Rivian · 1 day ago
Sr. AI Engineer, Enterprise Applied AI
Palo Alto, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$163K/yr - $204K/yrRivian is on a mission to keep the world adventurous forever, focusing on emissions-free Electric Adventure Vehicles. They are seeking a Senior AI Engineer to join the Enterprise Applied AI team, where the role involves building and shipping production AI experiences and platforms to enhance internal operations and deliver business value.
AutomotiveElectric VehicleManufacturingTransportation
Responsibilities
Build features and services across the AI stack: orchestration, retrieval/grounding, prompt/agent logic, evaluation/guardrails, serving, and observability
Implement robust data processing and integration pipelines to enable high-quality AI applications and analytics
Contribute to design docs, code reviews, testing, and operational playbooks to ensure reliability, maintainability, and resilience
Partner with product and business stakeholders to define requirements, iterate quickly, and measure outcomes using clear success metrics
Instrument telemetry and evaluation to monitor quality, safety, latency, and cost; improve performance based on data
Follow responsible AI practices for security, privacy, compliance, and safety in collaboration with governance teams
Participate in on-call and incident response rotations as appropriate; drive post-incident improvements
Share learnings via demos and documentation; contribute to AI literacy and enablement across the org
Qualification
Required
BS/MS in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience
Practical software engineering experience building backend services, APIs, or data-intensive applications; strong foundations in algorithms, data structures, and systems
Exposure to or hands-on experience with LLM application concepts such as retrieval, grounding, prompt/agent design, function/tool use, evaluation, safety/guardrails, and cost/latency optimization
Proficiency with modern software delivery practices (version control, CI/CD, testing, observability); familiarity with cloud-native services and containerization
Ability to collaborate with product and business partners; strong written and verbal communication skills
Bias to ship, learn, and iterate; comfortable working in fast-evolving technology areas with incomplete information
For Senior level: demonstrated ownership of services or platform components, end-to-end delivery of cross-service initiatives, and contributions to reliability/SLOs and operational excellence
Benefits
Paid vacation
Paid sick leave
Competitive portfolio of insurance benefits including life, medical, dental, vision, short-term disability insurance, and long-term disability insurance
401(k) Plan
Employee Stock Purchase Program
Company
Rivian
Rivian is an automotive technology company that develops products and services to advance the shift to sustainable mobility.
Founded in 2009
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (38)
2024 (70)
2023 (54)
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2021 (21)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$21.93BKey Investors
Volkswagen GroupUS Department of EnergyIllinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity
2025-06-30Post Ipo Equity· $1B
2024-11-25Post Ipo Debt· $6.6B
2024-05-02Grant· $827M
Leadership Team
Robert Scaringe
Chief Executive Officer
Claire McDonough
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
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