Senior Backend Engineer, AI Infrastructure & Distributed Systems

Siemens; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Siemens seeks a software engineer to design, build, and operate scalable distributed services that integrate generative AI into real-world products. You will own projects end-to-end from design to deployment and monitoring, collaborating with engineering, research, product, and infrastructure teams to raise reliability and performance.

The role requires 3+ years of backend experience, proficiency in Python/Go/Java, and strong system design fundamentals, with preferred ML pipeline/AI infra

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience building and operating backend systems or distributed services.
• Proficiency in Python, Go, or Java and strong foundations in data structures, algorithms, and system design.
• Preferred: experience with ML pipelines or AI infrastructure, cloud-native systems, independent delivery, and mentoring/technical leadership.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate performant distributed services and systems that integrate generative AI into real-world products.
• Own projects from design through deployment and monitoring, collaborating across engineering, research, product, and infrastructure teams to improve standards, reliability, and performance.

Skills

Python

Go

Java

Distributed Systems

System Design

Kubernetes

AWS

Terraform

PyTorch

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

Terraform

Datadog

PyTorch

Job description

Siemens seeks a software engineer to design, build, and operate scalable distributed services that integrate generative AI into real-world products. You will own projects end-to-end from design to deployment and monitoring, collaborating with engineering, research, product, and infrastructure teams to raise reliability and performance.

The role requires 3+ years of backend experience, proficiency in Python/Go/Java, and strong system design fundamentals, with preferred ML pipeline/AI infra