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# Senior AI Platform Engineer

- **Company:** SS&C Technologies, Inc.
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $150,000.0 - $180,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** 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), 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
- **Published:** October 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://wd1.myworkdaysite.com/recruiting/ssctech/SSCTechnologies/job/San-Francisco-CA/Senior-AI-Platform-Engineer_R46524-1

## About the Role

* 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.).

## 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.