Staff Software Engineer- AI Enablement

Ladders; United States; Remote; USD 189,000 - 291,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

HSA / FSA

Retirement plan

Paid vacation

Tuition assistance

Employee assistance program

Vehicle discounts

Job summary

Ladders is seeking a Staff Software Engineer- AI Enablement to join a leader in Manufacturing & Automotive. This role will shape the architecture behind large-scale simulation and AI-enabled engineering workflows, with a focus on distributed systems, cloud-native platforms, and data orchestration.

Location: Remote - US based candidates only, no visa sponsorship available. Compensation: $189,300 – $290,700 annually.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, CS, or related field.
• 10+ years of software architecture, simulation, or distributed systems.
• Expertise in backend and distributed systems.
• Experience with virtualization and simulation (vECUs, FMUs, SIL).
• Strong cloud architecture skills.
• Familiarity with CLI-based and MCP-based AI tool design.
• Experience with ontology-based system design and architecture.
• AI/ML integration for simulation or data workflows.
• Knowledge of data engineering and storage patterns.
• Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration.

Responsibilities

• Architect distributed simulation systems for vECUs, FMUs, and SIL/MIL workloads.
• Define AI-enabled simulation patterns, including scenario generation and data pipelines.
• Design cloud-native compute platforms for large-scale simulation workloads.
• Establish API and service architecture for orchestration and data management.
• Guide CI/CD integration for simulation and AI components.
• Mentor developers and influence technical direction across teams.
• Ensure security, observability, and reliability across the platform.

Skills

Distributed systems

Backend architecture

Cloud architecture

Kubernetes

AI/ML integration

Data pipelines

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, CS, or related field

Job description

For our client, we are seeking a Staff Software Engineer- AI Enablement to join the team of a leader in the Manufacturing & Automotive space. This role will shape the architecture behind large-scale simulation and AI-enabled engineering workflows, with a focus on distributed systems, cloud-native platforms, and data orchestration. You will help define how simulation workloads are executed, integrated, and scaled across teams while enabling more intelligent scenario generation and data-driven decision-making. The position also plays a key technical leadership role in establishing reliable, secure, and observable platform capabilities that support engineering innovation.

Location: Remote - US based candidates only, no visa sponsorship available

Compensation: $189,300 – $290,700 annually

Responsibilities

• Architect distributed simulation systems for vECUs, FMUs, and SIL/MIL workloads.
• Define AI-enabled simulation patterns, including scenario generation and data pipelines.
• Design cloud-native compute platforms for large-scale simulation workloads.
• Establish API and service architecture for orchestration and data management.
• Guide CI/CD integration for simulation and AI components.
• Mentor developers and influence technical direction across teams.
• Ensure security, observability, and reliability across the platform.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in software architecture, simulation, or distributed systems.
• Expertise in backend and distributed systems.
• Experience with virtualization and simulation (vECUs, FMUs, SIL).
• Strong cloud architecture skills.
• Familiarity with CLI-based and MCP-based architecture for AI tools design.
• Experience with ontology-based system design and architecture.
• AI/ML integration experience for simulation or data workflows.
• Knowledge of data engineering and storage patterns.
• Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance options.
• Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Retirement savings plan.
• Sickness and accident benefits.
• Life insurance and paid vacation & holidays.
• Tuition assistance programs.
• Employee assistance program.
• Vehicle discounts.

Our client is an equal opportunity employer.