72 ai algorithm engineer jobs at 27 companies in Santa Cruz, CA

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Perception Algorithm Engineer
Cupertino, California, United States
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Apple
AppleNASDAQ: AAPL: Designs and sells consumer electronics, software, and online services.
Expertise in perception, AI/ML, and robotics to develop algorithms that expand product and platform capabilities; strong engineering and problem-solving skills.
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Senior Staff Physical AI Data Algorithm Engineer
Santa Clara or Mountain View
$203k-$344k/yr OnsiteFull Time
XPeng
XPengNew York Stock Exchange: XPEV: Designs and manufactures smart electric vehicles and autonomous technology.
3+ YOEMaster’s or higher in CS/AI/Automation; 3+ years in multi-modal AI or AI data platform; experience with on-vehicle data upload, cloud processing, training and simulation integration.
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Algorithm Engineer, TikTok E-Commerce (Conversational AI)
San Jose, California, United States
$150k-$388k/yr OnsiteFull Time
TikTok
TikTok: Global short-form video hosting and social media platform.
3+ YOEBachelor's in CS-related field,3+ years' experience,LLM development and post-training expertise,multilingual NLP and machine translation experience,distributed training and low-latency inference skills.
LLMs, NLP, RLHF, retrieval augmented generation, mixture of experts, sparse attention, edge AI
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Senior AI Algorithm Engineer in oneDNN
Hillsboro or Santa Clara
$195k-$276k/yr HybridFull Time
Intel
IntelNasdaq: INTC: Designs and manufactures microprocessors and semiconductor components.
5+ YOEBSc/MSc/PhD in CS/Math/Physics; 5+ years in C/C++ with low-level optimization; HPC/ML experience preferred.
C++, OpenCL, CUDA, SYCL, DPC++, C for Metal, OpenMP, TBB, MPI, Linux
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Senior AI Software Engineer
San Jose, California, United States
$256k-$299k/yr HybridFull Time
Zoom
ZoomNasdaq: ZM: Provides a cloud-based platform for video, voice, and collaboration.
8+ YOEBachelor's degree and 8 years experience in software engineering/AI including C++, Python, deep learning, ASR, TensorFlow/PyTorch, Git and CI/CD; strong algorithm and system design skills.
C++, Python, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Git, CI / CD, ASR, BrightHire
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Senior Engineer, Agentic AI
Bengaluru or Santa Clara or Noida
HybridFull Time
Eightfold.ai
Eightfold.ai: AI-native platform for talent management and workforce optimization.
2+ YOEExperience in machine learning, LLMs, agentic AI, reinforcement learning; proficiency with Python, TensorFlow/PyTorch, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes; 2+ years relevant ML experience; strong coding, algorithms, and communication skills.
Python, TensorFlow, PyTorch, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, LLMs, Copilot
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Senior Engineer, Agentic AI
Bengaluru or Noida or Santa Clara
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Eightfold
Eightfold: A talent intelligence building AI-powered products to help organizations plan, hire, develop, and retain a diverse workforce.
2+ YOEExperience building agentic AI and multi-agent systems, proficiency with LLMs, Python, TensorFlow/PyTorch, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes; strong coding, algorithms, and communication skills; 2+ years ML experience; Masters/PhD or equivalent preferred.
LLMs, Python, TensorFlow, PyTorch, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes
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AI Systems Performance Engineer - New Graduate
San Jose, California, United States
$135k-$165k/yr OnsiteFull Time
SambaNova Systems
SambaNova Systems: Develops custom AI hardware and software for enterprise computing.
Bachelor's degree in CS/EE/CE or related, strong Python/C++ skills, foundations in algorithms/architecture/OS/parallel computing, familiarity with deep learning and at least one ML framework, ability to analyze and optimize model performance.
Python, C++, PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, CUDA, Triton, OpenCL, vLLM, DeepSpeed, Megatron, TensorRT, SambaNova Suite
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AI Vision Research Engineer - PICO - San Jose
San Jose, California, United States
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ByteDance
ByteDance: Developing AI-driven content platforms and mobile applications.
3+ YOEPhD in EE/CS/Physics or related, 3+ years research in ML algorithms or AI accelerator design, proficiency in C/C++, MATLAB, Python, and experience with FPGA prototyping and system evaluation.
C/C++, MATLAB, Python, FPGA
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Senior Manager, AI Engineering (People Leader) (Gen AI Platform Services)
San Jose or San Francisco or McLean or Cambridge or New York City
$251k-$286k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Capital One
Capital OneNYSE: COF: Financial services offering credit cards, banking, and loans.
6+ YOE1+ MgmtBachelor's or Master's in CS/AI/EE/CE or related plus 4–6+ years developing AI/ML algorithms; 1+ year people leadership; experience deploying scalable AI on cloud; strong communication and technical skills.
AWS Ultraclusters, Huggingface, VectorDBs, Nemo Guardrails, PyTorch, Python, C++, C#, Java, Golang, AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, Microsoft Excel
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Staff Software Engineer, AI Search
Mountain View, California, United States
$166k-$225k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Databricks
Databricks: A unified platform for data analytics and artificial intelligence.
