Software Engineer II (AI Platform)

What You'll Do

• Maintain and update software components and third-party dependencies, applying upgrades, patches and security fixes.
• Troubleshoot and support integrations between systems and services, responding to requests from engineering teams.
• Evolve tooling that began in a single team into shared, reusable tooling once it shows broad cross-team value.
• Investigate and resolve issues, and validate that updates don’t break existing functionality.
• Maintain and improve build, test and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Run containerised services on cloud infrastructure and keep them running reliably.
• Package, version and document internal tooling so other engineers can adopt it easily.
• Monitor system health and escalate recurring issues that need broader attention.
• Job Qualifications: BS/MS in Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, or similar.
• Proficiency in Python and TypeScript.
• Working knowledge of Docker/containerisation and cloud deployment.
• Experience maintaining CI/CD pipelines, e.g.
• GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps or similar.
• Familiarity with using and maintaining open-source software.
• Ability to work across an existing codebase to diagnose issues, apply updates and support integrations.
• A responsive, service-oriented approach to requests from engineering teams, with a focus on keeping systems reliable.
• Additional Skills/Preferences: Experience with C++.
• Experience deploying to Azure.
• Contributions to open-source software (OSS) projects.
• Experience publishing internal packages.
• Interest in developer tooling and platform reliability.
• Additional Information: You’ll work with the engineering teams across the business who use the tools, services and integrations you maintain.
• Tools include open-source software, containerisation and CI/CD.
• Check what we can offer you: Competitive salary 25 days holiday per year Private Medical and Dental plans, Income Protection and Life Insurance Group Personal Pension Plan Cycle to work scheme and gym subsidy 5 days paid time to volunteer to give back to our communities Employee Stock Purchase Plan The opportunity to work for a Great Place to Work© & Fortune 100 organization Cadence is committed to equal employment opportunity and employment equity throughout all levels of the organization.
• We strive to attract a qualified and diverse candidate pool and encourage diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
• Travel: Travel is not an expectation for this role.
• Occasional travel may occur for broad team alignment workshops, but these are infrequent.
• We’re doing work that matters.
• Help us solve what others can’t.