Software Engineer I - AI Interfaces

About the Company

Seismic is the global leader in AI-powered enablement, empowering go-to-market leaders to drive strategic growth and deliver exceptional customer experiences at scale. The Seismic Enablement Cloud™ is the only unified AI-powered platform that prepares customer-facing teams with the skills, content, tools, and insights needed to maximize every buyer interaction and strengthen client relationships. Trusted by more than 2,000 organizations worldwide, Seismic helps businesses achieve measurable outcomes and accelerate revenue growth. Headquartered in San Diego, Seismic has offices across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.

AI is one of the fastest-growing product areas at Seismic. Seismic Aura, our leading AI engine, is powering change in the sales enablement space and is being infused across the Seismic enablement cloud. We focus on leveraging AI across the platform to make customers more productive and efficient, driving successful sales outcomes.

About the Role

As a Software Engineer I for our Agentic AI Interfaces team, you will contribute to the development and maintenance of backend systems that power our web application, including search, content discovery, and AI capabilities. You will work closely with senior engineers and cross-functional partners to build reliable, scalable systems that deliver value to our customers while continuing to grow your technical expertise.

Responsibilities

• Distributed Systems Development: Contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of backend systems and services supporting search functionality, ensuring performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Search & Algorithm Support: Assist in implementing search and/or AI-related features, including indexing, retrieval, and ranking logic, to improve search accuracy and efficiency.
• Integration: Collaborate with engineers, AI partners, and product teams to integrate search and AI-driven capabilities across the Seismic platform.
• Performance Tuning: Participate in monitoring and performance tuning efforts, identifying routine bottlenecks and applying guided improvements to ensure acceptable query latency.
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional and geographically distributed teams, including product managers, frontend engineers, and UX designers, to support seamless search experiences.
• Continuous Improvement: Learn and apply new tools, technologies, and best practices related to search, backend development, and AI systems.

Requirements

• Experience: 1+ years of experience in software engineering, with experience contributing to frontend or UI-focused web applications.
• Technical Expertise:
  • Full-stack experience (C#, Node.js, Python).
  • Experience with HTML, CSS, and modern JavaScript (ES6+).
  • Experience building user interfaces using React, including functional components, hooks, and state management patterns.
  • Experience with TypeScript, including writing strongly typed components and APIs.
  • Familiarity with modern CSS techniques (CSS Modules, styled-components, Tailwind, or similar).
  • Experience integrating frontend applications with REST or GraphQL APIs.
  • Working knowledge of automated frontend testing practices (e.g., Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress, Playwright).
  • Experience using Git for source control and collaborating through pull requests.
  • Familiarity with CI/CD concepts and modern frontend pipelines, including GitHub Actions.
  • Exposure to frontend performance optimization techniques (code splitting, lazy loading, memoization).
  • Exposure to accessibility standards (WCAG) and inclusive design practices is a plus.
  • Exposure to design systems or component libraries is a plus.
• Cloud Expertise:
  • Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or Microsoft Azure.
  • Basic familiarity with cloud-native services for data storage, compute, and monitoring.
  • Experience deploying or supporting containerized applications in Kubernetes is a plus.
• Good to have (Search/Retrieval/AI):
  • Interest or exposure to search or information retrieval systems.
  • Experience with RAG/generative AI, conversational AI, agents, LLMs.
  • Familiarity with search platforms such as Elasticsearch, Apache Solr, or similar is a plus.
  • Basic understanding of text processing, semantic search, or AI-driven features is beneficial.
• SaaS Knowledge: Experience working on SaaS applications or cloud-hosted services. Understanding of standard concepts related to modern distributed systems and cloud operations.
• Product Development: Experience collaborating with product management and design to implement well-defined requirements. Ability to translate clear business and technical requirements into working software.
• Collaboration: Proven ability to collaborate effectively with teams across different regions, including willingness to collaborate with the China team and participate in cross-timezone work. Scrum and JIRA experience a plus.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Environment: Experience working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, preferably in a SaaS or technology-driven company.

Benefits and Perks

Seismic is committed to providing benefits and perks for the whole self. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the application or recruiting process, please refer to the company's guidelines. Seismic is an equal opportunity employer.