AI Software Engineer - HP IQ at HP
San Francisco, CA
$127,000–$175,000from the description
Aug 5, 2026
San Francisco, CA
Sep 22, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role sits within HP's internal AI innovation lab and focuses on building backend services and APIs that power AI workloads across edge devices and cloud infrastructure. The engineer will design microservices, optimize data pipelines for real-time inference, and develop an agent orchestration runtime supporting LLM-based multi-step reasoning. It suits a backend developer with hands-on LLM integration experience who wants to work close to applied AI systems.
Mid level · 1+ years · Master's required · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (5)
No specific work location or metro area is stated in the posting; the CBSA is left blank. The posting mentions 'United States of America' in the shift field and a USD salary range, confirming US placement.
The posting requires 'at least a Masters' degree — this is a hard gate, not a preference, so the degree requirement is set to Masters.
Only 1+ year of backend experience is required, which combined with the Masters degree requirement points to a Mid-level band despite the AI/LLM complexity of the role.
The on-device AI frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow Lite, ONNX Runtime, CoreML) are listed together under 'Preferred Skills' as a single 'familiarity with' item; they are captured as preferred. Because the posting presents them as a group of interchangeable options, each is listed with the others as alternatives.
The posting does not specify whether the role is remote or hybrid; remote is set to false as no explicit remote option is stated.
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