**Company Description** **Work with Us. Change the World.** At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations. There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world. We're one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us. **Job Description** Building on our longstanding collaboration in developing AI solutions for infrastructure delivery, the AI4Engineering team and technology have integrated into AECOM’s global platform. This strengthens our ability to improve efficiency, accelerate outcomes, and deliver greater value for clients through advanced AI-enabled delivery. We build technology that makes engineering faster, smarter, and more sustainable. As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll work at the intersection of software engineering and machine learning operations. Your role is to ensure our AI models run reliably, efficiently, and at scale — turning cutting-edge research into production-ready tools that deliver real value to users. **What You’ll Do** + Develop backend systems and APIs that integrate AI into our SaaS platform. + Take ownership of the ML performance, monitoring, availability, and security. + Collaborate with ML engineers, data engineers, and product teams to deliver features end-to-end. + Contribute to architecture decisions for scalable, cloud-native ML infrastructure. **Qualifications** **Must-Have Qualifications** + Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience). + Solid programming skills in Python (plus experience with frameworks such as FastAPI, Flask, or Django). + Hands-on experience with ML model deployment and monitoring in production. + Knowledge of containerization (Docker). + Experience building CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions). + Experience working within startups / scaleups. + Strong communication skills and a collaborative mindset. + Knowledge of Agile delivery models (Scrum/Kanban) and software development best practices. + 3+ years of hands-on experience building production-grade systems. **Preferred Skills** + Understanding of optimizing both CPU-bound and GPU-bound workloads. + Knowledge of monitoring and observability tools (e.g. Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack). + Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform). + Experience with Azure. + Identifying and resolving bottlenecks in distributed machine learning workloads (knowledge of low-level languages and CUDA library is a plus). + Experience in building design automation products within the construction industry. **Additional Information** **Our Hiring Process** + 25 minute screening call. + Coding challenge: A hands-on task to assess your problem-solving and technical skills. + In-person meeting with our leadership team. + Final cultural fit. **Why Join Us?** + Work on real-world problems where AI creates measurable impact. + Be part of a team where your work matters, and your ideas become real. + Collaborate with sharp, driven colleagues in a culture of trust, ownership, and high standards. + Enjoy a dynamic setup, balancing focus and collaboration. + Contribute to making the built environment smarter and more sustainable. **About AECOM** AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM. **Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity** You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed. You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients. AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too. Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours. We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. **ReqID:** REF58661V **Business Line:** Corporate **Business Group:** Corporate **Strategic Business Unit:** AI Development-Consigli **Career Area:** Digital & Engineering Technology **Work Location Model:** On-Site