Company:
Qualcomm Israel Ltd.
Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering
General Summary:
Job Description – Senior Software Engineer
Overview
Design, develop, and support scalable cloud-based software solutions that power analytics, automation, and AI-driven products.
As part of a high-performing engineering team, you will build and operate large-scale production systems while contributing to the next generation of cloud infrastructure, data services, and intelligent applications.
This role has a strong focus on modern AI-based development practices and the implementation of AI-powered product capabilities leveraging LLMs, agents, and intelligent automation workflows.
Responsibilities
Design, develop, test, and maintain cloud-native backend services and platform components
Build scalable, reliable, and highly available production systems
Participate in architecture, design, and code reviews
Develop and optimize APIs, microservices, and distributed system components
Troubleshoot performance, reliability, and scalability issues in production environments
Collaborate with product management, QA, DevOps, and partner engineering teams to deliver new capabilities
Contribute to release planning, deployment activities, and operational excellence
AI / Agentic Focus
Develop AI-powered product features and services
Build and integrate solutions leveraging LLMs, agents, and intelligent workflows
Utilize AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering efficiency and software quality
Requirements
5+ years of software development experience with a proven track record delivering large-scale production systems
Strong programming skills in Java, Python, Go, or similar backend technologies
Experience building and operating cloud-native applications on AWS, Azure, or GCP
Strong understanding of distributed systems, microservices, APIs, scalability, and reliability engineering
Experience developing scalable backend services, cloud infrastructure, and distributed systems supporting large-scale production environments
Hands-on experience developing production-quality software using modern engineering practices, CI/CD, testing, monitoring, and observability
Experience with AI-powered applications, LLM technologies, or agent-based solutions
Strong problem-solving, communication, collaboration, and execution skills, with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, globally distributed engineering environment
Minimum Qualifications:
OR
Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 5+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
*References to a particular number of years experience are for indicative purposes only. Applications from candidates with equivalent experience will be considered, provided that the candidate can demonstrate an ability to fulfill the principal duties of the role and possesses the required competencies.
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