Senior System Engineer

Ericsson
life insurance, paid time off, sick time, 401(k)
United States, California, Santa Clara
Jul 04, 2025
Join our Team About this opportunity: Join a high-impact team within the BCSS CNE SPS Shared Development Cloud organization, focused on system engineering in cloud native development environment. We operate like a startup within a global enterprise - embracing SRE (Site Reliability Engineering) culture, driving innovation, and continuously evolving a state-of-the-art engineering environment that powers cloud-native infrastructure at scale. If you're passionate about building reliable, modern, intelligent systems, this is the place for you. What you will do: As a System Engineer, you'll be at the heart of designing, developing, and operating the Ericsson Web Services, an internal cloud native development environment focusing on Kubernetes ecosystem and AI infrastructure. You'll research emerging technologies, define architectural approaches, and build automated, resilient, and scalable systems across compute, networking, and containerized environments. Key Responsibilities: Lead the design, architecture and implementation of AI infrastructure, ensuring that the Kubernetes platform, data, compute, and network infrastructures are integrated and optimized for AI workloads. Implement, rollout and support AI Engine service based on Kubeflow ecosystem. Take the SRE on-duty support covering North American time zone. Build and maintain automation scripts and tooling for provisioning, monitoring, and operating the cloud infrastructure and platform. Contribute to Ericsson's AI communities and engage with both internal and external ecosystem (e.g., academia, open source) to stay on the frontier of the AI domain. Collaborate with Ericsson research, product development, architecture, service, academy and multiple cross-function teams on the AI architecture and solution design to address both internal and customer use cases, especially for 5G/6G and IoT systems, dealing with massive datasets to enable smart networking, predictive operations, anomaly detection, and intelligent analysis. The skills you bring: Bachelors Degree 8+yrs Solid background in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field. A curious builder who enjoys exploring and mastering new technologies, and a hands-on problem solver who thrives on diagnosing complex issues and designing practical solutions. Demonstrated experience operating and troubleshooting large-scale, production-grade cloud infrastructure - including compute, storage, networking, Linux system, virtualization, container, and Kubernetes. Hands-on experience with AI/ML infrastructure and managing GPU workloads in Kubernetes environments. Proficiency in scripting and programming with tools and languages such as Bash, Ansible, Python and Go. Broad understanding of the CNCF landscape with the ability to evaluate and work across the full modern cloud-native stack. Why join Ericsson? At Ericsson, youll have an outstanding opportunity. The chance to use your skills and imagination to push the boundaries of whats possible. To build solutions never seen before to some of the world's toughest problems. Youll be challenged, but you won't be alone. Youll be joining a team of diverse innovators, all driven to go beyond the status quo to craft what comes next. What happens once you apply? Click Here to find all you need to know about what our typical hiring process looks like. Ericsson uses a merit-based hiring approach that values people with different experiences, perspectives and skillsets. We truly believe this approach drives innovation, which is essential for our future growth. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply and realize their full potential as part of our Ericsson team. Ericsson is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer, learn more. If you need assistance or to request an accommodation due to a disability, please contact Ericsson at hr.direct.mana@ericsson.com. DISCLAIMER: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees in this position. They are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for this position, and you may be required to perform additional job tasks as assigned. Primary country and city: United States (US) \|\| Santa Clara Job details: Developer Compensation and Benefits at Ericsson At Ericsson, we know that our people are the key to our success. We offer a competitive package to help with your individual needs and goals. Your Pay The salary range for this position is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, and the candidate's combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience. The salary range for this position is Santa Clara: $164000 - $246000 Short-Term Variable Compensation Plan: Your pay also includes the opportunity for an annual bonus. Actual bonus payouts are based on performance of the business against the unit's objectives, individual performance, and the individual bonus target. Certain eligibility and pro-ration rules apply. Sales Incentive Plan: Your pay also includes the opportunity for sales incentives as a part of Ericsson's Sales Incentive Plan. Actual payouts are based on performance of the business against the unit's objectives, individual performance, and the individual incentive target. Certain eligibility and pro-ration rules apply. Your Health Ericsson offers excellent health benefits including the choice of three medical plan options and a dental plan option that allow an employee to select the level of coverage that suits their needs. Employees will receive company credits in an amount equal to the cost that Ericsson pays toward the cost of their medical and dental premiums for themselves and eligible covered dependents. Your Financial Security We invest in both your short and long-term financial wellbeing. The Ericsson US 401(k) Plan offers an automatic 3% company contribution and Ericsson matches $1 for every $1 you put into the 401(k) Plan on the first 3% of your eligible pay, plus 50 cents on every $1 on the next 2% of eligible pay. When you contribute at least 5% of eligible pay, you are receiving Ericsson's full matching contributions. Matching and company automatic contributions stop when your total eligible pay for the year reaches the IRS limits. Employees will also receive company credits in an amount equal to the cost of basic life insurance and basic accidental death and dismemberment coverage, as well as short-term and long-term disability coverage. Employees also have the option to participate in Ericsson's Stock Purchase Plan. Your Time Your work-life balance is important to us. New employees are provided a minimum of 15 days of accrued vacation, up to 3 personal days per year, 11 annual holidays, 8 hours of volunteer time, and 80 hours of sick time annually. Please note paid time off is pro-rated based on the employee's start date. Furthermore, Ericsson provides up to 16 weeks of paid maternity leave and 6 weeks of parental or adoption leave at 100% of pay. Additional Benefits Ericsson offers many other company-paid benefits such as financial wellness programs, educational assistance, matching gifts, and recognition programs.