DevOps & Deployment: Implement secure scalable deployment strategies for AI/ML models using containerization (Docker) orchestration (Kubernetes) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Cloud Architecture: Architect and optimize cloud-based solutions for AI workloads ensuring performance security and cost efficiency.
• Entity Resolution: Develop AI-driven entity resolution strategies using LLMs and graph/vector databases (CosmosDB Neo4J Pinecone).
• RAG Pipelines: Design and deploy Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines for advanced data interpretation and standardization.
• Integration & Observability: Implement Model Context Protocol (MCP) for secure context sharing in enterprise AI workflows integrate LangChain and agentic frameworks and establish observability for production-grade systems.
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams to align AI solutions with business objectives and ensure seamless integration into enterprise environments.

What you will have.

• 810 years of experience in AI/ML engineering including production deployments.
• Minimum 23 years of hands-on experience in Generative AI development.
• Proficiency in Python and at least one compiled language such as Java or C.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS Azure) and their AI services such as AWS Bedrock and Azure AI
• -on experience with containerization (Docker) orchestration (Kubernetes) and streaming technologies (Kafka).
• Familiarity with RAG pipelines vector databases and prompt in CI/CD pipelines security best practices and scalable deployments.
• Understanding of traditional ML frameworks (PyTorch TensorFlow) and HuggingFace ecosystem.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills in dynamic environments.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 
  AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialist or Azure DP-100 certification.
• Azure AI-102 certification.
• Experience with graph databases such as CosmosDB Neo4J and AWS Neptune.
  
• Knowledge of Snowflake optimization and big data lifecycle.
• Familiarity with agentic frameworks (LangGraph AutoGen) and multi-agent architectures.
  
• Demonstrated GitHub portfolio showcasing high-quality AI/ML projects and open-source contributions.
  
• This position requires candidate to work a 5-day -a -week schedule in the office.

Skill Descriptors

Analytical Thinking: Knowledge of techniques and tools that promote effective analysis; ability to determine the root cause of organizational problems and create alternative solutions that resolve these problems.
Level Extensive Experience:
Seeks discrepancies and inconsistencies in available information; explains variances.
Organizes and prioritizes the sequence of steps to be taken to remedy the situation.
Identifies many possible causes for a problem based on prior experience and current research.
Quantifies the costs benefits risks and chances for success before recommending a course of action.
Approaches a complex problem by breaking it down into its component parts.
Chooses among a diverse set of analytical tools according to the nature of the situation.

Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit receive and accurately interpret ideas information and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
Level Working Knowledge:
Delivers helpful feedback that focuses on behaviors without offending the recipient.
Listens to feedback without defensiveness and uses it for own communication effectiveness.
Makes oral presentations and writes reports needed for own work.
Avoids technical jargon when inappropriate.
Looks for and considers non-verbal cues from individuals and groups.

Application Design Architecture: Knowledge of basic activities and deliverables of application design; ability to utilize application design methodologies tools and techniques to convert business requirements and logical models into a technical application design.
Level Working Knowledge:
Works with specific development platforms system and program design tools.
Participates in the technical design of a specific application.
Selects and presents design alternatives for applications of small to medium complexity.
Defines tasks activities deliverables and key concerns of technical design.
Assists in reviewing and documenting technical application designs.

Data Architecture: Knowledge of processes techniques and factors that affect data architecture; ability to design blueprints on how to integrate data resources for business processes and functional support.
Level Working Knowledge:
Participates in designing blueprints on how to structure store and utilize data.
Follows standards processes and methodologies to develop each phase of data architecture (e.g. data manipulating processes database technology generating processes).
Selects criteria used to support data processing operations data flow and the flow control system.
Addresses stakeholder concerns by utilizing business data modeling including data entities attributes and their relationships.
Performs administrative work and provides technical solutions for routine problems in data architecture projects.

IT Architecture: Knowledge of Information Technology (IT) architecture; ability to design and improve organizational IT structures supporting business operations.
Level Working Knowledge:
Assists in the investigation of an organizations IT requirements.
Assesses the functionality of components - hardware software and telecommunications.
Adheres to IT architecture guidelines and principles.
Selects design tools and technologies for IT architecture.
Documents problems that occur in the IT architecture design process.

Platform Architecture: Knowledge of technologies and methods to design processing mechanisms and roadmaps to execute business application systems; ability to design these roadmaps and deploy supportive interfaces for end-users to access related systems in accordance with standards and processes.
Level Working Knowledge:
Designs routine platform architectural roadmaps and relevant solutions for end-users to access interfaces.
Follows existing processes and standards in developing IT systems for information storing delivering and optimizing.
Selects appropriate operating systems hardware and programming languages to operate platform processing.
Tests the effectiveness of platform architecture and ensures that business requirements are fully met while using the platform architecture.
Solves routine problems in the design process of platform architectural roadmaps; documents these issues.

Requirements Analysis: Knowledge of tools methods and techniques of requirement analysis; ability to elicit analyze and record required business functionality and non-functionality requirements to ensure the success of a system or software development project.
Level Working Knowledge:
Follows policies practices and standards for determining functional and informational requirements.
Confirms deliverables associated with requirements analysis.
Communicates with customers and users to elicit and gather client requirements.
Participates in the preparation of detailed documentation and requirements.
Utilizes specific organizational methods tools and techniques for requirements analysis.

Target Architecture: Knowledge of target architecture; ability to develop the IT blueprint and roadmap while aligning the architecture and processes with business strategies and objectives.
Level Working Knowledge:
Analyzes the future state of IT needed to meet stakeholder requirements; summarizes business objectives into several actionable sub-targets.
Follows existing processes and standards in the design and development of IT architecture.
Develops roadmaps for target architecture based on models of business services (e.g. applications data and systems).
Reports on progress made in developing the target architecture; tackles obstacles encountered throughout the design process.
Provides routine solutions to issues and recommendations for projects in target architecture development.

What you will get:

• Work Life Harmony
• Earned and medical leave.
• Relocation assistance

Holistic Development

• Personal and professional development through Caterpillar s employee resource groups across the globe
• Career developments opportunities with global prospects

Health and Wellness

• Medical coverage -Medical life and personal accident coverage
• Employee mental wellness assistance program

Financial Wellness

• Employee investment plan
• Pay for performance -Annual incentive Bonus plan.

Additional Information:

Caterpillar is not currently hiring individuals for this position who now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status; however as a global company Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website at is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO)

EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals including minorities females veterans and individuals with disabilities - are encouraged to apply.

Posting Dates:

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants of any age are encouraged to apply

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