Software Engineer, Manufacturing & Supply Chain
The Software Engineer for Manufacturing & Supply Chain at Confidential Client is responsible for developing and maintaining software systems that automate and optimize AI infrastructure delivery, procurement, manufacturing, and supply chain processes. This role involves close collaboration with factory floor experts and sourcing teams to embed operational knowledge into scalable software solutions, ensuring efficient ordering, tracking, and quality control of high-value hardware components. The position demands autonomy, rapid iteration, and a strong focus on building impactful, production-grade software that accelerates the deployment of frontier AI compute infrastructure.
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About the Role
Confidential Client is hiring a Software Engineer focused on manufacturing and supply-chain systems. You will build software that turns complex bills-of-materials (BOMs), procurement data, warehouse receipts, and inspection evidence into trusted operational decisions and automated workflows. This role sits at the intersection of production operations, procurement, and software engineering — shipping features that operators use on factory floors and planners rely on for multi-billion-dollar hardware programs.
- Turn the bill of materials into the order book: templates, prices, lead times, and purchase orders flow from a single source of truth.
- Make procurement tracking trustworthy: run rules and extractors against vendor emails, documents, and contracts so drift is caught early and recovery plans are drafted automatically.
- Close the loop from receiving to payment: ensure deliveries match purchase orders, track serials in warehouse bins, and enable finance to three-way match from the same records.
- Ship manufacturing as software before the factory opens: BOM lineage, engineering-change notices, inspection/test plans and nonconformance handling are modeled and automated.
- Embed with sourcing leads, quality managers, and factory operators to transform their judgment into systems that set schedules, cash demand, and payment plans.
What You’ll Do
- Design and implement production-grade services that map procurement and manufacturing processes into code and data models.
- Build reliable extractors and document pipelines that convert messy vendor inputs into structured status and evidence.
- Integrate LLMs and agentic frameworks to automate decisions, generate tasks, and assist operators while maintaining auditable rules.
- Deliver tests, data models, and interfaces that operators adopt under real deadlines (live production runs, quarter-end closes).
- Partner with cross-functional teams — sourcing, quality, deployment — and iterate quickly based on on-site feedback.
What We’re Looking For
The list below is a starting point. Exceptional candidates who don’t match every bullet are encouraged to apply and explain where they would contribute.
- Production experience shipping code in Go, Python, or TypeScript.
- Built features using LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, or open-weight models), MCP servers, or agent frameworks.
- Put document extraction into production against messy vendor inputs and built pipelines that make extracted data actionable.
- Comfortable with AI-assisted coding tools and agent workflows (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor).
- Self-starter: identify problems, design solutions, and ship them without waiting for direction.
- Deliver durable data models and foundations other engineers can extend.
- Earned credibility with operators in factories, warehouses, or procurement and driven product adoption in operational settings.
- Strong product taste: interfaces that floor teams call obvious and workflows that match how work actually happens.
Bonus experience
- MES, ERP, WMS, or TMS systems
- BOM lineage, engineering-change control, serialized component traceability
- Supplier quality processes (NCRs, CAPA, FAI)
- Three-way match, receiving reconciliation, high-volume hardware supply chains
- LLM extraction over vendor documents
Compensation & Benefits
- Compensation Range: $224,000 - $300,000 (base + equity; Confidential Client is committed to pay equity and transparency)
- Competitive total compensation package (cash + equity)
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Retirement plan
- Generous PTO policy
Location & Employment Type
- Location: Austin, TX (on-site or hybrid expectations will be discussed during the interview)
- Employment type: Full-time
Privacy & Screening
Confidential Client may use automated tools to assist with resume screening or initial application review. These tools are used to surface matches; humans make final hiring decisions.
Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency
Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.
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