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Senior Software Engineer - Platform

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Summary

Design, build, and maintain core platform services, frameworks, and automation for an enterprise AI platform using Java, Python, Go, and Terraform.

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

C3 AI is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected characteristics, including disabled and veteran status.

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  • Are you located within commuting distance of C3 AI's Redwood City headquarters and available for in-person interviews? choose one
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