Engineer, AI Platforms and Solutions

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

Company

Qualcomm Incorporated

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary

We are looking for a hands‑on software engineer for our Qualcomm’s enterprise AI platform focused on knowledge retrieval engineering, agentic pipeline development, agent runtime management and agent powered applications.

This is a fast‑paced, execution‑focused role involving rapid delivery of features, continuous iteration on pipelines, building new agentic solutions for business processes and integration of agentic capabilities into existing solutions.

This role requires full‑time onsite work in San Diego, CA (5 days per week). This role is not eligible for Qualcomm immigration sponsorship.

Key Responsibilities

• Work on enterprise‑scale AI powered search and retrieval systems supporting various downstream applications and agents.
• Design and improve end‑to‑end pipelines (ingestion → embedding → indexing → retrieval) with objective evaluation and test harnesses.
• Develop and integrate APIs/services/MCP/agent‑tools to expose ML/AI capabilities.
• Improve retrieval relevance, chunking strategies, and embedding quality.
• Evaluate and debug search quality issues, hallucinations, and grounding failures.
• Collaborate with platform and infrastructure teams to deliver production‑grade enterprise features.

Must‑Have 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.
• Hands‑on experience with RAG systems and LLM‑based applications.
• Experience building AI applications (including Agentic AI workflows).
• Experience with API/service development (REST).
• Solid understanding of Agentic frameworks (LangChain, Agno, etc.,).

Nice‑to‑Have

• Tracing/observability tools for LLM systems.
• Experience with Elasticsearch / vector search.
• Docker / Kubernetes exposure.
• Multi‑agent systems and evaluation frameworks.

Minimum Qualifications

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

Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits

$94,200.00 - $141,200.00

The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales‑incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer – and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.

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