
Senior Software Engineer - AI Platform
Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies3 months ago
Palo Alto, CA, USASenior
Base Salary
$163k - $224k/yr
Responsibilities
- Architect and lead scalable agentic systems using LLMs for workflow automation, operational optimization, and improved user experiences.
- Define the technical strategy for integrating LLMs with internal and customer-facing software systems.
- Identify and prioritize cognitive automation opportunities involving information extraction, summarization, and question answering.
- Own the design, implementation, deployment, and operation of critical machine learning-powered applications.
- Establish engineering standards for scalable, reliable, maintainable, and observable distributed systems.
- Research emerging developments in machine learning, AI agents, and distributed systems.
- Collaborate with machine learning engineers, product teams, technical leaders, and senior leadership to define scope and align technical decisions.
- Mentor senior engineers and technical leads and foster technical excellence.
Requirements
- Bachelor's, master's degree, or Ph.D. in computer science, machine learning, or a related field.
- 8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience focused on large-scale distributed systems.
- Extensive hands-on experience building and deploying complex agentic applications using LLMs in production.
- Strong expertise in Golang, with proficiency in Python or similar programming languages.
- Deep expertise with cloud and container frameworks such as AWS and Kubernetes.
- Track record designing and building scalable, fault-tolerant, observable distributed systems and backend software for high-stakes production environments.
- Expert understanding of machine learning principles, algorithms, and evaluation metrics.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, consensus-building, and cross-functional technical leadership skills.
- Interest in machine learning and natural language processing advancements and their application to business challenges at scale.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary and eligibility for an annual company performance bonus program.
- Eligibility for equity in the form of Restricted Stock Units, subject to applicable plans and approvals.
- Comprehensive benefits for full-time employees, including health coverage, retirement savings, time off, and family planning programs.
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