Senior AI Code Modernization Engineer

Bentley Systems; False Pass (AK); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Team culture and collaboration

Career development and growth

Salary and benefits package

Diversity, belonging and inclusion

Job summary

Bentley Systems is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for AI Code Modernization in a hybrid role based in Exton, PA/Philadelphia. You will join a team transforming legacy engineering software into cloud-native architectures.

You will design AI-driven pipelines, refine workflows, and collaborate across product and architecture to deliver production-grade modernization. Comfort with large codebases and cross-language tooling is valued.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering production software systems.
• Experience applying AI/ML to real-world problems.
• Ability to design large-scale AI pipelines and tooling.
• Strong communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Systems-oriented mindset for ambiguous technical challenges.

Responsibilities

• Design and build AI-driven transformation pipelines for large-scale legacy codebases.
• Develop agentic AI workflows for code understanding, refactoring, and modernization.
• Modernize desktops, simulation, and engineering apps into cloud-native services.
• Create automated tooling, validation frameworks, and testing strategies for transformed code.
• Collaborate with architects and product leaders to identify modernization opportunities.

Skills

Software development

Production systems

AI/ML pipelines

System design

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Rust

C++

C

Fortran

Job description

Bentley Systems is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for AI Code Modernization in a hybrid role based in Exton, PA/Philadelphia. You will join a team transforming legacy engineering software into cloud-native architectures.

You will design AI-driven pipelines, refine workflows, and collaborate across product and architecture to deliver production-grade modernization. Comfort with large codebases and cross-language tooling is valued.