Senior Solution Engineer

C3 AI - Chicago, IL

Full-time - Senior

Chicago, IL

Publishing Industries

About the position

C3 AI is seeking a Senior Solution Engineer. As a Solution Engineer, you will be engineering full-stack AI-driven web applications on the C3 AI Platform. You will be working directly with our customers to design, develop, and deploy production applications, demos, and proofs-of-technology. An ideal candidate possesses strategic and analytical aptitude, software development expertise, and excellent interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy full-stack, AI-based enterprise applications on the C3 AI Platform
• Engage customer executives and domain experts to define and design production-ready application demos
• Lead a development team and manage individual project deliverables
• Mentor junior team members on coding standards and design techniques
• Lead design and development reviews of customer software applications
• Test, troubleshoot, and enhance customer software applications with and on behalf of customers
• Identify application performance bottlenecks and propose optimizations
• Drive sales discussions on architecture and engineering, particularly with explaining the C3 AI Platform and its interoperability with existing systems
• Lead the delivery of technical deep-dives, demonstrations, and customer training
• Write application specifications and documentation
• Act as a technical expert in scoping of new applications and provide level-of-effort estimations
• Continuously identify technical risks and gaps; devise mitigation strategies in anticipation of customer needs and communicate project status to internal and external executive stakeholders
• Work closely with product management and engineering to drive improvements to the overall quality of C3 AI software
• Lead improvement efforts across the company that will impact all customers

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM), or comparable area of study
• 5+ years of professional software development experience with object-oriented programming languages
• Experience leading engineering teams
• Strong verbal and written communication, and ability to work effectively on a cross-functional team
• Analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Organizational skills and attention to detail
• Ability to travel as needed

Nice-to-haves

• Graduate degree in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM), or comparable area of study
• Experience deploying enterprise scale applications
• Experience working in a customer-facing role
• Software development experience with JavaScript and Python
• Experience with Git or other version control software
• Experience working with JavaScript frameworks such as React, Redux, Vue, Backbone, or Angular
• Experience deploying software to at least one of the leading cloud computing platforms (i.e., GCP, AWS, Azure)
• Understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases
• Proficiency in data structure and algorithm design and implementation
• Proficiency in time-series data analysis, cleansing, and normalization
• Working knowledge of Agile software development methodology
• Solid understanding of common machine learning techniques, applications, and trade-offs
• Domain expertise in one or more of the following industries: Aerospace, Financial Services, Healthcare, Industrial Manufacturing, Oil & Gas, Public Sector, Power & Utilities, Supply Chain, Telecommunications