Senior Software Engineer - AI Applications job at Veeva in Portland, OR

Title: Senior Software Engineer - AI ApplicationsLocation: Portland United StatesJob Description: Veeva Systems is a mission-driven organization and pioneer in industry cloud, helping life sciences companies bring therapies to patients faster. As one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in history, we surpassed $3B in revenue in our last fiscal year with extensive growth potential ahead. At the heart of Veeva are our values: Do the Right Thing, Customer Success, Employee Success, and Speed. We're not just any public company - we made history in 2021 by becoming a public benefit corporation (PBC), legally bound to balancing the interests of customers, employees, society, and investors. As a Work Anywhere company, we support your flexibility to work from home or in the office, so you can thrive in your ideal environment. Join us in transforming the life sciences industry, committed to making a positive impact on its customers, employees, and communities. The Role This role is responsible for architecting, building, and validating the next generation of Nitro AI Agents. We are looking for a seasoned engineer who lives at the intersection of robust software engineering and cutting-edge AI. You will go beyond simple prompting to design complex agentic workflows, get insights from large-scale repositories, and ensure the reliability of these systems within a mission-critical life sciences environment. You will enhance and add to existing Java-based back-end systems. What You'll Do Agentic Architecture: Proven experience building scalable AI orchestration layers that drive operational workflows, ranging from high-precision Text-to-SQL agents to complex multi-agent systems capable of tool-calling, event orchestration, and autonomous self-correction Model Strategy: Choose and configure the optimal LLMs based on cost, reasoning depth, and latency Hybrid Data Systems: Build scalable bridges between Relational Databases (Postgres/Java) and Vector Stores, using metadata strategies like PageIndex to ensure data stays synchronized and searchable Text-to-SQL Agents: Develop high-precision agents that translate natural language into complex SQL, featuring self-correction loops to handle large enterprise schemas accurately. Choose appropriate RAG approach for semantic embedding and retrieval Automated Validation: Develop, implement, and maintain scalable automated evaluations to ensure agent behavior remains consistent across model updates and feature releases Requirements Agentic Workflow Mastery: 2+ years of proven experience building scalable AI orchestration layers that drive workflows, ranging from precision Text-to-SQL agents to complex multi-agent systems capable of tool-calling, event orchestration, and autonomous self-correction Scalable backend systems for AI orchestration: 7+ years of experience building and deploying distributed systems that handle high concurrency, rate-limiting, and asynchronous task queues using Java, Spring, and Python. Optimize AI orchestration for performance, scalability, and efficiency RAG & Vector Expertise: Expert at building high-precision RAG systems across structured relational data and unstructured documents, utilizing vector databases to enable accurate retrieval across large-scale enterprise datasets Automated Evaluation: Experience building pipelines to measure complex AI agent performance using key metrics like task success rate, accuracy, and output quality AI Trends: Stay updated on the latest AI and machine learning advancements, research papers, and tools, incorporating them into AI development projects Life Sciences Experience (nice to have): Familiarity with the unique data privacy and regulatory requirements of the life sciences industry Mentorship: Demonstrated ability to mentor team members and contribute to a positive and high-performing team environment Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Machine Learning, or a related technical field Culture: High work ethic, high integrity, and a do the right thing mindset Applicants must have the unrestricted right to work in the United States. Veeva will not provide sponsorship at this time Perks & Benefits Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance Flexible PTO and company paid holidays Retirement programs 1% charitable giving program Compensation Base pay: $110,000 - $270,000 The salary range listed here has been provided to comply with local regulations and represents a potential base salary range for this role. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range above or below, depending on experience and location. We look at compensation for each individual and base our offer on your unique qualifications, experience, and expected contributions. This position may also be eligible for other types of compensation in addition to base salary, such as variable bonus and/or stock bonus. #LI-Remote #LI-MidSenior Veeva's headquarters is located in the San Francisco Bay Area with offices in more than 15 countries around the world. Veeva is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status, pregnancy, protected veteran status, protected genetic information, political affiliation, or any other characteristics protected by local laws, regulations, or ordinances. