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Senior Software Engineer – Cortex AI

menlo park, ca • Posted 2 days ago
Onsite Full Time Software Architecture & Engineering

  • Architect and scale orchestration engines for complex agentic workflows, with low-latency tool execution and robust state management
  • Design high-performance RAG infrastructure, including vector database integration, search indexing, query processing, result ranking, semantic caching, and automated metadata extraction
  • Develop automated infrastructure for large-scale golden set simulations, error analysis pipelines, and hillclimbing experiments
  • Collaborate with the modeling team to productionize LLM capabilities as hardened, multi-tenant microservices with guardrails and observability
  • Direct infrastructure strategy for model routing, prompt caching, and token optimization
  • Build backend infrastructure powering Snowflake Intelligence, Cortex Agents, and Cortex Search
  • Perform cross-layer debugging across services using logs and telemetry
  • Evaluate customer problems and determine whether they represent bespoke issues or platform gaps worth addressing

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
  • 7+ years of experience building distributed systems, high-throughput APIs, or backend infrastructure for AI/ML products
  • Deep proficiency in Go or Java and Python
  • Strong understanding of database internals, distributed state management, and cloud-native architecture
  • Experience with Kubernetes and FoundationDB or similar technologies
  • Familiarity with vector indices, agent platforms, and scalable data pipelines
  • Experience in a customer-facing technical role
  • Product judgment to distinguish bespoke customer problems from platform gaps
  • Cross-layer debugging using logs and telemetry
  • Experience with eval frameworks for LLM/agent systems, including defining quality metrics and improving quality systematically
  • Comfort with ambiguity on open-ended, externally-driven problems
  • Bonus experience with query optimization, SQL engine internals, multi-tenant systems handling sensitive enterprise data, and large-scale search infrastructure

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in architecting and scaling orchestration engines and backend infrastructure for AI/ML products, with a strong focus on distributed systems, cloud-native architecture, and cross-layer debugging. Proficient in developing high-performance RAG infrastructure and automated simulations while collaborating effectively with technical teams.

Highest-signal resume keywords

  • Distributed Systems Development
  • Go, Java, And Python Proficiency
  • Kubernetes And FoundationDB Experience
  • Cross-Layer Debugging Using Logs And Telemetry
  • LLM/Agent Systems Evaluation Frameworks

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

  • Distributed Systems
  • High-Throughput APIs
  • Backend Infrastructure
  • Database Internals
  • Cloud-Native Architecture
  • Query Optimization
  • SQL Engine Internals
  • Error Analysis Pipelines
  • Automated Metadata Extraction
  • Scalable Data Pipelines

Soft Skills

  • Product Judgment
  • Comfort With Ambiguity
  • Customer-Facing Technical Role

Certifications & Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree In Computer Science

Industry Keywords

  • AI/ML Products
  • Agent Platforms
  • Multi-Tenant Systems
  • Large-Scale Search Infrastructure

Tools & Technologies

  • Kubernetes
  • FoundationDB
  • Vector Database
  • Telemetry Tools
  • Logs Analysis

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