Senior GenAI Engineer

Overview

Bring more to life. Cepheid, a Danaher operating company, focuses on fast, accurate molecular diagnostic systems and tests. The Senior Staff GenAI Engineer leads the design, development, and deployment of scalable, reliable generative AI systems, driving agentic automation and integration to deliver production‑grade solutions. This role reports to the Sr. Director, Biochip Data Science and Digital Solutions, is part of the Data Science and Digital Solutions team, and is based on site in Sunnyvale, CA.

You will have the opportunity to work within a culture that emphasizes belonging and continuous improvement, turning ideas into impact and accelerating real‑world health outcomes on a global scale.

• Architect, implement, and operationalize advanced agentic AI frameworks that autonomously retrieve context, generate insights, and drive automated reporting and decision‑support across research, product, and engineering workflows.
• Own the full GenAI system lifecycle end‑to‑end, from problem framing and model development to scalable deployment, ensuring reliability, performance, observability, and long‑term maintainability.
• Design, build, and fine‑tune GenAI models and services capable of integrating with diverse data sources, APIs, and enterprise applications, enabling multimodal reasoning, retrieval, and intelligent automation.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams (R&D, product, engineering) to validate use cases, shape technical strategy, and deliver production‑grade GenAI solutions from ideation through launch.
• Promote engineering excellence in AI development by establishing best practices for experimentation workflows, model governance, evaluation methodologies, safety reviews, monitoring, and ML ops to ensure high‑quality production systems.

• Master’s degree in software engineering, computer science, or related field with 10+ years of experience, or PhD with 8+ years of experience.
• Strong background in LLMs, GenAI architectures, and agentic systems, including model fine tuning, prompt engineering, and retrieval augmented generation.
• Hands‑on experience across the technology stack (cloud platforms such as AWS/Azure, databases such as SQL Server, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB) and server‑side systems, with a track record of designing high‑performance back‑end and front‑end services.
• Proficiency in Python, modern ML frameworks, experience with agent‑assistant coding frameworks, and ability to diagnose and resolve complex issues across models, codebases, and distributed systems.
• Experience with automated deployment, CI/CD, and testing frameworks; demonstrated success delivering and operating large‑scale models in production.

The annual salary range for this role is $200,000 – $235,000 USD, with eligibility for bonus/incentive pay. Cepheid offers a comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, and 401(k) retirement plans. The compensation and benefits provisions may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion and are subject to applicable laws.

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