AI Transformation Architect — Enterprise-Scale Platform

Didi Labs; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 255,000 - 351,000; Full time

Job summary

DiDi Autonomous Driving in San Jose, CA is seeking a visionary Staff/Principal AI Transformation Engineer to lead company-wide AI transformation and shape the architecture of our AI infrastructure. You will embed with core autonomous driving teams to evolve our R&D organization into a scalable AI-Native powerhouse.

The role requires deep expertise in AI infrastructure, LLM ecosystems, and enterprise-grade platforms, with a strong track record of production-ready AI/ML deployments.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading AI-native transformation programs.
• Hands-on deployment and optimization of AI infrastructure tools.
• Experience building enterprise-grade AI/ML platforms from 0 to 1.
• Deep knowledge of distributed LLM training/inference and large-scale compute clusters.

Responsibilities

• Architect and integrate frontier LLM ecosystems into a unified AI platform.
• Embed with autonomous driving teams to translate AI capabilities into production systems.
• Design scalable LLM deployment pipelines and optimize GPU utilization and throughput.
• Maintain a 1–3 year technical roadmap aligned with AI and systems engineering trends.

Skills

AI Transformation Leadership

Enterprise AI Scaling

Cross-Functional Influence

System Architecture

Tools

PyTorch

Ray

vLLM

Triton Inference Server

Kubernetes

DeepSpeed

Megatron-LM

Job description

DiDi Autonomous Driving in San Jose, CA is seeking a visionary Staff/Principal AI Transformation Engineer to lead company-wide AI transformation and shape the architecture of our AI infrastructure. You will embed with core autonomous driving teams to evolve our R&D organization into a scalable AI-Native powerhouse.

The role requires deep expertise in AI infrastructure, LLM ecosystems, and enterprise-grade platforms, with a strong track record of production-ready AI/ML deployments.