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Senior Software Engineer, Applied AI

Compensation
$170,000–$250,000/year

Job Description

As a Senior Software Engineer working on AI systems, you will play a foundational role in research, experimentation and rapid improvement of AI systems towards building a capable, reliable AI automation platform. The platform is used by organizations worldwide to deploy and scale executable AI automations in mission critical production environments. You are expected to have a strong proficiency in fundamentals of software engineering, a willingness to pick new concepts as needed and an ability to drive technical projects in ambitious environments.

This is a hybrid position. Our team is in-office 3 days a week (Mon, Tue, Thu) in San Mateo, California.

What You'll Do

  • Design experiments and test ideas to optimize key internal AI benchmarks
  • Design and improve evaluation frameworks to accelerate the speed and direction of experimentation
  • Train, fine-tune, and optimize machine learning models. Perform rigorous evaluation and testing to ensure model accuracy, generalization, and performance.
  • Collaborate and contribute on the core product development to deliver higher platform capabilities
  • Setup up observability and monitoring systems to safety check model behaviour in critical settings

What We’re Looking For

  • Proven track record of shipping high-quality code in challenging projects
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related field
  • Solid fundamentals in algorithms, data structures, system design
  • Attention to detail and a first-principals thinking towards real world deployment of intelligent systems.

Bonus

  • Proficiency in C++
  • Previous experience working with distributed computing systems in production

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Job Details

Location
San Mateo, CA, US / Remote (US) (Remote Available)
Posted
Mar 24, 2026, 04:30 PM
Listed
Mar 24, 2026, 04:30 PM
Compensation
$170,000 - $250,000 per year

About Luminai

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