Senior Software Engineer

About InterDigital

InterDigital is a global research and development company focused primarily on wireless, video, artificial intelligence ("AI"), and related technologies. We design and develop foundational technologies that enable connected, immersive experiences in a broad range of communications and entertainment products and services. We license our innovations worldwide to companies providing such products and services, including makers of wireless communications devices, consumer electronics, IoT devices, cars and other motor vehicles, and providers of cloud‑based services such as video streaming. As a leader in wireless technology, our engineers have designed and developed a wide range of innovations that are used in wireless products and networks, from the earliest digital cellular systems to 5G and today’s most advanced Wi‑Fi technologies. We are also a leader in video processing and video encoding/decoding technology, with a significant AI research effort that intersects with both wireless and video technologies. Founded in 1972, InterDigital is listed on Nasdaq. InterDigital is a registered trademark of InterDigital, Inc.

For more information, visit: https://www.interdigital.com/

Job Summary

The Research & Innovation (R&I) team at InterDigital includes more than 250 researchers and engineers with world‑class expertise in AI, wireless communications, and visual technologies. Our culture values technology expertise and an entrepreneurial mindset. Within R&I, the AI Lab is leading efforts in machine learning and deep learning to build business‑critical AI/NLP tools and services. We are seeking a senior software engineer who will work with our domain experts to design, implement, and support our internal applications. You are a senior software engineer with deep expertise in full‑stack software development. You have developed and maintained multiple full‑stack platforms with non‑trivial back‑ends. You have years of hands‑on experience in designing and building such solutions on top of one of the popular cloud services like Azure, AWS or GCP.

Key Qualifications

• Excellent understanding and experience in back‑end and service‑oriented development (Docker, shell scripting, async programming, databases)
• Expert in at least two languages (Python and JavaScript/TypeScript)
• Experience building production‑grade applications
• Preference for candidates with NLP and LLM frameworks experience and application integration
• 7+ years of relevant experience
• Bachelor/Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Responsibilities

• Work with InterDigital researchers and engineers to understand their requirements and provide technical solutions and support
• Work on POC projects with various teams and incorporate the technical solutions in the larger platform
• Own substantial components of business‑critical applications

InterDigital is a unique and exciting company

• A unique company: our product is Research
• 500 people, more than 250 engineers and researchers, 80% of them PhD or MS
• Public company (Nasdaq: IDCC), more than $1B invested in R&D efforts since 2000
• 80% of consumer electronics manufacturers integrate our technology

Location

Los Altos, CA

InterDigital is an equal employment opportunity employer. InterDigital will not engage in or tolerate unlawful discrimination with regard to any employment decision, policy or practice based on a person’s sex, gender, pregnancy (including childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), age, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state or local law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, compensation, benefits, training, assignments, evaluations, coaching, promotion, discipline, discharge and layoff.

A reasonable estimate of the current salary range specific to NY/CA/DE/DC is $108,000 - $165,000/hr and may include other forms of compensation components including benefits depending on the length of the assignment. Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience and may fall outside of the range shown.