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability or special need when applying for a role or in our recruitment process, please contact us at talent_accommodations@veeva.com. Work Where It's Best for You Work Anywhere means you can work in an office or at home on any given day. It's about getting the work done in the way and place that works best for each person. This applies across all locations and departments. Work Anywhere does not mean work at any time. We have predictable core hours where employees are generally available for meetings and collaboration. Employees are focused and available during core hours. We invest in our offices to make them places where our employees like to go. If you work in the office three or more days a week, you will have a dedicated office workspace. Our offices function as hubs to draw people in, create social bonds, and where random connections and mixing of ideas happen. We're investing more in offices, culture, and offsite meetings, not less. Product teams are organized in regional product hubs for optimal collaboration and live within a time zone of their hub. Our current product hubs are located in Pleasanton, Columbus, Boston, Kansas City, New York City, Raleigh, and Toronto. We create opportunities for teams to get together in person regularly. Customer-facing roles, such as Sales and Professional Services, live near and/or travel to their customers. When an employee moves within a country it does not cause a change in salary. Where you live impacts you and your family. Not knowing if your compensation will change if you move can cause stress and uncertainty for everyone. We wanted to eliminate that. Work at Veeva. Work where it's best for you. A different kind of company. A Public Benefit Corporation. Unlike a traditional corporation, whose only legal duty is to maximize shareholder value, PBCs consider their public benefit purpose and the interests of those materially affected by the corporation's conduct-including customers, employees, and the community-in addition to shareholders' interests. What sets us apart Public Benefit Corporation Work Anywhere Veeva Giving Corporate Citizenship Employees are Shareholders Non-Competes Public Benefit Corporation In February 2021, Veeva became the first public company to convert to a Public Benefit Corporation (PBC). Unlike a traditional corporation, whose only legal duty is to maximize shareholder value, PBCs consider their public benefit purpose and the interests of those materially affected by the corporation's conduct-including customers, employees, and the community-in addition to shareholders' interests. Veeva's public benefit purpose is to help make the industries we serve more productive and create high-quality employment opportunities. Learn More Work Anywhere Work Anywhere means you can work in an office or at home on any given day. It's about getting the work done in the way and place that works best for you. We invest in our offices to make them places where our employees like to go. If you work in the office three or more days a week, you will have a dedicated office workspace. Product teams are organized in regional product excellence hubs for optimal collaboration and live within a time zone of their hub. Our current product hubs are located in Pleasanton, Columbus, Boston, Kansas City, New York City, Raleigh, and Toronto. We create opportunities for teams to get together in person regularly. Customer-facing roles, such as Sales and Professional Services, live near and/or travel to their customers. Read More → Veeva Giving At Veeva, we believe in giving back. Veeva's support for charitable causes is entirely employee driven because we think giving is personal and should be directed by the individual. With our 1% Veeva Giving program, each employee receives an amount equivalent to 1% of their base salary annually to support the non-profit(s) of their choice. We don't dictate favored corporate causes or ask employees to donate to specific non-profits. We never support a charitable cause in exchange for commercial advantage or preferential treatment. Corporate Citizenship Veeva's core values - do the right thing, customer success, employee success, and speed - guide our decision making and define our culture. Doing the right thing means that we are concerned about more than just financial success and return to shareholders. We recognize a responsibility to customers, employees, environment, and society.As individuals, we pride ourselves on being good people who are honest, fair, and direct. We treat others with respect. As a company, we strive to be a good corporate citizen, a positive force in the business community, active in our communities, and an example to others. Read More → Employees are Shareholders Our equity program is designed to enable the vast majority of our employees to participate. Our unique approach to awarding equity grants allows our employees to be shareholders so they can benefit financially in the company's growth. Non-Competes Veeva has taken a strong stance against the use of non-compete agreements that can limit employee opportunities. We do not require our employees to sign non-compete agreements, and we have taken legal action to fight the unfair use of these agreements by other companies because we believe such agreements limit an employee's fundamental right to work where they choose. We believe in our people and want them to be successful here at Veeva or wherever their careers take them. Read More → News and recognition Veeva in Top 100 Most Reliable Companies Fastest-Growing Company for 5 Years, Future 50 for 2 Years New York's Noncompete Bill Is A 'Big Domino To Fall'-And The Broadest Ban Yet-In A Growing Movement Against Them Veeva's Peter Gassner Combine's Today's Execution with Tomorrow's Vision Grow, contribute and be recognized Veeva's engineering teams take a pragmatic approach to software development. We offer an ideal environment for engineers who value focus, speed and integrity in their work. Jacob Marcus VP, Engineering I appreciate that Veeva values autonomy over alignment. As a result, we get to make decisions as a small team and ship products faster. Shilpa Chandermohan Software Engineer As a software engineer at Veeva, I'm proud to be doing meaningful work building clinical trial software that will benefit so many people. 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