Agilent Technologies

Lead, AI Engineering & SDLC Automation

Agilent Technologies$167K — $261K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years in software engineering, platform engineering, or related fields.
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent.
  • Strong software engineering experience with integration, automation, and developer tooling.
  • Hands-on experience with AI agents and LLM-based solutions.
  • Familiarity with continuous integration, SDLC tooling, and cloud services.
  • Understanding of responsible AI practices and governance.
  • Experience leading cross-team technical initiatives.

Responsibilities

  • Provide technical leadership for AI engineering and automation.
  • Shape the strategy and roadmap for AI in software engineering.
  • Evaluate and recommend tools and automation opportunities.
  • Design engineering tools and workflows to enhance productivity.
  • Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines and developer platforms.
  • Establish standards and safety protocols for AI implementations.
  • Lead complex, cross-functional projects from inception to completion.

Benefits

  • Option to work remotely.
  • Health benefits and wellness programs.
  • 401(k) with company match.
  • Opportunities for professional development and training.
  • Eligibility for bonuses and stock options.
Full Job Description
Job Description

We’relooking for aLead, AI Engineering & SDLC Automationto join our Developer Experience team and provide technical leadership for Productivity Solutions Division’s (PSD) AI engineering and SDLC automation efforts. This Expert individual contributor role will focus on using AI and automation to improve how our teams build, test, secure, and deliver software.

As part of Platform Engineering,youllhelp improve the development experience across PSD by bringing new capabilities and automation into the tools, platforms, and workflows our development community uses every day. This is a hands-on role that will help shape technical direction, evaluatenew technologies, build solutions, and help teams adopt new tools and ways of working.

Impact

Your work will help PSD reduce manual effort, improve developer experience, and make software delivery more consistent and efficient. Success means turning AI capabilities into practical solutions that teamsuseand that measurably improve how software is developed and delivered.

WhatYoullDo

  • Provide technical leadership for AI engineering and SDLC automation across PSD.

  • Shape the technical strategy, roadmap, and delivery approach for AI and automation in software engineering.

  • Identify, evaluate, and recommend tools, agents, copilots, platforms, and automation opportunities.

  • Design and deliver engineering tools, agentic workflows, copilots, and automation that improve developer productivity and software delivery.

  • Integrate these capabilities into continuous integration anddeliverypipelines, developer paved roads, engineering workflows, and platform services.

  • Establish practical standards, governance practices, evaluation methods, safety guardrails, and secure integration patterns for responsible use of AI.

  • Partner withDevSecOps, Security, Quality Engineering, IT, platform teams, and engineering teams to bring automation into software delivery practices.

  • Lead complex, cross-functional initiatives from discovery and experimentation through implementation, adoption, and measurement.

  • Build reference implementations and working examples that make it easier for teams to adopt new capabilities.

  • Providetechnical guidance and mentoring to engineers and teams adopting new development practices.

  • Define and track measures of success, including adoption, developer productivity, toil reduction, quality, reliability, and developer experience.

  • Represent PSD in technical forums and contribute technicalexpertiseto broader AI engineering and automation efforts across Agilent.


Qualifications

What You Bring

  • Typically8+ years of relevant experience in software engineering, platform engineering, DevOps, developer productivity, workflow automation, SDLC automation, or related areas.

  • Bachelor’s or Master’sdegree in computer science, engineering, ora relatedfield, or equivalent experience.

  • Strong software engineering experience, including building integrations, automation, APIs, developer tooling, or platform capabilities.

  • Hands-on experience building or integrating AI agents, copilots, LLM-based solutions, agentic workflows, or similar capabilities.

  • Experience with continuous integration and delivery, SDLC tooling, developer workflows, and cloud or platform services.

  • Ability to take broad or ambiguous engineering problems and turn them into practical technical solutions.

  • Understanding ofresponsible AI practices, including governance, safety guardrails, evaluation methods, usage controls, and secure integration.

  • Experience leading technical work across teams throughexpertise, collaboration, and influence.

  • Experience helping engineering teams adopt new tools, technologies, and development practices.

  • Ability to balance developer productivity with quality, reliability, security, cost, and responsible AI use.

  • Ability to communicate complex technical topics clearly with engineers, technical leaders, and senior stakeholders.

  • Experience solving difficult engineering problems, sharing knowledge, and making an impact beyond a single team or project.

Additional Details

This job has a full time weekly schedule. It includes the option to work remotely. Applications for this job will be accepted until at least September 22, 2026 or until the job is no longer posted.

The full-time equivalent pay range for this position is $167,328.00 - $261,450.00/yr plus eligibility for bonus, stock and benefits. Our pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. During the hiring process, a recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for a preferred location. Pay and benefit information by country are available at: https://careers.agilent.com/locations

Travel Required:
Occasional

Shift:
Day

Duration:
No End Date

Job Function:
R&D

About Agilent Technologies

Agilent Technologies is a global leader in life sciences, diagnostics, and applied chemical markets. With more than 50 years of insight and innovation, Agilent instruments, software, services, solutions, and people provide trusted answers to customers' most challenging questions. The company generated revenue of $5.34 billion in fiscal 2020 and employs 16,600 people worldwide.
Learn more about Agilent Technologies
Size
17,400 employees
Market Cap
$44.2 billion
Industry
Net Income
$810 million
Founded
1999
5 Year Trend
+8.9%
Revenue
$5.5 billion
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