Software Development Engineer III

Job Summary

We’re looking for a highly skilled and experienced Software Development Engineer III with a strong background in AI and machine learning to join our growing AI engineering team. In this role, you will lead the design, development, and deployment of intelligent systems and AI‑powered products. You’ll collaborate with cross‑functional teams, including developers, data scientists, ML engineers, product managers, and infrastructure teams, to bring cutting‑edge innovations to production ’ll play a key role in technical decision‑making, architecture, and mentoring junior/mid‑level engineers while pushing the boundaries of what AI can do across our platform.

• Lead the end‑to‑end development of AI‑driven systems and services
• Collaborate with research and product teams to translate ML models into scalable production applications
• Architect robust, scalable, and low‑latency backend systems and AI pipelines
• Guide the design and implementation of APIs, microservices, and data pipelines supporting AI workloads
• Drive adoption of AI best practices for ethical AI and model interpretability
• Optimize machine learning models for performance, cost, and accuracy in production environments
• Mentor junior and mid‑level engineers through code reviews, pair programming, and architectural guidance
• Own software reliability, testing, and observability of AI components
• Stay updated with advancements in AI/ML and drive continuous improvement of the tech stack

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field required.
• Minimum 7 years of software development experience.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to lead technical initiatives across teams.
• Proficiency in Python, JavaScript, GIT, NodeJS, and Code Blocks.
• Experience optimizing AI systems for performance, reliability, and scale.
• Experience with Google CES, along with prompt engineering, is an added advantage.
• Experience with Google Cloud capabilities.
• Dialogflow / conversational AI experience is a nice to have.
• Strong team player and collaborative mindset.
• Must be located in the New York or Dallas/Fort Worth area and ready for a hybrid work culture (3 days in the office).
• Familiarity with AI tools and an AI‑first mindset.

Pay is competitive and based on a number of job‑related factors, including skills and experience. The starting pay rate/range at the time of hire for this position in New York State is $ – $ per year. For other locations, please inquire with your recruiter. The rates/ranges provided herein are the anticipated pay at the time of hire and do not reflect future job opportunity.

All job descriptions and required skills, qualifications, and responsibilities for a particular position are subject to modification by the Company from time to time, in the Company’s discretion based on business necessity.

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