AI Platform Engineer: Retrieval, RAG & Agentic Workflows

Qualcomm; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 94,200 - 141,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive annual discretionary bonus

Opportunity for annual RSU grants

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Qualcomm is seeking a hands-on software engineer for our enterprise AI platform focused on knowledge retrieval engineering and agentic applications. This role requires full-time onsite work in San Diego, CA, emphasizing rapid feature delivery and integration of AI capabilities.

The ideal candidate will possess strong skills in Python and Rust, and experience with search systems, ML fundamentals, and agentic frameworks. Candidates must be prepared to collaborate on enterprise-grade AI solutions and enhance data retrieval systems.

Qualifications

• Strong Python and Rust skills for data processing and application development.
• Experience with Search systems (Lexical, Semantic).
• Understanding of ML fundamentals and NLP/embeddings.

Responsibilities

• Work on enterprise‑scale AI powered search and retrieval systems.
• Design and improve end‑to‑end pipelines for data processing.
• Develop and integrate APIs/services/MCP/agent‑tools.

Skills

Python

Rust

Search systems knowledge

ML fundamentals

NLP/embeddings

API/service development (REST)

Agentic frameworks (LangChain, Agno)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

Elasticsearch

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Qualcomm is seeking a hands-on software engineer for our enterprise AI platform focused on knowledge retrieval engineering and agentic applications. This role requires full-time onsite work in San Diego, CA, emphasizing rapid feature delivery and integration of AI capabilities.

The ideal candidate will possess strong skills in Python and Rust, and experience with search systems, ML fundamentals, and agentic frameworks. Candidates must be prepared to collaborate on enterprise-grade AI solutions and enhance data retrieval systems.