Loon · 1 month ago
Senior Software Engineer, Industrial AI Early Stage Project
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$165K/yr - $230K/yr
7+ years expLoon is a part of Alphabet’s moonshot factory, focused on launching technologies that aim to tackle significant global challenges. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to serve as the technical architect, overseeing backend development and cloud infrastructure while managing external engineering teams.
AerospaceInformation ServicesInternetTelecommunicationsTravel
Responsibilities
Drive the technical architecture evolution in collaboration with the wider engineering team, while maintaining hands-on ownership of the core backend development
Build the cloud-native infrastructure that serves as the foundation for orchestrating computer vision, document ingestion, knowledge graph model development, agentic systems for real world physical applications
Act as the technical lead for a team of external ML/SWE contractors
Perform code reviews, set architectural standards, and ensure seamless integration of their contributions (e.g., computer vision models, ontology definitions) into the main codebase
Lead the transition of our technology from 'research prototypes' to 'deployed pilots.'
Ensure our systems can handle real-time sensor data integration and meet the security/reliability standards of enterprise partners (e.g., global industrial conglomerates)
Bridge the gap between deep-tech research (physics modeling, sensing, ML) and software delivery
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
7+ years of experience in software engineering with a focus on backend systems, cloud infrastructure (GCP/AWS), and API design
Demonstrated experience in a Technical Lead capacity, specifically managing external vendors or distributed engineering teams
Strong experience with one or more general purpose programming languages such as Python, C/C++, as well as experience with containerization/orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
Experience designing systems that utilize Large Language Models (LLMs), RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), Knowledge Graphs and agentic systems
Even better if you've curated evaluation or benchmarking datasets and delivered this in production environments in performance-sensitive environments
Preferred
Familiarity with Vison Language Models and handling multimodal data (images, diagrams, text)
Familiarity with LLM fine tuning (supervised or reinforcement learning)
Background or strong interest in industrial automation, or physics-based simulation
Exposure to material processing, or manufacturing sectors is a strong plus
Ability to thrive in ambiguity and navigate the '0 to 1' phase of product development
Benefits
Bonus
Equity
Benefits
Company
Loon
Loon is a network of high altitude balloons used to provide stable internet coverage on the ground. It is a sub-organization of Alphabet.
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$125MKey Investors
HAPSMobile
2019-04-25Undisclosed· $125M
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