Software Engineer

Description

The Corporate Strategy group at Credo is looking for a Software Engineer to join our team in San Jose CA and drive automation of internal workflows and toolsets reporting to the SVP of Product.

In this role you become an integral part of the Corporate Strategy Team mapping business processes across functional organizations and identifying opportunities for automation using modern AI tools. This position emphasizes hands-on engagement with internal stakeholders including business users IT and executive management to negotiate data and process flow changes define product requirements and determine build-versus-buy paths. The role will also partner with cross-functional teams to develop integrate and drive adoption of AI-powered internal tools that accelerate Credos operations.

Base salary rangeis $100000 - $135000 a year. The base salary offer will depend on factors such as education experience training skills qualifications and location. This position is also eligible for a discretionary bonus equity and a full range of medical and other benefits.

Why Credo

• Purpose: We invest in what matters. From meaningful future-shaping projects to competitive compensation we empower you to grow your career while making a lasting impact.
• People: Connection starts within. We collaborate celebrate wins and create an environment where everyone can do their best work.
• Possibilities: Our belief shapes whats next. Our technology powers the most reliable and energy-efficient connections around the world and our team powers the new products and markets that come next.

Requirements

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in computer science software engineering engineering mathematics or a related field or equivalent demonstrated ability to build and ship software.
• Two or more years writing production software including at least one application you took from empty repository to real users and then supported once it was live.
• Strong data modeling and systems-thinking skills with the ability to turn ambiguous business processes messy operational data and evolving business rules into clear schemas workflows and application logic.
• Working fluency in Python and SQL (Structured Query Language) plus experience building modern web applications across frontend frameworks backend APIs and relational databases.
• Hands-on experience building with LLM application programming interfaces (APIs) not just using AI coding assistants or chat products.
• Ability to write and communicate clearly for technical and non-technical audiences alike.
• Comfort operating with competing priorities and incomplete information and willingness to sit with business users to figure out what they actually need.

Preferred Qualifications

• Two to five years in business process automation internal tooling or a forward-deployed engineering role with tools that non-technical users logged into weekly rather than prototypes that were demoed once.
• Experience building evaluation harnesses for LLM features and a view on when a language model is the wrong tool for the job.
• Integration work against enterprise systems of record: a customer relationship management (CRM) platform an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system a cloud data warehouse and the Microsoft 365 and SharePoint APIs.
• Track record of build-versus-buy judgment including at least one case where you evaluated options and correctly chose to buy.
• Domain literacy in semiconductors hardware or supply chain: bookings backlog design wins forecast accuracy bills of materials lead times.
• Experience working directly with executives including presenting recommendations and having them challenged in the room.
• Something you built outside of work that real people use or have used and that you can demo.