Senior Software Engineer, C3.ai
Platform, Type System
$160-206k
+ Equity
5 days a week in office (Redwood City, CA)
Enterprise AI application development platform
Open for applications
Enterprise AI application development platform
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$160-206k
+ Equity
5 days a week in office (Redwood City, CA)
1001+ employees
Company mission
C3's mission is to help industry leaders leverage enterprise AI at an unprecedented scale to thrive in the digital era.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate will have a strong computer science background and solid knowledge of programming languages
- A successful candidate will thrive in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment and demonstrate the ability to lead teams to execute precisely and quickly
- The ideal candidate will have excellent communication and leadership skills and enjoy solving challenging problems with elegant solutions
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, math, or similar field
- Strong knowledge of Python or JavaScript, language internals, and advanced language features
- Extensive Java programming experience
- Passionate about programming languages
- Strong competency in object-oriented programming, data structures, and algorithms
- Strong understanding of software development principles and design patterns
- Strong knowledge of core operating concepts and Linux
- Stellar communication and leadership skills
- Experienced with agile development principles
- Enjoy working with abstract concepts and finding elegant, rigorous solutions to complex problems
- Intellectually curious and naturally drawn to challenges
- Persistent and can-do attitude
- Thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and value end-to-end ownership of projects
- A minimum of 3 years of work experience in a fast-paced software company
Desirable
- Compiler
- Abstract syntax tree
- Metaprogramming
- Code generation
- Inter-language communication frameworks such as Rhino, JEP, Py4J
- Internal knowledge of conda/mamba/pip/npm
- Inter-process communication
- Creating domain-specific languages (DSL)
- Data serialization formats such as msgpack, pickle, Apache arrow, protocol buffers
- End-to-end development of a Python package
What the job involves
- We are seeking a senior software engineer to join our Type System team
- In this role, you will power the core of our platform
- As a C3 AI Platform engineering team member, you will closely collaborate with product owners and data scientists and be responsible for the entire software engineering lifecycle
- Own the C3 Type System, the core abstraction layer, and the building block for the entire C3 AI Suite and all C3 applications
- Own the language software development toolkits (SDKs) and execution engines for all supported languages (Java, JavaScript, Python)
- Drive architecture of the C3 Type System to satisfy functional and performance requirements while ensuring the product is easy to use and bug-free
- Engage in innovation/R&D that leads to measurable improvement in the stability and performance of the system
- Uphold high technical standards for the team by reviewing design and code. Help the team evaluate tradeoffs, pick the right design, and avoid technical debt
- Work with product owners to ensure the team works on high-value projects
- Mentor junior members of the team
Our take
C3.ai is a leading enterprise AI software provider for accelerating digital transformation. C3.ai delivers a comprehensive and proven set of capabilities for rapidly developing, deploying, and operating large scale AI, predictive analytics, and IoT applications for any enterprise value chain in any industry.
At the core of the C3 AI Suite is a powerful model-driven AI architecture that dramatically enhances the productivity of data scientists and application developers while future-proofing applications against underlying IT evolution. The C3 AI Suite is supposed to be 10 to 100x faster and more reliable than other solutions or DIY approaches, enabling robust delivery of production applications with less code and cost.
The C3 AI Suite seamlessly works with existing data storage, sources, tools, and infrastructure investment, while flexibly operating in a private, hybrid cloud, or multi-cloud environment. Having incorporated OpenAI's ChatGPT and other AI software from Google and academia in its enterprise search product, investors are anticipating a huge surge in business for this innovative company.
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Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jan 2018
$100m
SERIES F
Mar 2017
$11m
SERIES E
Total funding: $221.8m
Company benefits
- Paid Parental Time Off: For US employees, mothers are eligible for up to a total of 10 to 12 weeks of paid parental time off with your newborn. All parents, including those adopting children, are eligible to take up to a total of 4 weeks of paid parental time off
- Hybrid Work: C3 AI employees may choose to work from home and office
- Advanced Degrees: Lifelong learning is a part of C3 AI. That’s why we will cover the total cost for employees to earn a master’s degree in computer science online. Those who complete the degree get three more big perks—a $25,000 cash bonus, a guaranteed 15% raise and a stock grant
- Continuous Education: C3 AI holds monthly employee training sessions as well as weekly lunch-and-learns. C3 AI also encourages further education by offering bonuses for the successful completion of select online courses
- Relax and recharge: In the United States, C3 AI offers 15 days of paid time off every year. As your tenure with the company grows so does your paid time off! C3 AI also offers 10 paid public holidays around which you can build your vacation leave
- Health Coverage: C3 AI offers competitive coverage. Our program includes medical, dental, and vision
- Equity: Restricted stock units are granted to all full-time C3 AI employees
- Free gym membership: To help keep you at the top of your game, C3 AI offers employees a free gym membership at our state-of-the-art fitness facility
- Catered lunches daily: C3 AI provides a fully stocked snack area and beverage refrigerator that contains everything from energy drinks to sodas and iced tea. Every day C3 AI provides a catered, gourmet lunch so that the team can relax together and share ideas
- Commuter check program: C3 AI offers tax saving commuter benefits program
- Travel assistance: Employees are provided global health insurance while traveling for business
- Ping-pong and pool tables: C3 AI has been known to host ping-pong and pool tournaments, allowing you to step away from the monitor. This is the perfect opportunity to enjoy coworkers while hitting a white ball at them
- Friday happy hour: Relax and unwind at the end of the week at C3’s weekly Friday Happy Hour. Enjoy good food, good drinks and great company at our office
- Flexible spending accounts: C3 AI offers both Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts. Both accounts enable you to pay for essential health and wellness before you pay taxes on it
- Life insurance: C3 AI offers short term / long term disability, life insurance and AD&D insurance
- Additional leave benefits: C3 AI offers paid time off for bereavement and jury leave
- Continental breakfast: It’s the most important meal of the day. C3 AI offers breakfast five days a week, including oatmeal, cereal, fruit, and delicious coffee
- 401K: C3 AI offers fund options via Charles Schwab for retirement savings
Company values
- Innovation - Our ambition is to solve problems that have never been solved before
- Curiosity - We are self-learners, fulfilled by continuous knowledge acquisition to accelerate innovation
- Integrity - We comport ourselves with unwavering ethical integrity, respect, and courtesy
- Collective Intelligence - The respect we have for the intelligence and capabilities of one another fosters boundless collaboration
Company HQ
Redwood City, CA
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Leadership
Patricia House
(Vice Chairman)Previously Marketing Director at Oracle for 3 years and Executive Vice President at Frame Technology for 4 years
Thomas Siebel
(Chairman & CEO)Previously Senior Vice President at Oracle for 6 years and CEO of Gain Technology for 2 years
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