AI Transformation Architect (Staff/Principal)

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

Job summary

DiDi Autonomous Driving in San Jose, CA seeks a visionary Staff or Principal AI Transformation Engineer to lead our company-wide AI transformation, blending LLM expertise with robust systems architecture for enterprise scale.

You will embed with core engineering teams to evolve our R&D into an AI-native powerhouse, drive LLMops, scalable AI platforms, and a 1-3 year technical roadmap for production-grade AI. This is a high-impact leadership role at the frontier of autonomous driving AI.

Qualifications

• Experience leading AI-native transformations at enterprise scale.
• Proven ability to drive AI-first engineering across multiple teams.
• Hands-on deployment and optimization of mainstream AI infra tools.
• Strong track record in distributed LLM training/inference environments.

Responsibilities

• Architect AI infrastructure and platform integration across data processing, training, inference, and evaluation.
• Embed with core autonomous driving teams to translate AI capabilities into production-ready ecosystems.
• Design and implement scalable LLM deployment, monitoring, and feedback loops (MLOps).
• Maintain a 1-3 year technical roadmap aligning AI initiatives with business goals.

Skills

Cross-functional influence

AI transformation

LLMOps

Distributed AI infra

Tools

PyTorch

Ray

vLLM

Triton Inference Server

Kubernetes

DeepSpeed

Megatron-LM

Job description

DiDi Autonomous Driving in San Jose, CA seeks a visionary Staff or Principal AI Transformation Engineer to lead our company-wide AI transformation, blending LLM expertise with robust systems architecture for enterprise scale.

You will embed with core engineering teams to evolve our R&D into an AI-native powerhouse, drive LLMops, scalable AI platforms, and a 1-3 year technical roadmap for production-grade AI. This is a high-impact leadership role at the frontier of autonomous driving AI.