6 days ago
Base Salary
$142k - $212k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and implement AI infrastructure for federated agent development and distributed enterprise deployment.
- Manage AI agents that generate architecturally sound code and support automated code review, quality checks, and architectural validation.
- Build and maintain MCP servers and infrastructure for agent communication, coordination, authentication, authorization, and enterprise integration.
- Integrate AI models, LLMs, and generative AI APIs into bot solutions.
- Develop and manage infrastructure as code using Terraform or Ansible across AWS and Azure.
- Establish monitoring, governance, security, OAuth, and API security frameworks for enterprise AI agent operations.
- Collaborate with product owners and internal customers to gather requirements and deliver efficiency-improving solutions.
- Act as a forward deployed engineer by coaching functional teams on AI infrastructure practices and adoption.
- Provide technical leadership for transitioning traditional development to AI-augmented practices and mentor junior engineers.
Requirements
- At least 8 years of professional software development experience with a bachelor's degree, 6 years with a master's degree, or equivalent experience.
- Experience with AI/ML infrastructure, agent orchestration, or AI-powered development tools.
- Proficiency in Python and TypeScript/JavaScript, with experience using AI/ML frameworks and libraries.
- Strong knowledge of enterprise software architecture patterns and distributed systems design.
- Experience with AWS, Azure, and infrastructure-as-code tools.
- Production experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and container orchestration.
- Knowledge of information security, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, API security, and secure system design.
- Ability to communicate, mentor, solve complex problems, and collaborate across teams.
- Basic understanding of Microsoft 365, IAM, Microsoft Graph API, and Azure AD.
- Preferred qualifications include AWS or Azure certifications, AI/ML certifications, AI agent frameworks, LLM integration, MCP implementations, federated or multi-agent platforms, AI governance and security, code generation and automated testing workflows, vector databases, embeddings, RAG architectures, and experience leading AI-augmented development transitions.
Benefits
- Hybrid position in San Diego, California; not remote.
- Eligible employees may participate in variable cash programs, and eligible roles may receive equity.
- Benefits include genomics sequencing access, family planning, health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits, and paid time off.
- Inclusive workplace with Employee Resource Groups, career development experiences, cultural awareness activities, and social responsibility opportunities.
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About Illumina
Illumina builds next-generation DNA sequencing systems, reagents/consumables, and bioinformatics software used by research, clinical, pharmaceutical, and agricultural genomics labs. Its business model combines sale of instruments with recurring consumables, sequencing services, and cloud analysis tools; the company was founded in 1998, is headquartered in San Diego, and trades on NASDAQ under the ticker ILMN.