AI Software Engineer

About the role

Role Description & Responsibilities

Our Dassault Systemes SOLIDWORKS AI Powered Development team is excited to announce we have an AI Software Engineer opportunity available in our Waltham, MA office!

In this role you will deliver World Class Apps. Continuously improve deliveries based on usage and user feedbacks. Contribute to the development and maintenance the SOLIDWORKS CAD application across the full software development lifecycle, including:

Design and implement AI-driven product features and AI agents to drive customer productivity

Build multi-step reasoning workflows where AI agents parse instructions, plan tasks, and execute CAD operations.

Integrate AI agents with client-server architectures using WebSocket, REST, or other communication protocols.

Contribute ideas, AI skills and feedback on internal R&D development pipeline to help drive R&D efficiency and productivity around agentic AI development.

Prototyping and feature development

Designing and implementing scalable software components

Debugging, profiling, and performance optimization

Writing maintainable and testable code

Testing and validation

Regularly assess metrics and Customers feedback/log data to identify areas for quality or performance improvement.

Perform lessons learned and RCA to identify Root Causes of severe issues and propose Improvements actions to prevent such type of issues in the future (trainings, tools, process, operations, ...)

Documentation and technical collaboration

Work collaboratively within an interdisciplinary R&D team:

Collaborate with colleagues across multiple international teams and technology domains.

Participate in sprint planning and technical discussions

Contribute to project definition and implementation

Collaborate with developers, QA, UX, product definition and product management

Continuously improve development processes and product quality

Technological intelligence:

Keep abreast of the latest technological developments, understand the requirements of our development partners, know about competing products, look ahead for future products, technologies, languages, etc.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science Engineering, IT, or a related Engineering stream.

2–5 years of experience in C#, C++, Python, AI technologies.

Background:

Solid understanding of software engineering principles and object-oriented programming

Interest in 3D computer graphics, rendering, visualization, or game engine technologies

Experience with modern graphics APIs or rendering frameworks is a plus

Familiarity with CAD, visualization, simulation, or content creation applications is beneficial

Interest or experience in AI/ML technologies related to graphics, rendering, image generation, or workflow automation is a plus

Competencies:

Programming Languages:

C#

C/C++

Python

Knowledge of other scripting languages is a plus

AI Technologies:

AI / ML Foundations - Strong understanding of:

LLMs (prompting, fine-tuning, evaluation)

Embeddings, vector search (RAG systems)

Agent frameworks (multi-step reasoning, tool use)

Experience with:

LangChain or LlamaIndex

OpenAI / Gemini / Claude APIs

Tools:

Visual Studio

Git

Azure DevOps

Jira

Cursor, VS Code, Claude, or other AI coding development environments

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Inclusion statement

In order to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities to all individuals, employment decisions at 3DS are based on merit, qualifications and abilities. 3DS is committed to a policy of non-discrimination and equal opportunity for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or medical or common conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, familial status, national origin, ancestry, age (40 and above), disability, veteran status, military service, application for military service, genetic information, receipt of free medical care, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. 3DS will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable state laws and local ordinances. We are committed to fair employment practices and will evaluate all candidates based on their qualifications, regardless of past arrest or conviction history.

Compensation & Benefits

Dassault Systèmes offers an excellent salary with potential for bonus, commensurate with experience. Benefits include a choice of plans providing comprehensive coverage for medical, dental, vision care for employee & dependents as well as employee life, short & long term disability, tuition reimbursement, immediate 401K enrollment, 401K match (50 cents on the dollar, up to the first 8% of your eligible compensation that you contribute based on match eligibility criteria), flexible time off policy, and 10 paid holidays.

Salary Pay Transparency

Compensation for the role will be commensurate with experience. The total expected compensation range will be between $110000 and $135000, representing the base salary (or annualized salary based on estimated hourly compensation) and target bonus.