Retail Software Engineer

Hewlett Packard Co.; Spring (TX); On-site; USD 147,000 - 231,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Long term/short term disability

Employee assistance program

Flexible spending account

Life insurance

Generous time off

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Co. in the United States is seeking a senior software engineer to lead the development of AI-powered mobile experiences for retail.

You will collaborate with product owners, SMEs, and customers to translate requirements into working software across Android apps, backend services, and AI agents. You will mentor engineers, shape engineering practices, and ensure production-ready delivery with secure integrations, testing, CI/CD, and scalable architectures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of software engineering experience with leadership and hands-on development from concept through production.
• Proven experience building AI applications using large language models, agent frameworks or harnesses, tool calling, retrieval, inference, and evaluation.
• Strong Android development experience and integrating mobile software with backend services and enterprise systems.
• Experience working with customers or customer IT to define features and resolve technical issues.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools; retail technology experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead software development from concept to production readiness across Android apps, backend services, and AI agents.
• Collaborate with product owners, SMEs, and customers to translate requirements and define acceptance criteria.
• Validate features, troubleshoot integration issues, and implement fixes with feedback from customer IT.
• Build and maintain agent harnesses connecting AI models with context, tools, memory, and workflows.
• Select, integrate, and evaluate AI models for reasoning, tool use and vision; optimize performance and cost.
• Establish engineering practices for AI-assisted coding, testing, security, CI, and releases; ensure verifiability.
• Mentor engineers, review designs and code, and lead technical issue resolution; translate requirements into reusable capabilities.

Skills

AI applications

Android development

Large language models

Agent harnesses

Backend integration

Customer collaboration

Security & compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field

Tools

Jetpack Compose

Kotlin

APIs & enterprise integration

Cloud and edge deployment

Job description

**Description -**This role will lead the development of AI-powered mobile experiences for the retail industry. You will partner with the product owner, subject matter experts, and customers to translate requirements into working software. Combine hands-on expertise in AI applications, agent harnesses, model inference, and Android development to create a reliable, scalable commercial product. **Responsibilities*** Lead software development from initial concept and prototypes through production readiness. Contribute directly to implementation across Android applications, backend services, and AI agents.* Work with the product owner, subject matter experts, and customers to understand requirements, define acceptance criteria, assess technical trade-offs, and establish development priorities.* Collaborate with forward-deployed engineers and customer IT to gather feedback, validate features, troubleshoot integration issues, and develop fixes. Incorporate findings into ongoing development.* Build and maintain agent harnesses that connect AI models with context, tools, memory, permissions, and workflows. Support multi-step execution, task interruptions, recovery, and human approvals.* Select, integrate, and evaluate AI models for reasoning, tool use, and vision. Optimize inference quality, latency, reliability, and cost across cloud and edge environments.* Develop Android applications for retail handhelds and tablets, including adaptive interfaces, voice, camera, scanning, and payments. Connect applications securely to enterprise systems through APIs, events, and adapters.* Establish engineering practices for AI-assisted coding, code review, automated testing, security, continuous integration, and releases. Ensure generated code is verified, and the software can be monitored and supported.* Mentor engineers, review designs and code, and lead technical issue resolution. Turn recurring customer requirements into reusable capabilities that support a maintainable, scalable commercial product. **Education and Experience Required*** Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.* 8+ years of software engineering experience, including technical leadership and hands-on development of new products from concept through production.* Demonstrated experience building AI applications using large language models, agent frameworks or harnesses, tool calling, retrieval, inference, and evaluation.* Strong experience developing Android applications and integrating mobile software with backend services, enterprise systems, and device capabilities.* Experience working with customers, customer IT, or customer-facing engineers to develop features and resolve technical issues. Practical use of AI-assisted development tools is required; retail technology experience is preferred. **Knowledge and Skills*** Strong understanding of AI application architecture and how models, agent harnesses, context, retrieval, memory, and tools work together to complete tasks.* Practical knowledge of model selection and inference trade-offs, including accuracy, latency, throughput, cost, privacy, and cloud versus on-device execution.* Strong Android skills, preferably Kotlin and Jetpack Compose, including context-aware interfaces, device APIs, intermittent connectivity, and workflow interruption and recovery.* Strong mobile and backend engineering skills, including APIs, distributed systems, and enterprise integration that preserves existing business rules and transaction integrity.* Proficiency with AI-assisted coding and agentic development tools, including preparing context, breaking down tasks, reviewing generated code, debugging, and verifying results.* Ability to translate customer specifications into technical designs and acceptance tests, diagnose failures, and evaluate AI workflows against realistic tasks and measurable outcomes.* Knowledge of secure software development, authentication, authorization, data privacy, audit logging, automated testing, continuous integration, and release management.* Clear communication, strong technical judgment, and effective mentoring skills. Ability to manage evolving requirements and work across teams while balancing customer needs with long-term product maintainability.The pay range for this role is **$147,050** to **$230,850** USD annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United States of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. **Benefits:** HP offers a comprehensive benefits package for this position, including:* Health insurance* Dental insurance* Vision insurance* Long term/short term disability insurance* Employee assistance program* Flexible spending account* Life insurance* Generous time off policies, including;* 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure* 11 paid holidays* Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview)The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law.