At Qualtrics, we create software the world’s best brands use to deliver exceptional frontline experiences, build high-performing teams, and design products people love. But we are more than a platform—we are the creators and stewards of the Experience Management category serving over 18K clients globally. Building a category takes grit, determination, and a disdain for convention—but most of all it requires close-knit, high-functioning teams with an unwavering dedication to serving our customers.

When you join one of our teams, you’ll be part of a nimble group that’s empowered to set aggressive goals and move fast to achieve them. Strategic risks are encouraged and complex problems are solved together, by passing the mic and iterating until the best solution comes to light. You won’t have to look to find growth opportunities—ready or not, they’ll find you.

From retail to government to healthcare, we’re on a mission to bring humanity, connection, and empathy back to business. Join over 5,000 people across the globe who think that’s work worth doing. Software Engineer I - Topics Core Platform Team Why We Have This Role The Topics Core Platform team is building the next generation of text analytics capabilities powered by AI and LLMs.

This role sits at the intersection of greenfield innovation and production impact, where you'll help shape how Qualtrics customers extract meaning from their data. You'll work on features that interact with LLMs and agentic systems, collaborating across product, design, and quality engineering to deliver capabilities that matter. This is a chance to work on cutting-edge technology while building products that directly impact our customers' ability to understand their data.

How You’ll Find Success Takes initiative on projects with clear outcomes and context, working entrepreneurially to solve problems. Writes clean, well-tested code and understands the importance of code reviews and best practices in software development. Collaborates effectively across functions (PM, UX, QE, and other engineering teams) and communicates clearly about progress and blockers.

Learns new technologies quickly and adapts to shifting priorities as the team explores what works in the AI space. Contributes to team knowledge by sharing learnings and helping others level up on new tools and approaches. Demonstrates curiosity about the full stack, from backend systems to user-facing interfaces, and is willing to work across the entire technology spectrum.

Shows ownership of features end-to-end, driving work forward even when it requires coordination with multiple teams. How You’ll Grow Work directly with LLMs and agentic systems, technologies that are reshaping software development and where hands-on experience is rare and valuable. js, React, Python, SQL) with a team that documents and shares learnings daily.

Grow your full-stack capabilities by working across frontend and backend systems on the same features. Develop cross-functional collaboration skills by partnering with product, design, and other engineering teams on complex projects. Things You’ll Do Build and ship features that leverage LLMs and agentic systems to power Qualtrics' text analytics capabilities, working across the full stack from database to UI.

Collaborate with other engineering teams in the Enrichments space to integrate your work and unblock downstream dependencies. Participate in code reviews, testing, and quality practices that keep the codebase maintainable and reliable as the team scales. Learn and apply new AI tooling and development practices alongside your teammates, contributing to the team's collective knowledge base.

Contribute to the team's approach to agile development, experimenting with new ideas and iterating quickly based on what works. Drive ownership of assigned projects, managing dependencies and communication with stakeholders to ensure successful delivery.

What We’Re Looking For

Software Engineer I - Topics Core Platform Team - Seattle