Lead Software Engineer, Full-Stack - Applications

C3.ai, Inc.; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 219,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Excellent benefits

Competitive compensation

Job summary

C3 AI is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for its Application Engineering team in Redwood City to design and develop scalable, enterprise-grade AI-driven SaaS solutions. You will work across product management, UI/UX, front-end and back-end engineers to deliver robust applications and accelerate time-to-value for customers.

The role emphasizes ownership, architectural leadership, and mentoring junior engineers in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• Strong track record of design and development of full stack web solutions for complex problems.
• Hands-on experience with object-oriented programming, data structures, algorithms, and web app development.
• Interest in leading engineering teams and projects.

Responsibilities

• Architect robust software solutions across teams with cross product impact.
• Design, build, and deliver high quality, modular full stack solutions.
• Lead engineering best practices and mentor junior team members.

Skills

Full stack development

Object-oriented programming

Web technologies

Team leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related

MS preferred

Tools

Git

Version control

Job description

Lead Software Engineer, Full-Stack - Applications

C3 AI (NYSE: AI), is the Enterprise AI application software company. C3 AI delivers a family of fully integrated products including the C3 Agentic AI Platform, an end-to-end platform for developing, deploying, and operating enterprise AI applications, C3 AI applications, a portfolio of industry-specific SaaS enterprise AI applications that enable the digital transformation of organizations globally, and C3 Generative AI, a suite of domain-specific generative AI offerings for the enterprise.Learn more at: C3 AI

C3's Application Engineering team is looking for a Lead Software Engineer to join our superb team to design and develop innovative AI solutions.

The Application Engineering team is responsible for building comprehensive SaaS solutions to maximize our customers' success across industries. Solutions designed by C3 are used in predictive maintenance, inventory optimization, fraud detection, energy, sustainability, and resource optimization, to name a few. Check out a list of applications we've built here:C3 AI Applications

Responsibilities:

• Work across teams to architect robust software engineering solutions and frameworks with cross product impact.
• Design, build, and deliver high quality, modular solutions at a robust pace.
• Implement and enhance engineering best practices company wide.
• Build and improve visual tools for application development and data science that would enable users to build end-to-end AI applications quickly.
• Collaborate closely with Product Management, User Interaction Designers, Front-End and Back-End Engineers.
• Lead cross-team technical design discussions on application architecture, UI components, UX, back-end and third-party integration, and testing.
• Rapidly fix bugs, solve problems, and proactively strive to improve our products and technologies.
• Manage individual project deliverables and mentor junior team members on industry coding standards and design techniques.
• Help build a team and cultivate innovation.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, or related fields, MS preferred.
• Proven track record of design and development of full stack web solutions for complex problems.
• Strong hands‑on experience and understanding of object‑oriented programming, data structures, algorithms, and web application development.
• Real passion for developing team‑oriented solutions to complex engineering problems.
• Thrive in a dynamic, rapidly changing environment and value end‑to‑end ownership of projects.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to collaborate multi‑functionally and improve scalability.
• Interest in committing to a fun, friendly, expansive, and intellectually stimulating environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree in engineering, sciences, or related field.
• Experience with Git or other version control software.
• Knowledge of Agile development methodology.
• Knowledge of distributed systems, test‑driven development, SQL and NoSQL databases, and performance optimization tools.
• Experience in leading engineering teams and projects.
• Experience in building scalable web applications.

C3 AI provides excellent benefits, a competitive compensation package and generous equity plan.

$175,000 — $219,000 USD

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