Staff Software Engineer - AI
Procore Technologies1 day ago
Base Salary
$169k - $232k/yr
Responsibilities
- Define technical strategy and architecture for scalable, secure, and reliable AI-powered products.
- Lead the design and delivery of production-grade generative AI, agentic, retrieval, and evaluation systems.
- Partner with product managers, designers, data scientists, and software engineers to translate customer needs into technical solutions.
- Establish engineering standards for AI quality, observability, security, privacy, and responsible use.
- Evaluate emerging AI models, frameworks, and techniques through experimentation and measurement.
- Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance across teams and complex initiatives.
- Identify technical risks, resolve ambiguous problems, make pragmatic trade-offs, and communicate technical decisions to engineering leaders and business stakeholders.
Requirements
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, including leadership of complex, cross-functional technical initiatives.
- At least 2+ years of hands-on experience building and operating production AI or machine-learning systems.
- Strong knowledge of generative AI, large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, agentic systems, and evaluation methods.
- Experience designing distributed systems and cloud-native services using modern software engineering and architecture practices.
- Ability to communicate effectively with technical and nontechnical partners and influence decisions without direct authority.
- Curiosity, sound judgment, customer focus, and a collaborative approach to ambiguous problems.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Relevant cloud or machine-learning certifications are preferred but not required.
Benefits
- Hybrid position based in the Austin, Texas office.
- Eligible for equity compensation and/or bonus incentive compensation.
- Immediate start requested.
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About Procore Technologies
Procore Technologies builds a cloud platform for construction project management used by general contractors, specialty contractors, and owners to manage bidding, scheduling, documents, financials, and field safety via web and mobile apps. It sells its software by subscription and integrates with common accounting and ERP systems. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Carpinteria, California, Procore is a public company (NYSE: PCOR) whose software supports projects worldwide.