Staff Software Engineer - Applied AI

About the role

TrendAI™, the global AI security leader and enterprise business unit of Trend Micro, is seeking an Applied AI Engineer to join their team. This role is hybrid, based in Austin, TX, with an expectation of 3 days onsite per week.

Position Summary

We are looking for an Applied AI Engineer to help define how engineers build with AI across our organization. The ideal candidate will sit at the intersection of Generative AI and platform engineering, designing the tools, workflows, and standards that make it easy for developers to build, deploy, and scale AI-powered applications.

What You'll Do

• Define the AI Development Lifecycle: Establish and evolve the end-to-end AI development lifecycle, including guardrails, context management, and engineering standards that enable responsible and efficient AI adoption.
• Drive Adoption & Alignment: Lead cross-functional initiatives that improve how teams build and ship software, with a focus on scaling AI capabilities and enhancing developer experience.
• Build for Developers: Design and deliver self-service capabilities that simplify how engineers build, test, and deploy applications—especially AI-powered ones. This includes reusable tooling, templates, and patterns that reduce friction and accelerate delivery.
• Raise the Engineering Bar: Set and uphold high standards for platform and AI engineering. Mentor engineers and stakeholders, and promote clean, scalable, and maintainable design practices.
• Think Like a Product Owner: Treat internal platforms and AI capabilities as products. Continuously iterate based on developer feedback, usability, and adoption metrics.
• Enable AI at Scale: Develop the foundational components that allow teams to safely and effectively leverage AI, including shared services, reusable modules, and well-defined integration patterns.

What You Bring

• 5+ years of software development experience
• Strong programming skills and engineering fundamentals
• Experience with modern software delivery practices (CI/CD, cloud environments, etc.)
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Ability to collaborate across teams and influence without direct authority
• Curiosity and a continuous learning mindset

Bonus Points

• Familiarity or interest in AI/ML systems, particularly LLM-based applications
• Experience with workflow frameworks such as Temporal.io
• Experience with golang & python

Why Join Us

• Shape how AI is built and adopted across a large-scale engineering organization
• High-impact role with visibility and ownership
• Collaborative, fast-moving environment with real influence on technical direction
• Work on meaningful problems at the intersection of AI, platform engineering, and developer experience

TrendAI Offers

• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Short & Long Term Disability
• Pre-partum, maternity, parental and medical leave
• Mental Health Wellness Program
• Adoption Assistance
• Wellness Incentive
• Pet Insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid Time Off
• 14 Annual Holidays
• Tuition Assistance
• Employee Resource Groups

Compensation and Benefits

You're important to us. What matters to you, matters to us too. TrendAI provides benefit options for you and your family. We offer competitive compensation with bonus opportunity tied to company performance, along with room to enhance your skills through ongoing learning and broad technological opportunities.