Software Engineer - AI Agentic Product Dev Team (US)

Nutanix; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Family medical coverage

Vision and dental coverage

Competitive base salary

Eligibility for equity awards

Discretionary bonuses or commissions

Job summary

Nutanix is hiring an engineer in Santa Clara to build and ship AI-powered product features, utilizing LLMs and NLP. The role emphasizes collaboration with Product Managers and ML engineers to integrate and evaluate models.

Ideal candidates should have 1-2 years of software engineering experience, proficiency in Python, and experience with backend applications. Nutanix offers a comprehensive benefits package including family medical coverage and eligibility for equity awards.

Qualifications

• 1-2 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong experience building backend or full-stack applications.
• Proficiency in Python and at least one other language (Java, Go, or TypeScript).
• Hands-on experience integrating LLMs, NLP, or ML-powered features.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship AI-powered product features using LLMs, NLP, and workflows.
• Develop backend services and APIs that support model inference.
• Collaborate with ML engineers to integrate and productionize models.

Skills

Software engineering experience

Backend or full-stack applications

Proficiency in Python

Integration of LLMs, NLP, or ML-powered features

Familiarity with APIs

Job description

Responsibilities

• Build and ship AI‑powered product features using LLMs, NLP, and agent‑based workflows
• Develop backend services and APIs that support model inference, orchestration, and tool execution
• Implement LLM workflows, including pipelines, retrieval (RAG) systems, and goal‑oriented agent behaviors
• Work closely with Product Managers and Designers to turn AI‑driven ideas into working features
• Collaborate with ML engineers to integrate, evaluate, and productionize models
• Write clean, maintainable, and well‑tested code
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to technical discussion
• Help improve system performance, reliability, and scalability

Qualifications

• 1‑2 years of professional software engineering experience
• Strong experience building backend or full‑stack applications
• Proficiency in Python and at least one other language (Java, Go, or TypeScript)
• Hands‑on experience integrating LLMs, NLP, or ML‑powered features
• Familiarity with APIs, distributed systems, and backend services
• Understanding of prompting, embeddings, and model inference
• Solid software engineering fundamentals (testing, debugging, system design)
• Product mindset with a focus on real‑world impact and usability
• Experience with agentic systems, workflows, or orchestration frameworks
• Exposure to RAG Architecture Design & Evaluation
• Experience working in AI‑first or fast‑moving product teams

Benefits

Experience our comprehensive benefits with family medical, vision and dental coverage, a competitive base salary, and eligibility for equity awards and discretionary bonuses or commissions.