Applied AI Engineer

The AI and Advanced Services team within the VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Division is seeking a highly skilled Applied AI Engineer to enable AI workloads to run seamlessly on VCF. This role requires a unique blend of deep AI expertise, hands-on experience with on-premise and cloud infrastructure, and cross functional collaboration to drive product outcomes.

Requirements

• Deep practical knowledge of both theoretical and production designs for infrastructure and systems that support AI agents, including APIs, cloud services, and data pipelines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, the ability to work both independently and collaboratively with diverse stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills preferably demonstrated through technical blogs, published research, and talks.
• Hands-on experience with agentic AI coding tools such as Cursor, Codex, or Claude Code.
• BS with 8, MS with 5 or PhD with 3 years of experience in computer science, machine learning or equivalent practical experience with specialization in cloud or on-premise infrastructure preferred.
• Proven track record of taking a novel concept, engineering a solution and driving its adoption to a product at scale.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision plans
• 401(K) participation including company matching
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• company paid holidays
• paid sick leave and vacation time
• Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence