Principal AI Developer Experience Engineer

Atom Computing
Dallas, TX, United States
11 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Internship / Graduate position
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
8 years minimum
Compensation
$56,160.0 - $60,320.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence Data Analysis C++ (Programming Language) Code Coverage Code Review Cursor Device Drivers Memory Management Embedded C Embedded Software Python (Programming Language) Real-Time Operating Systems
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Software Engineering Rust (Programming Language) GitHub Copilot Large Language Models Claude Code Agentic-AI Information Technology Virtual Agents

Job description

Atom Computing is seeking a Principal AI Developer Experience Engineer to improve how our physicists and engineers use AI in their daily work. You will set best practices for AI-assisted engineering and build shared tooling that lets teams quickly adopt new AI-driven workflows. You will also influence product architecture to broaden where LLM-driven workflows apply, including areas where hardware, timing, or reliability requirements have typically called for conventional methods. This role’s aim is to accelerate work in experiment analysis, optics development, PCB and FPGA design, and quantum control software (C++/Rust) development.

Due to the need to engineer physical systems, the role will be on-site in Boulder, CO at least 3 days per week.

Responsibilities

  • Define, document, and maintain best practices for AI-assisted coding, testing, code review, and research workflows.
  • Influence guidelines for using LLMs on performance-critical software, including embedded C++ and Rust, RTOS applications, and kernel device drivers: where AI assistance is appropriate, how generated code is reviewed and tested, and how memory safety, timing, and determinism are verified before merge.
  • Make forward-looking electronics architecture improvements to our AI tooling and integrations so they keep pace with advances in models and agents and with shifts in engineers’ tool preferences, and track industry benchmarks for AI-assisted developer productivity so our practices stay current.
  • Build ways to measure the output of AI and LLM-driven workflows, such as defect and revert rates of AI-assisted changes, review findings, test coverage, performance regressions, new capabilities added, and time saved, and use the results to refine tools and guidelines.
  • Ensure safe and reliable operation of AI in quantum processors.

Requirements

  • Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or Artificial Intelligence
  • 8+ years of software development, * Strong software engineering skills in Python, and experience writing embedded software in C++ or Rust, including manual memory management, hard real-time constraints, and kernel device driver implementation.
  • Influencing an organization of > 50 engineers using AI agents (Claude Code, Cursor, or GitHub Copilot) on a daily basis, identifying pitfalls and measuring impact.
  • Working knowledge of how LLMs behave in practice: context management, prompting, agentic workflows, harnesses, effective safety practices, tool use, and judging output quality.
  • Clear written and spoken communication with audiences ranging from physicists to new software hires. An ability to influence a multi-discipline engineering organization.

Benefits & conditions

Develop AI-assisted engineering practices and shared tooling for physicists and engineers. Establish standards for LLM use in embedded C++, Rust, RTOS, and kernel development, while measuring productivity, quality, safety, and reliability. Influence AI tooling architecture and workflows across a multidisciplinary engineering organization, supporting experiment analysis, optics, PCB and FPGA design, quantum control software, and safe AI operation in quantum processors. The summary above was generated by AI

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