Software Engineer, AI Systems

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Who We Are

HP IQ is HP’s new AI innovation lab. Combining startup agility with HP’s global scale, we’re building intelligent technologies that redefine how the world works, creates, and collaborates.

We’re assembling a diverse, world-class team—engineers, designers, researchers, and product minds—focused on creating an intelligent ecosystem across HP’s portfolio. Together, we’re developing intuitive, adaptive solutions that spark creativity, boost productivity, and make collaboration seamless.

We create breakthrough solutions that make complex tasks feel effortless, teamwork more natural, and ideas more impactful—always with a human-centric mindset.

By embedding AI advancements into every HP product and service, we’re expanding what’s possible for individuals, organisations, and the future of work.

Join us as we reinvent work, so people everywhere can do their best work.

What You Might Do 

• Develop robust, multi-threaded desktop applications for Windows using C, C++, or C#
• Work closely with AI and product teams to integrate local and cloud-based LLM features into production software
• Build scalable, performant systems to run on-device AI tasks such as summarization, document querying, and voice-to-text transcription
• Implement frameworks for prompt engineering and document retrieval
• Solve real-world edge cases in multithreading, memory management, and system design
• Collaborate with product designers and research engineers to bring intuitive AI workflows to end users 

Essential Qualifications 

• 3+ years of experience in software engineering with a focus on system-level programming
• Proficient in at least one compiled language: C, C++, C#, or Rust
• Experience with Windows application development and desktop frameworks
• Familiarity with concepts such as dependency injection, polling, multithreading, P/Invoke, and templates
• Demonstrated ability to ship production-quality software 

Preferred Skills 

• Exposure to LLMs or local ML model integration
• Experience building AI-powered user features or plugins
• Background in embedded or edge system optimization
• Familiarity with RAG pipelines, document search, or vector databases

The pay range for this role is $93,150 to $140,650 USD annually with additional
opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United
States of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location, job-related
knowledge, skills, and experience.

Benefits:

HP offers a comprehensive benefits package for this position, including:

 * Health insurance
 * Dental insurance
 * Vision insurance
 * Long term/short term disability insurance
 * Employee assistance program
 * Flexible spending account
 * Life insurance
 * Generous time off policies, including;
 * 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
 * 11 paid holidays
 * Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview
   [https://hpbenefits.ce.alight.com/])

The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this
posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time,
with or without notice, subject to applicable law.

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HP, Inc. provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and prospective employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sexual orientation, age, disability, or status as a protected veteran, marital status, familial status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic predisposition or carrier status, uniformed service status, political affiliation or any other characteristic protected by applicable national, federal, state, and local law(s).

Please be assured that you will not be subject to any adverse treatment if you choose to disclose the information requested. This information is provided voluntarily. The information obtained will be kept in strict confidence.

For more information, review HP’s EEO Policy or read about your rights as an applicant under the law here: “Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal"