Staff Software Engineer – Full Stack & GenAI

It’s not just about your career or job title… It’s about who you are and the impact you will make on the world. Because whether it’s for each other or our customers, we put People First. When our people come together, we Expand the Possible and continuously look for ways to improve what we create and how we do it. If you are constantly striving to grow, you’re in good company. We are revolutionizing the way the world moves for future generations, and we want someone who is ready to move with us.

Who are we?

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems.
Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress and unlocks our customers’ potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more!

Job Description:   Staff Software Engineer- Full Stack & GenAI

Who will you be working with?

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Wabtec IT Data & Analytics (DnA) Team, you'll serve as a key member of the Advanced Analytics & AI Development team. You’ll partner with data engineers, AI specialists, and business stakeholders to deliver production‑grade Full‑Stack and GenAI capabilities that solve complex data problems across business units.

How will you make a difference?

You will own architecture and delivery of scalable services and AI‑powered features, set engineering standards, mentor engineers, and ensure our systems meet availability, latency, cost, and security goals.

As a Staff Software Engineer within the Wabtec IT Data & Analytics (DnA) Team, you will be responsible for:

·  Architecture ownership: Define and communicate architecture for event‑driven, microservice, and full‑stack systems; write ADRs and guide domain boundaries.

·  GenAI in production: Design and ship LLM‑powered services (prompt pipelines, RAG, evaluation, guardrails) with strong observability and cost controls.

·  End‑to‑end delivery: Build secure APIs (FastAPI/Node/NestJS), data contracts, and React front‑ends; ensure robust CI/CD, testing, and rollout plans.

·  Security by design: Threat modeling, secure secrets, authN/Z (OAuth/JWT), and audit logging; drive remediation at scale.

·  Technical leadership: Mentor engineers, lead design reviews, raise the bar on coding standards and documentation quality.

·  Cross‑team influence: Align roadmaps, articulate trade‑offs to leaders, and drive platform standards across DnA and partner teams.

·  Continuous improvement: Promote a learning culture, run blameless postmortems, and improve developer experience.

What do we want to know about you?

You must have:

The minimum qualifications for this role include:

·  Minimum of Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science or Engineering from an accredited university or college

·  10+ years in software engineering, with 3+ years leading design/architecture and mentoring.

·  Strong in Python and TypeScript/JavaScript; fluent with SQL.

·  Front‑end experience with Angular, React (or equivalent modern framework).

·  Back‑end experience with FastAPI and/or Node/NestJS; designing REST APIs and background workers/queues.

·  Cloud & data: AWS (S3, RDS), CI/CD (GitLab or equivalent), containers (Docker, Kubernetes basics), observability/logging.

·  GenAI: Building LLM‑powered features (orchestration, prompt design, evaluation), retrieval/RAG with vector search; implementing guardrails and telemetry.

·  Security: Practical experience with secure‑by‑design patterns and compliance‑aware development.

·  Communication: Able to influence across teams and translate complex concepts for diverse stakeholders.

We would love it if you had:

• Proven track record shipping complex production applications that incorporate LLMs or AI services at enterprise scale
• Experience with Redis, job queues/workers; performance tuning and cost optimization for AI workloads.
• Vector search (e.g., pgvector, Pinecone/Weaviate), embeddings, and evaluation frameworks; LangChain/LlamaIndex familiarity.
• Kubernetes (deployments, autoscaling), IaC (Terraform/CDK), and multi‑service observability (tracing/metrics/logs).
• Prior ownership of features used by large internal/external user bases and documented reliability outcomes.
• Master’s in CS/AI/ML or equivalent industry experience

What will your typical day look like?

• Collaborate with AI, data, and app engineering in stand‑ups and design sessions; remove blockers and align delivery with business priorities.
• Write clean, testable code; review PRs; harden services with telemetry, alerts, and playbooks.
• Run experiments and evaluations for AI features; measure quality, latency, and cost; iterate based on data.
• Mentor engineers; raise engineering quality via examples, docs, and technical talks.

What about the physical demands of the job?

• Hybrid work as per Wabtec policy.
• Work independently and as part of a team
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously

You may also be asked to perform other duties outside of your function or trade, for which adequate training will be provided if necessary.

Our Commitment to Embrace Diversity:

Wabtec is a global company that invests not just in our products, but also our people by embracing diversity and inclusion. We care about our relationships with our employees and take pride in celebrating the variety of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds that bring us together. At Wabtec, we aspire to create a place where we all belong and where diversity is welcomed and appreciated.   

To fulfill that commitment, we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity, and inclusion. We aim to employ the world’s brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We have created a space where everyone is given the opportunity to contribute based on their individual experiences and perspectives and recognize that these differences and diverse perspectives make us better.

We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences, and styles… People like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

What could you accomplish in a place that puts People First?

At Wabtec, it’s not just about a job - it’s about the impact you make. When our people come together, we’re Expanding the Possible by continuously improving what we do and how we do it - for our clients and each other.

If you’re ready to revolutionize how the world moves for future generations, Wabtec is the place for you.
 

Who are we?

Wabtec is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for the freight and transit rail sectors. Drawing on more than 150 years of experience, we are leading the way in safety, efficiency, reliability, innovation, and productivity. Whether it’s freight, transit, ports, logistics, mining, industrial, or marine, our expertise, technologies, and people together – are accelerating the future of transportation. With roots that date back to George Westinghouse, Thomas Edison, and Louis Faiveley, Wabtec has always built technologies and implemented solutions for a variety of sectors that are critical to meeting the needs of customers and governments alike.

Our global team of about 30,000 employees worldwide delivers performance that moves the world forward. We’re lifelong learners, obsessed with better. Learn more at www.WabtecCorp.com.

Culture powers us and the possibilities.

We believe the best ideas come from a mix of experiences and backgrounds. At Wabtec, we strive every day to create a place where everyone belongs. We’re building a culture where leadership, inclusion and your unique perspective fuel progress.

We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome talent of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities, including race, gender, age, disability, veteran status and more.

Need accommodation? Just let us know - we’ve got you.