CareerPlan

Senior System Software Engineer, Agentic Retrieval

US, CA, Santa ClaraFull-time$184k2026-10-02 → 2026-11-10

Core

Develop pipelines for indexing and querying multi-modal content, building powerful, flexible, multi-modal retrievers and agents driven by Large Language Models (LLM) to improve customer experience.

Role type

Senior System Software Engineer (Agentic Retrieval)

Builds

Containerized pipelines for high quality multi-modal datasets, GPU-accelerated data preparation pipelines, and production-level tools for the LLM ecosystem.

Domain

Generative AI, LLM, VLLM, Agentic Retrieval, Multi-modal AI

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Rust, Python, GPU programming, LLM/VLM/Generative AI workflows, MLOps, Docker, Kubernetes, Cloud infrastructure, System optimization, Prompt engineering, Fine-tuning

Preferred skills

Micro-optimization, Benchmarking, Profiling, Continuous Delivery pipeline management, Cross-functional collaboration

Technologies

Rust, Python, Docker, Kubernetes, GPU-accelerated environments

Responsibilities

Develop and optimize Rust-based data processing frameworks for large datasets on GPU; Lead development and optimization of Agentic Retrieval pipeline components; Collaborate with LLM/ML researchers on full-stack data preparation pipelines; Implement benchmarking, profiling, and optimization of algorithms for LLM applications; Build integrated systems for unified user experience; Maintain Continuous Delivery pipelines; Provide peer reviews on performance and scalability.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC