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Senior Software Engineer - AI Platform

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies
Irvine, USA
Full-time
Mid-Senior
Onsite
Discovered 1 months ago
Agentic applicationsLarge language modelsDistributed systemsPythonGolangAWS

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About the Company

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is a joint venture developing software-defined vehicle technologies across operating systems, zonal controllers, cloud, connectivity, AI, and security.

Role Summary

Serve as a key technical leader shaping the GenAI platform’s architecture and strategy.

Integrate LLMs with internal and customer-facing applications at scale.

Use LLMs to drive cognitive automation, streamline workflows, and improve decision-making.

Build resilient, scalable, observable, reliable, and maintainable distributed systems.

Responsibilities

  • Architect scalable intelligent agents that use LLMs to automate workflows and improve user experiences.
  • Define the strategy for integrating LLMs with the software ecosystem.
  • Identify and prioritize cognitive automation opportunities such as extraction, summarization, and question answering.
  • Own critical machine learning-powered tools from conceptualization and design through implementation and deployment.
  • Establish engineering standards for production-grade distributed ML solutions.
  • Research emerging trends in machine learning, AI agents, and distributed systems.
  • Collaborate with ML engineers, product teams, and senior leadership to align teams and deliver solutions.
  • Mentor senior engineers and technical leads.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s, Master’s degree, or Ph.D. in computer science, machine learning, or a related field.
  • 8+ years of software engineering experience focused on large-scale distributed systems.
  • Extensive experience building and deploying complex LLM-based agentic applications in production.
  • Proficiency in Python or a similar programming language and expertise with cloud and container frameworks such as AWS and Kubernetes.
  • Experience designing scalable, fault-tolerant, and observable distributed systems.
  • Expert understanding of machine learning principles, algorithms, evaluation metrics, and distributed-systems practices.
  • Experience leading scalable backend software through design, deployment, and production operation.
  • Strong communication, teamwork, influence, and cross-functional alignment skills.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Golang expertise is strongly preferred.
  • Interest in advances in machine learning and natural language processing.

Total Rewards

  • Full-time positions may participate in an annual company performance bonus program; payments are discretionary and not guaranteed.
  • The role is eligible for equity in the form of Restricted Stock Units, subject to applicable approvals and plan terms.
  • Full-time employees receive benefits that may include health coverage, retirement savings, time off, and family planning programs.

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