Senior Staff Software Engineer, Applied AI (f/m/d)

Your responsibilities, Define and evolve the AI engineering architecture across multiple teams and product domains establishing long-term technical direction for GenAI capabilities and making high-impact decisions with real product and business implications., Lead cross-team AI initiatives from conception through delivery, reducing friction, duplication, and misalignment across organizational boundaries., Set org-wide standards for how teams build with GenAI — including RAG architectures, LLM integration patterns, agentic frameworks, and vector search strategies., Act as a key technical partner to engineering managers, product leadership, and cross-functional stakeholders in shaping AI strategy, roadmap, and investment decisions., Drive architecture reviews and system design for AI initiatives with significant technical and business implications and help others do the same., Identify and proactively address long-term risks in AI systems before they become blockers anticipating what others haven't seen yet., Evaluate, select, and champion AI tooling (LangGraph, LangChain, Cloud AI services, vector stores) at an organizational level, not just for one team, but as reusable, scalable foundations., Ensure model observability, reliability, quality, and responsible operation across the AI engineering landscape., Mentor and sponsor Staff and Senior Engineers helping them grow in technical depth, system thinking, and engineering maturity; contributing to leveling and hiring conversations., Stay ahead of the AI landscape and translate emerging technologies into concrete, org-level opportunities and strategies.