Lead Software Engineer, Full-Stack - Applications
Company websitec3.ai (C3 AI, opens in new tab)
Base salary $175K to $219K
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in Redwood City, CA
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- LocationRedwood City, CA
- WorkplaceWorkplace not stated
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (1 h ago) · observed since
About this job
C3 AI (NYSE: AI), is the Enterprise AI application software company. C3 AI delivers a family of fully integrated products including the C3 Agentic AI Platform, an end-to-end platform for developing, deploying, and operating enterprise AI applications, C3 AI applications, a portfolio of industry-specific SaaS enterprise AI applications that enable the digital transformation of organizations globally, and C3 Generative AI, a suite of domain-specific generative AI offerings for the enterprise. Learn more at: C3 AI
C3's Application Engineering team is looking for a Lead Software Engineer to join our superb team to design and develop innovative AI solutions.
The Application Engineering team is responsible for building comprehensive SaaS solutions to maximize our customers' success across industries. Solutions designed by C3 are used in predictive maintenance, inventory optimization, fraud detection, energy, sustainability, and resource optimization, to name a few. Check out a list of applications we've built here: C3 AI Applications
Responsibilities:
- Work across teams to architect robust software engineering solutions and frameworks with cross product impact.
- Design, build, and deliver high quality, modular solutions at a robust pace.
- Implement and enhance engineering best practices company wide.
- Build and improve visual tools for application development and data science that would enable users to build end-to-end AI applications quickly.
- Collaborate closely with Product Management, User Interaction Designers, Front-End and Back-End Engineers.
- Lead cross-team technical design discussions on application architecture, UI components, UX, back-end and third-party integration, and testing.
- Rapidly fix bugs, solve problems, and proactively strive to improve our products and technologies.
- Manage individual project deliverables and mentor junior team members on industry coding standards and design techniques.
- Help build a team and cultivate innovation.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, or related fields, MS preferred.
- 8+ years of professional software development experience with JavaScript, Java, or other object-oriented programming languages
- Proven track record of design and development of full stack web solutions for complex problems.
- Strong hands-on experience and understanding of object-oriented programming, data structures, algorithms, and web application development.
- Experience working JavaScript frameworks such as React, Redux, Vue, Backbone, or Angular.
- Real passion for developing team-oriented solutions to complex engineering problems.
- Thrive in a dynamic, rapidly changing environment and value end-to-end ownership of projects.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills to collaborate multi-functionally and improve scalability.
- Interest in committing to a fun, friendly, expansive, and intellectually stimulating environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced degree in engineering, sciences, or related field.
- Experience with Git or other version control software.
- Knowledge of Agile development methodology.
- Knowledge of distributed systems, test-driven development, SQL and NoSQL databases, and performance optimization tools.
- Experience in leading engineering teams and projects.
- Experience in building scalable web applications.
C3 AI provides excellent benefits, a competitive compensation package and generous equity plan.
California Base Pay Range
$175,000—$219,000 USD
C3 AI is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected characteristics, including disabled and veteran status.
Source: C3 AI on Greenhouse · View original posting (opens in new tab)
Pay in context
This role's base floor ($175,000) is above 47% of the 4,208 Software Engineering roles in California listed on this site; 57 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $176,500; the middle half runs from $149,365 to $204,000.
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 5, 2026.
This listingLead Software Engineer, Full-Stack - Applications$175K to $219K
Lead Software Engineer - Generative AI$175K to $219K
Director, Event Marketing – AI Accelerators$174K to $225K
Director, Customer Support$180K to $230K
Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack - Applications$169K to $196K
Director, Federal Solutions$182K to $247K
Senior Product Manager, Agentic AI Platform$165K to $228K
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Lead Software Engineer, Full-Stack - Applications (this listing) | $175K - $219K |
| Lead Software Engineer - Generative AI | $175K - $219K |
| Director, Event Marketing – AI Accelerators | $174K - $225K |
| Director, Customer Support | $180K - $230K |
| Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack - Applications | $169K - $196K |
| Director, Federal Solutions | $182K - $247K |
| Senior Product Manager, Agentic AI Platform | $165K - $228K |
Observed changes
- First observed on the employer's board
- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2024-03-05
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: California Base Pay Range
USD 175,000 – 219,000 · interval unstated · pay_input_range · California Base Pay Range · base-labelled (R1: Base Pay)
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