TSMC · 1 month ago
Senior / Principal AI Engineer for Business Intelligence
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$123K/yr - $200K/yr
10+ years expTSMC is a leading dedicated semiconductor foundry, and they are seeking a Senior / Principal AI Engineer within their AI4BII Center. This role focuses on generating business intelligence insights through advanced AI, involving applied research and product development to drive innovation and technical leadership.
Consumer ElectronicsElectronicsManufacturingProduct DesignSemiconductor
Responsibilities
Lead System Architecture: Own the end-to-end design and development of new AI-native products and platforms, from initial concept and data pipelines to scalable, production-grade services
Build with Frontier AI: Drive the hands-on implementation of advanced AI systems leveraging frontier LLM models, including the design of robust Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines and multi-agent workflows
Prototype and Validate: Lead rapid validation sprints to build proof-of-concepts, create evaluation harnesses to measure accuracy, latency, and cost, and partner with product teams to harden prototypes for production release
Engineer for Scale: Architect and implement the underlying MLOps infrastructure, including model serving, automated testing, and observability, to ensure our AI services meet enterprise-grade SLAs
Drive Innovation: Research and validate novel AI use cases (e.g., threat-hunting copilots, developer productivity tools, automated workflow optimization) and build the foundational frameworks to accelerate their deployment
Collaborate and Mentor: Partner closely with Product, Design, and business stakeholders to ensure solutions are technically sound and commercially impactful. Mentor junior engineers and foster a culture of experimentation, responsible AI, and first principles thinking
Communicate Vision: Craft and deliver compelling executive-level narratives, demos, and visualizations that clearly communicate technical strategy, roadmaps, trade-offs, and business impact
Qualification
Required
At least 10+ years of professional experience in software engineering, machine learning engineering, or related fields in high-performance environments
7+ years of hands-on experience in professional software and/or machine learning engineering
3+ years of experience in a technical leadership role, specifically focusing on architecting and building scalable systems powered by Generative AI or Large Language Models (LLMs)
Deep, hands-on expertise in the modern AI stack, including RAG, fine-tuning, agentic frameworks, prompt engineering, vector databases, and model evaluation techniques
Strong fundamentals in backend engineering and distributed systems
Mastery of Python is required
Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud AI platform (GCP Vertex AI, AWS SageMaker, Azure ML) and containerized workflows (Docker, Kubernetes)
Demonstrated ability to translate ambiguous business problems into clear technical blueprints and phased execution plans
Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with experience conveying complex technical concepts to both engineering teams and senior management audiences
B.S. or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field
An M.S. or Ph.D. is a plus
Preferred
Experience deploying AI into developer tooling (IDE plug-ins, CI/CD pipelines)
Active contributions to open-source AI/ML projects or publications in top-tier academic conferences
A broad knowledge of mathematical modeling beyond ML, such as combinatorial optimization or operations research
Benefits
Market competitive pay
Allowances
Bonuses
Comprehensive benefits
Extensive development opportunities and programs
Company
TSMC
Established in 1987, TSMC is the world's first dedicated semiconductor foundry.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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Public CompanyTotal Funding
$14.2BKey Investors
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2024-04-08Grant· $6.6B
2024-01-01Acquired
2022-09-30Post Ipo Equity· $4.1B
Leadership Team
Morris Chang
Founder, Chairman & CEO
Peter M. Cleveland
Senior Vice President
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