Senior Engineer, AI Platforms

Qualcomm

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Work type
On-site
Location
San Diego, CA
Salary
$117,800–$176,600 / yr
Posted
1 day ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Apr 24, 2027

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Below market

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About Qualcomm

Qualcomm is a leading American semiconductor and telecommunications company based in San Diego, CA.

Qualcomm currently has 575 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $147,900–$221,900 across 550 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Engineer, AI Platforms

The Sr. Engineer, AI Platforms joins the Enterprise AI Platform and Solutions team to design, develop, and deliver next-generation AI-powered developer tools and platform capabilities. This role involves building end-to-end applications, including VS Code plugins and backend services, while integrating LLM-powered features into enterprise applications to improve productivity through intelligent workflows. Key responsibilities include contributing to enterprise-scale search, retrieval, and indexing systems, as well as designing APIs and integration layers to expose AI/ML capabilities. The candidate will utilize C, C++, Java, Python, C#.NET, JavaScript, TypeScript, React.js, Angular, Node.js, HTML, and CSS. Technical focus areas include full-stack development, agentic workflows, Elasticsearch, vector search, Docker, Kubernetes, and tracing tools for LLM systems to solve complex problems in codebases and knowledge assets.

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What you'll do

  • Build and enhance end-to-end AI-powered applications including frontend developer tools and backend services.
  • Develop and integrate LLM-powered features into enterprise applications to improve user productivity.
  • Contribute to enterprise-scale search, retrieval, and indexing systems for codebases and knowledge assets.
  • Design, build, and maintain APIs and integration layers to expose AI/ML capabilities.
  • Iterate on UI/UX features based on real-world usage and feedback to deliver high-quality user experiences.
  • Debug and resolve issues across frontend, backend, and AI/LLM-driven components.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field with 2+ years of software engineering experience.
  • Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field with 1+ year of software engineering experience.
  • PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
  • 2+ years of academic or work experience with programming languages such as C, C++, Java, or Python.
  • Strong programming skills in C#.NET, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, React.js, Angular, Node.js, HTML, and CSS (preferred).
  • Experience building full-stack applications, LLM-based applications, and performant user interfaces (preferred).
  • Familiarity with agentic workflows, orchestration frameworks, and tracing/observability tools for LLM systems (preferred).
  • Experience with Elasticsearch, vector search, Docker, or Kubernetes (preferred).

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