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Senior/Lead Software Engineer - Developer Experience

California, United StatesOnsiteFull TimeLead$150,000–$219,000 /yrPosted 2 months agoVisa sponsorship available

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Role summary

C3 AI is seeking a full-stack Senior/Lead Software Engineer to join their Developer Experience team. This role will focus on driving engineering excellence by developing tools and frameworks that automate code quality analysis, optimize performance, and streamline release processes. The engineer will design and build systems to empower developers, enhance testing, and improve shipping confidence. Responsibilities include defining engineering standards, integrating AI for issue resolution, creating analytics dashboards, and mentoring other engineers. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of software development experience, strong programming skills in JavaScript and related frameworks, and an understanding of machine learning.

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 seeking a full-stack
Senior / Lead Software Engineer
to join the Developer Experience team. In this role, you will drive initiatives that elevate engineering excellence across the organization. You will develop products that automate code quality analysis and issue resolution, optimize application performance, and streamline release processes.
You will design and build tools that empower developers to move faster and more confidently while ensuring quality and scalability. This is an opportunity to shape the future of Agentic AI application development by creating intelligent systems and frameworks that enhance how engineers build, test, and ship applications.
Responsibilities

  • Lead efforts to define and enforce engineering standards, code quality, and best practices across engineering teams.
  • Design and build tools and frameworks that improve developer workflows, testing, and release processes.
  • Integrate Agentic AI capabilities to automate the resolution of code quality and performance issues.
  • Create intelligent dashboards and analytics to provide visibility into code quality, test coverage, and engineering metrics.
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver seamless developer experiences.
  • Mentor engineers on full-stack development, system design, and scalable architecture patterns.
  • Drive continuous improvement through automation, experimentation, and feedback loops.
  • Foster a culture of innovation, ownership, and technical excellence.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, or related fields, MS preferred.
  • 5+ years of professional software development experience in a fast-paced software company
  • Excellent programming skills in JavaScript and frameworks such as React, Redux, Vue, Backbone, or Angular.
  • Proven track record of design and development of full stack web solutions for complex problems.
  • Strong hands-on experience and understanding of object-oriented programming, data structures, algorithms, and web application development.
  • In-depth understanding of machine learning including deep learning algorithms.
  • Thrive in a dynamic, rapidly changing environment and value end-to-end ownership of projects.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills to collaborate multi-functionally and improve scalability.
  • Interest in committing to a fun, friendly, expansive, and intellectually stimulating environment.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Advanced degree in engineering, sciences, or related field.
  • Knowledge of distributed systems, test-driven development, SQL and NoSQL databases, and performance optimization tools.
  • Experience in leading engineering teams and projects.

C3 AI provides excellent benefits, a competitive compensation package and generous equity plan.
California Base Pay Range
$150,000—$219,000 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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