Staff AI Engineer, Conversational

About Panasonic Well:

Panasonic Well is a venture and business incubator from the Panasonic Group focused on pioneering new health and wellness solutions by connecting hardware, software and services through industry-leading, responsible AI. We are committed to building an ecosystem of technology that improves well-being for every generation.

Panasonic Well operates in the US as Panasonic Well LLC and in Japan as a division of Panasonic Holdings Corporation. 

About The Role:

As a Staff AI Engineer you will be a key member in the development and creation of AI systems at Panasonic Well. You will be responsible for the development of platforms and solutions that drive positive outcomes for our customers, helping them live more fulfilling lives through our Responsible AI products. You will help answer questions like: How do we rapidly prototype and iterate on generative experiences, how do we ensure our customers privacy throughout the AI pipeline, how do we build scalable AI solutions and most importantly how do we ethically deploy systems that help our customers.

What You’ll Get To Do:

• Work closely with internal and external teams to develop future forward AI products and solutions focused around generative ai, computer vision and related fields.
• Advocate for emerging AI solutions
• Design, build, and deploy systems generative systems that help families live happier and healthier lives through our products and services
• Work in cross functional teams to build software that enables other teams to deliver AI products and solutions at scale.
• Help lead the application of psychology, behavioral science and coaching requirements and designs in a generative AI experience.

What You’ll Bring:

• 8+ years of software engineering development experience ideally in a regulated industry like health/wellness.
• Proven experience with AI/ML systems in some of the following areas: Generative AI (text and multimodal)
• Ability to drive consensus on approaches and solutions for creating consistently high-quality software
• Knowledge of major advancements in AI, including LMMs, Agent Systems, Responsible AI and related fields.
• Understanding the ethical ramifications of using AI in our work and being able to speak to how to ensure ethics are embedded in what we do.
• Understanding and Experience working in conversational experiences around coaching, psychology or similar fields.
• Demonstrated experience collaborating with health or clinical SMEs to inform technical solutions and quality evaluation.
• Ability to build production level systems and models.
• Experience with agile and iterative development approaches
• Experience with Python and familiar with frameworks like hugging face transforms, pytorch, tensorflow, mlflow, kserve.

What We Offer:

At Panasonic Well, we believe the future of work is flexibility. Like many other leading Silicon Valley based businesses, we follow a hybrid workplace model post-pandemic. We believe this model is consistent with our goals of fostering a highly collaborative culture, promoting employee well-being, and developing a workplace that is engaging, equitable, and innovative.

Local (Bay Area) employees are expected to come into the office on Mondays & Wednesdays and optional on the other days of the week. Fully remote (Work From Home) employment may be available for select positions.

This position may be eligible for participation in our employee bonus program. Grade level and salary ranges are determined primarily through the scope and complexity of the role along with a review of the applicant’s experience and skills, as well as alignment with geographic market data and equity with other team members.

Employee benefits include:

• Opportunity to join a hyper-growth startup on a mission to make well-being attainable for modern families
• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA, FSA)
• 401(k) with employer match
• Life & Short Term Disability Insurance
• Supplemental Medical Coverage
• Unlimited Vacation & Accrued Sick Leave 
• 12 Company Holidays
• Paid Maternity & Parental Leave
• Paid Caregiver Leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• Group and 1-on-1 Career Coaching
• Pet Insurance
• Casual Dress Code
• Catered Lunch & Snacks
• Discounts on Panasonic products
• Company Social Events

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by law or company policy. All qualified individuals are required to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation. Pre-employment drug testing is required for safety sensitive positions or as may otherwise be required by contract or law. Due to the high volume of responses, we will only be able to respond to candidates of interest. All candidates must have valid authorization to work in the U.S. Thank you for your interest.