SEPHORA · 2 days ago
Lead AI Automation Engineer
San Francisco Bay Area
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
10+ years expSephora is a technology-driven company focused on innovation in the software development lifecycle. The Lead AI Automation Engineer will design, develop, and implement AI-powered solutions to enhance quality and speed in the engineering process, while mentoring teams on best practices.
BeautyCosmeticsE-CommerceRetail
Hiring Manager
Amber Oubre
Responsibilities
Provide hands-on technical expertise, guidance, and mentorship to develop Agentic AI driven quality solutions, across multiple SDLC phases
Design and implement AI agents to autonomously analyze requirements, generate code, generate test scenarios, create/maintain automated test scripts, and identify gaps, risks and potential defects early in the cycle
Partner with DevOps and SRE teams to integrate AI-driven quality checks into CI/CD pipelines
Develop AI agents for code reviews, security scans, performance optimization and monitor production environments for anomaly detection and self-healing recommendations
Lead innovation pilots and POCs, evaluating emerging AI/ML tools, and recommend scalable adoption strategies
Establish and maintain MLOps practices for the AI lifecycle (model training, deployment, monitoring, and governance) and automate processes across the engineering pipeline
Coach and mentor technical teams on leveraging Gen AI and Agentic AI for productivity and quality improvements
Qualification
Required
10 years of experience in the Software engineering space
3+ years of proven experience applying AI/ML or GenAI solutions to develop workflows
Deep understanding of LLM models, Agentic AI concepts (LLM orchestration, autonomous agents, RAG, prompt engineering, vector DBs), and AI/ML toolkits to solve quality engineering challenges
Experience working with a variety of relational SQL and NoSQL databases
Experience working with: Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, Scala, Python, etc
Knowledge of cloud platforms, Experience with Azure, AWS or equivalent cloud platforms
Hands-on experience working with Databricks
Experience with deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras or similar
Experience with object-oriented/object function scripting languages: Python, Java, C++, Scala, etc
Industry experience building and productionizing creative end-to-end Machine Learning systems
Experience with building and operationalizing a feature
Experience working with distributed systems, service-oriented architectures, and designing APIs/API Graph
Experience using open-source LLMs
Knowledge of data pipeline and workflow management tools
Experience in standard software engineering methodology, e.g. Functional testing, test automation, continuous integration, defect root cause analysis, code reviews, and design documentation
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical staff
Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills
Company
SEPHORA
Sephora is an online shopping site that offers a range of beauty products such as cosmetics and skincare items.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
SEPHORA has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (37)
2024 (49)
2023 (69)
2022 (49)
2021 (29)
2020 (32)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Artemis Patrick
President and CEO, North America
Tara Maffeo
VP, Retail Engagement
Recent News
Sports Business Journal
2025-12-25
Global Cosmetics News
2025-12-22
UrbanGeekz
2025-12-18
Company data provided by crunchbase