Senior Software Engineer - Platform

C3.ai, Inc.; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

C3 AI is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - Platform to design, build, and maintain core platform services, tooling, and automation that power enterprise AI applications. You will collaborate with engineering and product teams to deliver scalable capabilities, improve deployment pipelines, and mentor teammates on best practices.

You will own features end-to-end and help drive reliability, observability, and performance across the platform.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline.
• 3+ years backend/platform/DevOps/infrastructure/distributed systems engineering in production.
• Hands-on experience with Java and scripting languages such as Python, Shell, or Groovy.
• Experience designing and improving CI/CD pipelines, build systems, and release automation.
• IaC experience, preferably Terraform; cloud provisioning/management.
• Go for infrastructure tooling, automation, or cloud platform development.
• Experience designing scalable platform services, APIs, or developer tools.
• Strong software development principles, testing, observability, and performance.
• Ownership, independence, accountability; strong cross-team communication.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain core platform services, frameworks, and developer tools.
• Design and maintain automation for testing, integration, and deployment.
• Develop infrastructure automation to provision and manage cloud environments.
• Build internal tools to improve engineering productivity and efficiency.
• Support workflows, release automation, and code validation.
• Improve reliability, scalability, and operational quality of platform services.
• Partner with engineering and product teams to deliver platform capabilities.
• Own features end-to-end from design to mentoring engineers.

Skills

Backend/Platform/DevOps experience

Java

Python/Shell/Groovy

CI/CD pipelines

Go

APIs & developer tools

Software fundamentals

Ownership & accountability

Communication

Education

B.S./M.S. in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

Job description

C3 AI (NYSE: AI), is the Enterprise AI application software company. C3 AI delivers a family of fully integrated products including the C3 Agentic AI Platform, an end-to-end platform for developing, deploying, and operating enterprise AI applications, C3 AI applications, a portfolio of industry-specific SaaS enterprise AI applications that enable the digital transformation of organizations globally, and C3 Generative AI, a suite of domain-specific generative AI offerings for the enterprise. Learn more at: C3 AI

C3 AI is looking for a highly motivated Senior Software Engineer - Platform to join our Platform Engineering team. You will play a critical role in designing, building, and maintaining the core platform features, frameworks, and development tools used to build enterprise-scale AI applications. Your work will directly support application development, platform scalability, and engineering productivity across the company.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain core platform services, frameworks, and developer tools used across an enterprise-scale AI platform.
• Design and maintain robust automation for testing, integration, and deployment across a distributed development organization.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure automation to provision, manage, and improve cloud environments reliably and consistently.
• Build and maintain internal tools and services that improve engineering productivity, developer experience, and operational efficiency.
• Support engineering workflows, release automation, version control integration, code validation, and platform rule enforcement.
• Improve the reliability, scalability, maintainability, and operational quality of platform services, frameworks, and automation systems.
• Partner closely with software engineering and product management teams to gather requirements and deliver high-quality platform capabilities.
• Own features end-to-end, including design, documentation, implementation, testing, maintenance, and mentoring engineers on engineering standards and best practices.

Qualifications

• B.S./M.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 3+ years of backend, platform, DevOps, infrastructure, or distributed systems engineering experience in production environments.
• Strong hands-on experience with Java and one or more scripting or automation languages such as Python, Shell, or Groovy.
• Experience designing, maintaining, and improving CI/CD pipelines, build systems, release automation, and testing workflows.
• Experience with infrastructure as code, preferably Terraform, and cloud environment provisioning or management.
• Familiarity with Go for infrastructure tooling, automation, or cloud platform development.
• Experience designing and developing scalable platform services, frameworks, APIs, developer-facing tools, or engineering workflow systems.
• Hands-on understanding of software development principles, design patterns, testing, debugging, observability, and performance analysis.
• Systematic problem-solving approach with a strong sense of ownership, independence, and operational accountability.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work across engineering, infrastructure, release, and product teams.

C3 AI provides excellent benefits, a competitive compensation package and generous equity plan.

California Base Pay Range

• $145,000 — $198,000 USD

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