C3.ai

Senior Software Engineer, Agentic AI Platform

C3.ai
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1 month ago
Redwood City, CA, USASenior
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$160k - $219k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Architect and build systems, tools, frameworks, runtimes, and end-to-end pipelines for developing, deploying, and operating agentic AI applications.
  • Develop evaluations, grounding, and feedback loops to improve agent accuracy, reduce hallucinations, and track production override rates.
  • Optimize platform latency, throughput, scalability, and inference cost.
  • Implement permissions, guardrails, human approval and escalation paths, auditability, and rollback mechanisms.
  • Collaborate with data scientists to understand platform utility and define requirements.
  • Work with product owners to lead development of longer-term platform capabilities.
  • Mentor junior team members and own projects across the full software engineering lifecycle.

Requirements

  • Advanced degree in computer science, mathematics, or a similar field.
  • At least 5 years of work experience in a fast-paced software company.
  • Strong software architecture and design skills with experience designing scalable, reliable, and maintainable systems.
  • Thorough knowledge of data structures, algorithms, profiling and optimization, and object-oriented and functional programming.
  • Strong programming skills in Java, Python, and JavaScript.
  • High proficiency with agentic coding tools such as Claude Code and Cursor, including coordinating multiple coding agents and reviewing their output.
  • In-depth understanding of machine learning algorithms and experience applying machine learning or AI in a production system.
  • Familiarity with LLMs and AI agent architectures is a strong plus.
  • Demonstrated end-to-end project ownership and ability to make key design decisions and evaluate tradeoffs.
  • Strong computer science and mathematics background, clear communication, collaboration, curiosity, and a high quality bar.

Benefits

  • Excellent benefits.
  • Competitive compensation package.
  • Generous equity plan.
C3.ai

About C3.ai

1,001-5,000 employees

C3 AI builds enterprise AI software, including the C3 Agentic AI Platform for developing and operating AI applications, a suite of industry-specific SaaS applications, and C3 Generative AI for domain-specific use cases. It sells to large enterprises and public-sector organizations via subscriptions and services. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, C3 AI is a public company trading on the NYSE (ticker: AI) and also listed on Mexico’s BMV.

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