Senior Staff Software Engineer, AI Platform

The role

You will serve as the technical authority for the GenAI platform, setting architecture and strategy for the company. You will lead the integration of LLMs across internal and customer-facing applications and drive cognitive automation at scale.

What you will do

• Architect and lead the development of intelligent agent systems using LLMs
• Drive the multi-year technical vision for integrating LLMs across the software ecosystem
• Partner with leadership to define the strategic direction for cognitive automation
• Take technical ownership of machine learning-powered tools and applications
• Establish and enforce engineering standards for distributed machine learning solutions
• Research and experiment with emerging trends in machine learning and AI agents
• Work with machine learning engineers and product teams to deliver solutions
• Mentor and elevate engineers from mid-level to principal/staff
• Own hiring strategy and serve as the technical bar-raiser for senior and staff-level hires

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field
• 15+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering
• Deep expertise in designing and building large-scale distributed systems
• Extensive, hands-on experience architecting and deploying complex agentic applications leveraging LLMs in production at enterprise scale
• Demonstrated track record of company-wide technical impact
• Deep proficiency in Python or similar languages
• Expert-level knowledge of cloud and container frameworks such as AWS and Kubernetes
• Expert-level, authoritative grasp of machine learning principles, algorithms, and evaluation metrics
• Software engineering best practices for distributed systems at scale
• Demonstrated success owning the design, deployment, and operation of mission-critical backend software in high-stakes production environments
• Exceptional communication and influencing skills

Nice to have

• Expertise in Golang is strongly preferred

Benefits

• competitive base salary
• annual company performance bonus program
• equity in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
• health coverage
• retirement savings
• time off
• family planning programs

About the company

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is a joint venture between two industry leaders. They address the challenges of electric vehicles through technology like operating systems, zonal controllers, cloud, and connectivity solutions.