Senior Staff Software Engineer, Agentic AI for XR
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San Jose, CA · Posted November 12, 2026
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About the job
Minimum qualifications: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience. 8 years of experience in software development. 7 years of experience leading technical project strategy, ML design and optimizing end-to-end Machine Learning (e.g., model deployment, model evaluation, data processing, debugging, fine tuning). 5 years of experience with one or more of the following: on-device models (LLMs and multimodal models) and Multimodal AI agents, including architecting systemic solutions for strict mobile and wearable system constraints (memory/RAM limits, thermal envelopes, battery/power budgets, real-time latency, and Android/iOS background execution lifecycles).