10+ YOE10+ years building and operating large-scale distributed systems; deep expertise in search (vector, keyword, hybrid), indexing, ranking, retrieval infrastructure, algorithms, and system design; strong communication and mentoring skills.
Apache Spark, Delta Lake, MLflow
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Developer Technology Engineer, AI - New College Grad 2026
Santa Clara or Austin or Durham or Boulder or Redmond or Salt Lake City
$124k-$242k/yr OnsiteFull Time
NVIDIA
NVIDIANASDAQ: NVDA: Designs GPU-accelerated computing and artificial intelligence hardware.
MS/PhD in CS or engineering (pursuing or recent grad) or equivalent experience; strong C/C++ and CUDA skills, parallel programming, AI algorithms, and excellent communication.
C, C++, CUDA C/C++
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Senior AI Software Engineer, Gemini Enterprise, Agent Designer
Sunnyvale, California, United States
$174k-$252k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Google
GoogleNASDAQ: GOOGL: Provides online search, advertising, cloud computing, and consumer electronics.
5+ YOE5+ years software development experience, 3+ years with ML infrastructure, bachelor's degree or equivalent, B.S. or higher in CS preferred, experience with GenAI concepts and strong algorithm and leadership experience.
Google Cloud
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Research Engineer, GUIDE-AI
Stanford, California, United States
$138k-$164k/yr HybridFull Time
Stanford University
Stanford University: Private research university providing academic education and medical services.
5+ YOEBachelor's degree plus five years' relevant experience (or equivalent), proficiency in Python and SQL, expertise in algorithm and full-cycle application development, strong statistics and AI evaluation experience, and ability to collaborate with clinical and technical stakeholders.
Python, SQL, FHIR, OMOP
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AI/ML Software Developer (req-259)
Redwood City, California, United States
$137k-$167k/yr OnsiteFull Time
CATHEXIS
CATHEXIS: Provides consulting and technology services to federal government agencies.
3+ YOEActive Secret clearance, bachelor\u0002s in computer science or related, 3+ years experience, proficiency in JavaScript/Python/Java, strong OOP, data structures, algorithms, and modern LLM tool usage.
JavaScript, Python, Java, LLM
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Senior AI Research Engineer, Algorithms
Mountain View, California, United States
$159k-$218k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Samsung Research America
Samsung Research America: A research organization focused on consumer electronics and digital health innovation.
3+ YOEPhD (or equivalent),3+ years in signal processing/ML/deep learning for time-series,proficiency in Python/Java/Android/MATLAB/R,first-author publications,strong collaboration and communication skills.
Python, Java, Android, MATLAB, R, EMR/EHR
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Application Engineer
Santa Clara, California, United States
$100k-$137k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Applied Materials
Applied MaterialsNASDAQ: AMAT: Produces equipment and services for chip and display manufacturing.
5+ YOEBachelor's in engineering/CS/data science; 5+ years (or 2+ with a Master's) in application engineering, algorithm development, or similar; experience in industrial/manufacturing environments; model lifecycle and production deployment; Python/R/C# and AI/ML familiarity.
Python, R, C#
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Software Engineer II, AI Platform
San Jose, California, United States
$102k-$189k/yr OnsiteFull Time
Cadence Design Systems
Cadence Design SystemsNASDAQ: CDNS: Develops computational software and hardware for electronic system design.
3+ YOE3+ years industry experience; expertise in LLM/ML or data analytics; experience with LangChain, Spark, PyTorch, TensorFlow; strong AI/ML fundamentals, data structures, algorithms, distributed systems; development in Python or C++.
LangChain, Spark, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Python, C++
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Senior Staff AI-Native Software Engineer – Agentic Systems
Santa Clara, California, United States
$201k-$352k/yr HybridFull Time
ServiceNow
ServiceNowNYSE: NOW: Provides a cloud platform for automating enterprise digital workflows.
8+ YOE8+ years software engineering experience with strong data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems; production experience building and operating agentic/multi-agent AI systems; production-grade Python; familiarity with Go/Java/C++; experience with frontier AI SDKs, RAG/retrieval, and technical leadership.
Python, Go, Java, C++, Anthropic, Google, OpenAI, RAG, CMDB, Workflow Data Fabric, Knowledge Graph, MCP, Claude Cowork, NVIDIA
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Senior Staff Software Engineer (C / Networking / Dataplane)
San Jose, California, United States
$158k-$225k/yr HybridFull Time
Zscaler
ZscalerNASDAQ: ZS: Provides cloud-native cybersecurity solutions through zero trust architecture.
8+ YOE8+ years building large-scale networking/security applications with expertise in C/C++; strong data structures & algorithms, Linux/Unix experience, BS in CS/CE or equivalent, and familiarity with AI tools.
C, C++, Linux, Unix, DNS, HTTP, TCP/IP, SSL/TLS, AI