Senior Software Engineer - AI / ML

Redwood City, CA (Hybrid); San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)Posted 29 days ago

Role Overview

Snorkelai is hiring a Senior Software Engineer - AI / ML. This is a full-time hybrid role, based in Redwood City, CA (Hybrid); San Francisco, CA (Hybrid). Part of Snorkelai's Ml Engineering hiring, posted 4 weeks ago. Full responsibilities, required qualifications, and the apply link are listed in the description below.

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Job description

About Snorkel

At Snorkel, we believe meaningful AI doesn’t start with the model, it starts with the data.

We’re on a mission to help enterprises transform expert knowledge into specialized AI at scale. The AI landscape has gone through incredible changes since 2015, when Snorkel started as a research project in the Stanford AI Lab, to the generative AI breakthroughs of today. But one thing has remained constant: the data you use to build AI is the key to achieving differentiation, high performance, and production-ready systems. We work with some of the world’s largest organizations to empower scientists, engineers, financial experts, product creators, journalists, and more to build custom AI with their data faster than ever before. Excited to help us redefine how AI is built? Apply to be the newest Snorkeler!

About the Team

We are looking for a Senior AI/ML Engineer to add to our AI Platform team. This is a role for someone who wants to operate at the nexus of distributed systems, LLM infrastructure, synthetic data, and agentic orchestration. Our platform enables an ecosystem of expert contributors to create the datasets and evaluation environments that frontier models rely on to improve. We combine a decade of academic research with production-grade engineering to help customers build differentiated, high-performance AI systems faster than ever before.

About the Role

Architect the core platform that powers synthetic data generation, agentic workflows, RL environments, and scalable LLM operations
Design and evolve the APIs, compute services, and orchestration layers that empower internal and customer-facing applications
Generate and refine synthetic data at massive scale
Create and evaluate agentic systems that reason, act, and improve over time
Provision RL training environments and simulation frameworks for next-generation AI agents
Deploy robust benchmarks, datasets, and automated labeling pipelines to accelerate model development
Run LLMs and multi-agent systems efficiently, reliably, and cost-effectively across cloud and hybrid environments
Work a hybrid schedule with three days per week in our Redwood City HQ or the SF office.

About You

5 years of experience building customer-facing, cloud-native software systems
AI/ML pipelines, LLM systems, or agentic workflows; or
MLOps/model platform infrastructure, data pipelines, workflow orchestration, training/inference infrastructure, or production ML systems
Experience with distributed computing, large-scale data systems, or orchestration frameworks
Experience at high-growth technology startups
Experience building software products for large enterprise customers
Expertise in Python and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
Strong understanding of production web-scale systems: monitoring, telemetry, reliability, performance, debugging, and triage

Actual compensation will be determined based on factors including skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location.

Salary range(s) for this role

$190,000—$240,000 USD

Be Your Best at Snorkel

Joining Snorkel AI means becoming part of a company that has market proven solutions, robust funding, and is scaling rapidly—offering a unique combination of stability and the excitement of high growth. As a member of our team, you’ll have meaningful opportunities to shape priorities and initiatives, influence key strategic decisions, and directly impact our ongoing success. Whether you’re looking to deepen your technical expertise, explore leadership opportunities, or learn new skills across multiple functions, you’re fully supported in building your career in an environment designed for growth, learning, and shared success.

Snorkel AI is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Snorkel AI embraces diversity and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. Snorkel AI prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, performance, merit, and business need.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

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Is the Senior Software Engineer - AI / ML role at Snorkelai remote or in-office?

This is a hybrid role based in Redwood City, CA (Hybrid); San Francisco, CA (Hybrid). Expect a mix of in-office and remote days, with the specific cadence set by the hiring manager.

What does a Senior Software Engineer - AI / ML at Snorkelai earn?

Snorkelai has not disclosed a salary range in this posting. Many employers share specifics later in the interview process; you can also ask during a recruiter screen if compensation transparency is important to you.

When was the Senior Software Engineer - AI / ML role at Snorkelai posted?

This role was posted on June 10, 2026 (29 days ago). It's still listed as actively hiring; we re-confirm openings against the source system multiple times per day and remove closed roles.

How much experience does the Senior Software Engineer - AI / ML role at Snorkelai require?

This is a senior-level position. Most senior roles call for 5+ years of directly relevant experience. Snorkelai lists their specific requirements in the description below, so review the must-have qualifications closely before applying.