Senior AI Systems Architect & Lead Engineer

Siemens; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 140,000 - 188,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellness benefits

Job summary

Siemens in Washington, DC is seeking a Software Engineer to define architecture for high-scale distributed systems blending cloud, ML, and hardware integration. You will guide technical direction and set standards across teams.

The role emphasizes leadership of cross-functional initiatives and hands-on engineering, mentoring, and the delivery of robust, scalable solutions in a fast-paced research and product environment.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience designing and scaling distributed systems in production environments.
• Proficiency in at least one backend programming language (Python, Go, Java).
• Strong understanding of systems architecture, observability, and deployment best practices.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional technical initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and development of complex, high-scale systems
• Drive technical decisions and trade-offs across multiple domains (infra, ML, product)
• Collaborate across teams to align long-term platform and product direction
• Set engineering standards for code quality, design, and operational excellence
• Mentor and support growth of engineers across the team

Skills

Distributed systems design

Backend programming

Systems architecture

Cross-functional leadership

Observability & deployment

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Postgres

Redis

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Datadog

Grafana

Job description

Siemens in Washington, DC is seeking a Software Engineer to define architecture for high-scale distributed systems blending cloud, ML, and hardware integration. You will guide technical direction and set standards across teams.

The role emphasizes leadership of cross-functional initiatives and hands-on engineering, mentoring, and the delivery of robust, scalable solutions in a fast-paced research and product environment.