Senior AI Platform Engineer

SS&C Technologies, Inc.
San Francisco, CA, United States
7 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
5 years minimum
Compensation
$150,000.0 - $180,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Artificial Intelligence Airflow Big Data Cloud Computing Cyber Security Computer Programming Information Engineering Distributed Systems Apache Hive Identity and Access Management Python (Programming Language)
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Open Source Technology Role-Based Access Control OpenAI Prometheus Pinecone Enterprise Software Applications DSPy (Programming Framework) Large Language Models Apache Spark Llamaindex Generative AI Agentic-AI Event Driven Architecture Pgvector AI Platforms Kubernetes Information Technology HuggingFace Weaviate Apache Kafka Milvus Graphql Data Management Machine Learning Operations Api Design Restful APIs Grpc Data Pipelines Docker Agent2Agent Protocol

Job description

We are looking for Senior AI Platform Engineers to join our R&D team. These engineers will design and implement the core AI framework, ensuring it seamlessly integrates with our big data infrastructure, and enabling scalable, intelligent, and autonomous data-driven systems., * Implement MCP- and A2A-based architectures for agent collaboration and orchestration.

  • Integrate AI services with data pipelines (Airflow, Spark, Trino, StarRocks, DBT).
  • Build APIs, SDKs, and tooling to enable other teams to use the framework.
  • Work with platform and application teams to ensure secure, reliable, and multi-tenant deployment of AI agents.
  • Evaluate new agentic AI, LLM, and orchestration technologies and recommend adoption.
  • Mentor other engineers and contribute to AI engineering best practices.

Requirements

  • Computer Science/Engineer related Bachelor’s degree
  • Strong programming skills in Python with 5+ years of experience
  • Proven experience with data engineering or distributed systems (Spark, Hive, Trino, StarRocks, DBT, Airflow, Kubernetes).
  • Deep understanding of LLM-based systems and agent frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, DSPy, OpenAI MCP, A2A).
  • Hands-on experience with API design & integration (REST, GraphQL, gRPC).
  • Knowledge of cloud infrastructure & container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker).
  • Strong understanding of IAM, security, and multi-tenancy in enterprise systems.
  • Track record of building production-grade AI/data platforms.

Desired Skills (Nice-to-Have)

  • Experience in Information Security.
  • Experience with vector databases (pgvector, Pinecone, Weaviate, Milvus, Vespa).
  • Familiarity with event-driven architectures (Kafka, Pulsar).
  • Understanding of retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) patterns.
  • Background in authorization/identity systems (ReBAC, RBAC, Zanzibar-style).
  • Familiarity with observability (OpenTelemetry, DataHub, MLflow, Prometheus).
  • Experience in enterprise AI governance (audit, lineage, compliance).
  • Contributions to open-source AI frameworks (LangChain, OpenAI MCP, Hugging Face, etc.).

Benefits & conditions

  • Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model & a Business Casual Dress Code, including jeans
  • Your Future: 401 (k) Matching Program, Professional Development Reimbursement
  • Work/Life Balance: Flexible Personal/Vacation Time Off, Sick Leave, Paid Holidays
  • Your Wellbeing: Medical, Dental, Vision, Employee Assistance Program, Parental Leave
  • Wide Ranging Perspectives: Committed to Celebrating the Variety of Backgrounds, Talents, and Experiences of Our Employees
  • Training: Hands-On, Team-Customized, including SS&C University
  • Extra Perks: Discounts on fitness clubs, travel, and more!, Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.

SS&C Technologies offers a comprehensive total rewards package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and future. Our benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage; a 401(k) plan with company match; paid time off, holidays, and parental leave; and professional development reimbursement opportunity.

Actual base salary will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to relevant skills, prior experience, education, demonstrated performance, and geographic location.

California: The expected base salary for the position is between 150,000 USD to 180,000 USD.

In addition, employees in this role may be eligible for consideration on an annual basis for a discretionary bonus and/or equity awards, such as restricted stock units or stock options, based upon individual and business performance at the company’s discretion.

About the company

SS&C is a leading provider of mission-critical, AI-powered technology and services empowering financial services and healthcare organizations to work smarter, faster, and securely. Founded in 1986, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has offices worldwide. More than 23,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world’s largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology., SS&C Advent’s financial solutions are going Agentic! And we’re growing the team to get us there. Our best-of-breed products that span the investment firm’s front-to-back office will be part of the journey to digital transformation, which started with our cloud-native, award-winning Genesis Platform used by clients around the globe.

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