Product Engineer - Open Source AI for Science

University of California; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

University of California, Berkeley's Lightcone team seeks a Product Engineer to advance AI-powered scientific software. You will design and implement complex interfaces, collaborate with researchers, and contribute to open source projects within a dynamic, cross-disciplinary environment.

The role focuses on practical software development, documentation, and applying cutting-edge AI techniques to scientific workflows while aligning with UC Berkeley policies and standards.

Qualifications

• Advanced programming skills including Python.
• Fluency with agentic AI and LLM coding agents.
• Strong visual and interaction design craft.
• Software development and maintenance skills (Git, tests, CI/CD).
• Ability to work with interdisciplinary teams across domains.

Responsibilities

• Plan, design, develop, modify, debug, deploy, and evaluate complex interface/software/infrastructure for agentic AI systems.
• Collaborate with domain scientists to map research workflows to software requirements.
• Design reusable frontend components and visual language for research workflows.
• Prepare and maintain user and developer documentation; set technical requirements.

Skills

Python

LLM agents

Open source

Git

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Git

CI/CD

Job description

University of California, Berkeley's Lightcone team seeks a Product Engineer to advance AI-powered scientific software. You will design and implement complex interfaces, collaborate with researchers, and contribute to open source projects within a dynamic, cross-disciplinary environment.

The role focuses on practical software development, documentation, and applying cutting-edge AI techniques to scientific workflows while aligning with UC Berkeley policies and standards.