Sandisk
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PrincipalEngineer,SoftwareDevelopmentEngineering(Apps)
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“Principal Engineer, Software Development Engineering (Apps) at Sandisk. Skills: Enterprise AI platform, Agentic systems, LLM gateway, AI engineering. Co-own architecture for Nexus platform. Drive design decisions for agentic orchestration”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensure platform scales securely and reliably
Industry & Context.
Risk identification; Remediation
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Master's or PhD in AI, ML, Data Science, CS, or related, 7+ years software engineering experience, 5+ years architecture or technical leadership, TypeScript/JavaScript, React, and Go/Java/C++, LangGraph, LangChain, LlamaIndex, PyTorch or TensorFlow, Hugging Face, LLM internals, transformers, embeddings, RAG, fine-tuning, evaluation, LLM providers and gateways (Anthropic, OpenAI), Model Context Protocol (MCP) and agentic design patterns, Design distributed systems, microservices, REST/GraphQL APIs, Event-driven architectures, high-throughput data pipelines, Kubernetes, Docker, hybrid on-prem and cloud topologies, Relational (PostgreSQL), NoSQL (MongoDB, Elasticsearch), in-memory (Redis)
Nice to Have
Experience with AI/ML platform architecture, Experience with agentic orchestration, Experience with LLM gateway, Experience with memory and knowledge layers, Experience with observability, Experience with platform applications, Experience with LangGraph, Experience with Deep Agents, Experience with modern agent frameworks, Experience with tool use patterns, Experience with multi-agent coordination, Experience with evaluation patterns, Experience with safety patterns, Experience with service design standards, Experience with API contract standards, Experience with security standards, Experience with identity standards, Experience with observability standards, Experience with developer experience standards, Experience with InfoSec, Experience with Cloud Infrastructure, Experience with IAM, Experience with Networking, Experience with product engineering teams, Experience with architecture reviews, Experience with enterprise architecture forums, Experience with governance processes, Experience with system design, Experience with distributed systems, Experience with AI engineering, Experience with production excellence, Experience with design reviews, Experience with code reviews, Experience with architecture deep dives, Experience with architectural risk identification, Experience with remediation, Experience with environment separation, Experience with incident response maturity, Experience with LLMs, Experience with agentic frameworks, Experience with AI infrastructure, Experience with POCs
What You'll Do.
Co-own architecture for Nexus platform
Drive design decisions for agentic orchestration
Drive design decisions for MCP ecosystem
Drive design decisions for LLM gateway
Drive design decisions for memory and knowledge systems
Drive design decisions for observability
Drive design decisions for platform applications
Define multi-quarter technical direction
Translate platform vision into roadmaps
Architect production-grade agentic workflows
Establish patterns for tool use
Establish patterns for multi-agent coordination
Establish patterns for evaluation
Establish patterns for safety
Establish and evolve standards for service design
Establish and evolve standards for API contracts
Establish and evolve standards for security
Establish and evolve standards for identity
Establish and evolve standards for observability
Establish and evolve standards for developer experience
Partner with Cloud Infrastructure
Partner with Networking
Partner with product engineering teams
Lead architecture reviews
Represent platform in enterprise architecture forums
Shepherd designs through governance processes
Coach Staff and Senior engineers
Raise technical bar across team
Identify architectural risks early
Lead platform evolution toward environment separation
Lead platform evolution toward observability
Lead platform evolution toward incident response maturity
Track advances in LLMs
Track advances in agentic frameworks
Track advances in AI infrastructure
Evaluate emerging technologies
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional teams; Engineering leadership; InfoSec; Cloud Infrastructure; IAM; Networking; Product engineering teams; Enterprise architecture forums
Communication Scope
Technical documentation; Architecture reviews
Process & Methodology
Roadmap planning
Full Job Description
Sandisk understands how people and businesses consume data and we relentlessly innovate to deliver solutions that enable today’s needs and tomorrow’s next big ideas. With a rich history of groundbreaking innovations in Flash and advanced memory technologies, our solutions have become the beating heart of the digital world we’re living in and that we have the power to shape. Sandisk meets people and businesses at the intersection of their aspirations and the moment, enabling them to keep moving and pushing possibility forward. We do this through the balance of our powerhouse manufacturing capabilities and our industry-leading portfolio of products that are recognized globally for innovation, performance and quality. Sandisk has two facilities recognized by the World Economic Forum as part of the Global Lighthouse Network for advanced 4IR innovations. These facilities were also recognized as Sustainability Lighthouses for breakthroughs in efficient operations. With our global reach, we ensure the global supply chain has access to the Flash memory it needs to keep our world moving forward. We are hiring a Principal Engineer to serve as an architect for our Enterprise AI platform for engineering workflows. This role partners with the existing platform architect to set technical direction across Nexus's hybrid on-prem and cloud architecture, lead design for agentic systems, MCP ecosystem, LLM gateway, memory and knowledge layers, and ensure the platform scales securely and reliably as adoption grows across FPG. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: * Architecture Leadership: Co-own end-to-end architecture for the Nexus platform across hybrid on-prem and cloud environments. Drive design decisions for agentic orchestration, MCP ecosystem, LLM gateway, memory and knowledge systems, observability, and platform applications. * Technical Strategy: Define multi-quarter technical direction in partnership with engineering leadership. Translate platform vision into actionable arc
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