Senior AI Engineer

Cornerstone OnDemand

4.6

(93)

Dublin, CA

Why you should apply for a job to Cornerstone OnDemand:

  • 4.6/5 in overall job satisfaction
  • 4.7/5 in supportive management
  • 90% say women are treated fairly and equally to men
  • 97% would recommend this company to other women
  • 100% say the CEO supports gender diversity
  • Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members.
  • We offer Wellbeing Days (paid days off during the months of July, August, and September) so our people can focus on their wellness.
  • The Cornerstone Family First Initiative is a one-time initiative covering reimbursement for some out-of-pocket fertility expenses.
  • Through Maven, we provide 100% free coaching and personalized support for those navigating mid-life and menopause.
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    Position summary

    evelop end-to-end AI features, from data ingestion and feature engineering to inference and feedback loops.

    • Partner with Product and UX teams to shape AI-driven user experiences, ensuring usability, explainability, and trust.

    Prompt Engineering & Optimization

    • Design, develop, and optimize prompt strategies for large language models to ensure accuracy, consistency, and relevance in production use cases.

    • Implement prompt versioning, experimentation, and A/B testing to support rapid iteration and data-driven improvements.

    • Continuously evaluate and refine prompts using offline evaluation, automated testing, and live telemetry to reduce hallucinations and improve output quality.

    • Optimize prompt and model usage to balance response quality, latency, and cost efficiency at scale.

    • Collaborate with UX and Product to align prompt behavior with user intent, tone, and experience expectations.

    Engineering & Platform Excellence

    • Develop scalable backend services using Java and/or Python, deployed in AWS cloud environments.

    • Design and optimize API-driven architectures that integrate AI services securely and reliably across the platform.

    • Work with SQL and NoSQL databases to support transactional and analytical workloads.

    • Apply strong engineering fundamentals around performance, reliability, observability, and security.

    • Contribute to architectural decisions that ensure long-term scalability and maintainability.

    Leadership & Collaboration

    • Provide technical leadership in AI and system design discussions.

    • Mentor engineers and help raise the overall AI and engineering maturity of the team.

    • Collaborate cross-functionally with Data Science, Platform, UX, DevOps, and Security teams.

    • Influence technical roadmaps and align AI capabilities with Workforce AI product goals.

    You have what it takes if you have

    • 8-10 years of professional software engineering experience.

    • Strong hands-on experience with Java and/or Python.

    • Proven experience delivering AI/ML or Generative AI systems in production.

    • Hands-on expertise in prompt engineering and prompt optimization for LLM-powered applications.

    • Solid experience with AWS and cloud-native system design.

    • Strong working knowledge of SQL and NoSQL databases.

    • Ability to design systems that balance AI quality, scalability, latency, and cost.

    Extra dose of awesome if you have...

    • Experience with LLMs, RAG architectures, vector databases, and structured output enforcement.
    • Familiarity with MLOps practices (model versioning, monitoring, evaluation).
    • Experience designing AI-powered user experiences in partnership with UX teams.
    • Background in enterprise SaaS or workforce/HR technology.
    • Experience taking AI products from concept to production.

    Why you should apply for a job to Cornerstone OnDemand:

  • 4.6/5 in overall job satisfaction
  • 4.7/5 in supportive management
  • 90% say women are treated fairly and equally to men
  • 97% would recommend this company to other women
  • 100% say the CEO supports gender diversity
  • Ratings are based on anonymous reviews by Fairygodboss members.
  • We offer Wellbeing Days (paid days off during the months of July, August, and September) so our people can focus on their wellness.
  • The Cornerstone Family First Initiative is a one-time initiative covering reimbursement for some out-of-pocket fertility expenses.
  • Through Maven, we provide 100% free coaching and personalized support for those navigating mid-life and menopause.