Sr Staff Software Engineer, AI Hub
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Job description
As a Software Engineer, you will contribute to the development and maintenance of production systems while continuously strengthening your technical skills and understanding of the broader platform. You will work on moderately complex features and software components, executing assigned tasks independently with guidance as needed, and applying established engineering best practices.
Our team operates a modern cloud service for preparing and testing ML models for Qualcomm hardware. We deploy to AWS with Kubernetes, a Python-based backend, and a React/TypeScript web frontend. You will work closely on the Cloud Services team that owns the frontend and backend, actively participate in design/UX review, code reviews, and technical design discussions.
You will receive technical direction from senior engineers while being expected to manage your own priorities, adapt to changing requirements, and consistently meet quality and delivery expectations as part of a fast-moving, collaborative team., * Design, develop, test, and maintain web applications and backend services under guidance from senior team members
- Implement features and enhancements on existing systems using React/TypeScript frontends and Python backend services
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code following established standards, including unit tests and integration tests
- Build and consume RESTful APIs
- Work with relational databases for data modeling, querying, and performance tuning
- Debug issues, analyze root causes, and propose fixes for moderately complex problems
- Collaborate effectively with teammates and cross-functional partners
- Contribute to code reviews by providing thoughtful, constructive feedback
- Participate in UX and design reviewsDocument design decisions, code changes, and operational considerations
Requirements
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Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 6+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience., Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 5+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience. OR PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience., * Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field., * 6+ years of academic or industry software development experience
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Experience working on real codebases beyond coursework, internships, or prototypes
Technical Skills
- Working knowledge of object-oriented programming and design concepts
- Proficiency in TypeScript, with experience using React and modern frontend tooling (e.g., Vite, React Router)
- Backend development experience using Python
- Exposure to web frameworks such as Django is an asset
- Understanding of relational databases
- Basic experience or exposure to CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Azure Pipelines)
- Experience with modern React ecosystem: React Router v7, TanStack Query, Tailwind
- Awareness of cloud platforms, particularly AWS
Benefits & conditions
4.04.0 out of 5 stars San Diego, CA $178,400 - $278,900 a year, Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.
Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits : $178,400.00 - $278,900.00
The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer - and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link .