Technology Lead, Agentic AI and R&D Technology Lead, Agentic AI and R&D (Bay Area or Remote)

<p style="text-align:justify"> </p><p style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif">Work Location: San Jose, California<br>Shift: No<br>Department: EL-CT-S Materials AI<br>Recruiter: Anthony Melino</span></span></p><p style="text-align:justify"><br><span style="font-size:12.0px"><span style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif"><strong>This information is for internals only. Please do not share outside of the organization.</strong></span></span></p><p> </p><br><p style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 10.0pt; font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;"><strong>Location</strong>: San Jose, California | Remote Flexibility Available</span></p><p style="margin: 10.0pt 0.0in 5.0pt; font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><strong><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;">Your Role</span></u></strong></p><p style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 4.0pt; font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;">You will be the technical cornerstone of a high-impact, multi-agent platform that powers AI-amplified research and development.

In this pivotal role, you will own the architecture and evolution of a production-grade agentic system that enables autonomous experiment design and automated reporting at scale. Your work will directly shape how science and technology interact, driving meaningful progress for patients and customers worldwide.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 4.0pt; font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </p><p style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 4.0pt; font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;">You will define and uphold engineering standards through hands-on code review, pairing, and concrete examples, ensuring quality and maintainability endure beyond individual contributors.

You will build and maintain shared agentic infrastructure that allows multiple programs to contribute specialized agents within a single governed platform, connecting it to external tooling, partners, and the broader ecosystem for seamless integration and scalable growth.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 4.0pt; font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </p><p style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 4.0pt; font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;">You will own platform design decisions spanning data sources, access controls, agent composition patterns, scalability, and technical debt management. Within a SAFe delivery cadence, you will lead the technical roadmap, guiding both internal engineers and external contractors to maintain architectural consistency.

You will ship production code, own CI/CD pipelines and observability, and drive robust testing and security practices for sensitive research data.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 4.0pt; font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </p><p style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 4.0pt; font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;">You will translate complex research and development requirements into reliable technical solutions and communicate them clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. You will mentor developers, lead by example, and help the team navigate the evolving AI landscape with disciplined, evidence-based decision making.

As the permanent internal anchor for architecture and standards, you will ensure the platform remains reliable, secure, and extensible as the program scales.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 4.0pt; font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </p><p style="margin: 10.0pt 0.0in 5.0pt; font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><strong><u><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;">Who You Are</span></u></strong></p><p style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 4.0pt; font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;">Minimum Qualifications:</span></strong></p><ul><li style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;">Master’s degree in computer science, data science, chemistry, materials science, or a related field with 3+ years of experience Or Ph.D in computer science, data science, chemistry, materials science, or a related field with 2+ years of experience.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;">Demonstrated experience in technical leadership, including making architectural decisions under uncertainty and guiding cross-functional engineering teams.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;">Solid understanding of distributed systems, APIs, and cloud infrastructure on AWS and/or Azure.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;">Security-first mindset with hands-on knowledge of authentication, authorization, input validation, and AI-specific risks such as prompt injection and data leakage.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;">Experience establishing engineering standards, automated testing strategies, and maintainable code practices that scale across teams and contributors.</span></li></ul><p style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 4.0pt; font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </p><p style="margin: 0.0in 0.0in 4.0pt; font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;">Preferred Qualifications:</span></strong></p><ul><li style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;">Proven track record of building and operating complex, production-grade software systems end to end, including ownership of CI/CD, observability, and on-call operations.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;">Experience designing or operating multi-agent or agentic AI platforms in a production environment.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;">Familiarity with large language model (LLM) orchestration frameworks and patterns for agent composition and governance.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;">Experience working within SAFe or similar scaled agile delivery frameworks.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;">Strong communication skills with the ability to bridge software engineering and non-technical research or product stakeholders.</span></li><li style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;">Familiarity with research and development workflows, scientific data environments, or regulated data contexts where security and data governance are critical.</span></li></ul><p style="font-size: 10pt;font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;">Base Pay Range for this position: $119,300-$178,900</span></em></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 4pt; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><em><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; color: black;">The offer range represents the anticipated low and high end of the base pay compensation for this position. The actual compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level of experience, education, skills, and other job-related factors.

Position may be eligible for sales or performance-based bonuses. Benefits offered by the Company include health insurance, paid time off (PTO), retirement contributions, and other perquisites.

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