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Senior Applied AI Engineer

US, CA, Santa ClaraFull-time$152k2026-10-08 → 2026-11-10

Core

Build intelligent software systems and AI-powered workflows to improve engineering productivity, software quality, and developer decision-making at scale.

Role type

Senior Applied AI Engineer (Developer Productivity)

Builds

Production AI services, intelligent workflows for code analysis, and infrastructure for AI-enabled applications.

Domain

Software Engineering / Machine Learning / Developer Tools

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python, software engineering fundamentals, LLM-based applications, retrieval-augmented generation, agentic workflows, orchestration frameworks, Git-based development workflows, data-intensive backend services

Preferred skills

AI systems for developer tools/code intelligence, model evaluation, prompt and context design, observability, production monitoring for AI systems, balancing model quality/latency/cost/reliability, large-scale software platforms/CI systems

Technologies

Python, LLMs, RAG, orchestration frameworks, Git

Responsibilities

Invent and build AI-powered systems to enhance software quality and efficiency; Develop intelligent workflows for analyzing large codebases and engineering signals; Build and maintain production services and infrastructure for AI-enabled applications; Partner with software engineers to translate workflow problems into AI solutions; Evaluate emerging models and tooling to improve system quality and latency; Drive projects from concept through production deployment.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC