{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"c0cf8b0df30ecb0f87968ee3","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/c0cf8b0df30ecb0f87968ee3","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/c0cf8b0df30ecb0f87968ee3","title":"Senior Software Engineer, AI Code Modernization","description":"Senior Software Engineer, AI Code Modernization\n\nLocation: Hybrid – Exton, PA/Philadelphia\n\nPosition Summary\nBentley is building a specialized AI Code Modernization team focused on applying advanced AI techniques to transform large-scale engineering software systems. This team is responsible for developing AI-powered modernization pipelines that help migrate and evolve complex legacy applications, including scientific and engineering codebases, into modern cloud-native architectures.\nThis is a highly applied engineering role. You will work at the intersection of software engineering, AI systems, developer tooling, and modernization automation. Success is measured through production impact, scalability, reliability, and the ability to accelerate modernization across Bentley's portfolio of products.\n\nWhat You'll Do\nDesign and build AI-driven software transformation pipelines for large-scale legacy codebases.\nDevelop and improve agentic AI workflows that support code understanding, refactoring, validation, and modernization.\nModernize existing desktops, simulation, and engineering applications into cloud-native services and modern architectures.\nUse loop engineering approach to improve quality, reduce costs and accelerate the conversion/test/correction process.\n\nEvaluate and improve AI systems for accuracy, reliability, performance, observability, and cost efficiency.\nCreate automated tooling, validation frameworks, and testing strategies to ensure correctness of transformed code.\nPartner with architects, product leaders, and engineering teams to identify modernization opportunities and drive adoption.\nContribute to technical direction, best practices, and reusable modernization frameworks that can be leveraged across Bentley.\nHelp establish and share expertise in a rapidly evolving AI domain.\nThis role does not require travel.\nRequires sitting or standing at will while performing work on a computer (or any other physical requirements).\n\nRequired Qualifications\nStrong software development background with ownership of production systems.\nExperience building, maintaining, or modernizing complex software applications.\nDemonstrated understanding of software performance, reliability, scalability, testing, and failure modes.\nPractical experience applying AI, machine learning, inference pipelines, optimization techniques, or intelligent automation to real-world problems.\nSystems-oriented mindset with the ability to bring structure to ambiguous technical challenges.\nExperience designing pipelines, feedback loops, iterative systems, or large-scale developer tooling.\nStrong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience with Rust, C++, C, or Fortran.\nExperience modernizing legacy systems or migrating applications to cloud-native architectures.\nBackground in DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, testing frameworks, simulation systems, benchmarking, or validation tooling.\nExperience working with engineering, scientific, mathematical, or simulation software.\nFamiliarity with cloud platforms and distributed systems.\nInterest in emerging AI development patterns, agentic workflows, and software transformation technologies.\n\nWhat Success Looks Like\nSuccessful candidates will demonstrate the ability to:\nModernize existing systems rather than only building greenfield solutions.\nMake thoughtful tradeoffs between performance, reliability, latency, maintainability, and cost.\nApply AI in practical, production-oriented ways.\nNavigate ambiguity while maintaining engineering rigor.\nBuild systems that continuously improve and scale over time.\n\nWho Thrives in This Role\nEngineers who enjoy applying AI to real-world engineering challenges and measuring success through production impact.\nBuilders who are comfortable working within large, evolving codebases.\nGeneralists who enjoy moving across languages, tools, and technical domains.\nEngineers who embrace continuous learning as AI capabilities and modernization approaches evolve.\n\nWhat We Offer:\nA great Team and culture – please see our colleague video.\nAn exciting career as an integral part of a world-leading software company providing solutions for architecture, engineering, and construction - watch this short documentary about how we got our start.\nAn attractive salary and benefits package.\nA commitment to inclusion, belonging and colleague wellbeing through global initiatives and resource groups.\nA company committed to making a real difference by advancing the world’s infrastructure for better quality of life, where your contributions help build a more sustainable, connected, and resilient world. Discover our latest user success stories for an insight into our global impact.\n\nAbout Bentley Systems\n\nAround the world, infrastructure professionals rely on software from Bentley Systems to help them design, build, and operate better and more resilient infrastructure for transportation, water, energy, cities, and more. Founded in 1984 by engineers for engineers, Bentley is the partner of choice for engineering firms and owner-operators worldwide, with software that spans engineering disciplines, industry sectors, and all phases of the infrastructure lifecycle. Through our digital twin solutions, we help infrastructure professionals unlock the value of their data to transform project delivery and asset performance. www.bentley.com\nEqual Opportunity Employer:\nBentley is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, pregnancy, protected veteran status, religion, national origin, age, genetic information or any other protected characteristic. This commitment extends to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, compensation, and training. Know Your Rights as an applicant under the law.\n\nBentley Policy on EEO, Affirmative Action and Pay Transparency Non-Discrimination\nBentley participates in e-Verify / Bentley participate in e-Verify / Right to Work Notice\n\nRequest an Accommodation:\n\nAs an Equal Opportunity Employer, Bentley is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. We encourage you to request a reasonable accommodation if you are not able to fully use or access our online application system. 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This team is responsible for developing AI-powered modernization pipelines that help migrate and evolve complex legacy applications, including scientific and engineering codebases, into modern cloud-native architectures.\nThis is a highly applied engineering role. You will work at the intersection of software engineering, AI systems, developer tooling, and modernization automation. Success is measured through production impact, scalability, reliability, and the ability to accelerate modernization across Bentley's portfolio of products.\n\nWhat You'll Do\nDesign and build AI-driven software transformation pipelines for large-scale legacy codebases.\nDevelop and improve agentic AI workflows that support code understanding, refactoring, validation, and modernization.\nModernize existing desktops, simulation, and engineering applications into cloud-native services and modern architectures.\nUse loop engineering approach to improve quality, reduce costs and accelerate the conversion/test/correction process.\n\nEvaluate and improve AI systems for accuracy, reliability, performance, observability, and cost efficiency.\nCreate automated tooling, validation frameworks, and testing strategies to ensure correctness of transformed code.\nPartner with architects, product leaders, and engineering teams to identify modernization opportunities and drive adoption.\nContribute to technical direction, best practices, and reusable modernization frameworks that can be leveraged across Bentley.\nHelp establish and share expertise in a rapidly evolving AI domain.\nThis role does not require travel.\nRequires sitting or standing at will while performing work on a computer (or any other physical requirements).\n\nRequired Qualifications\nStrong software development background with ownership of production systems.\nExperience building, maintaining, or modernizing complex software applications.\nDemonstrated understanding of software performance, reliability, scalability, testing, and failure modes.\nPractical experience applying AI, machine learning, inference pipelines, optimization techniques, or intelligent automation to real-world problems.\nSystems-oriented mindset with the ability to bring structure to ambiguous technical challenges.\nExperience designing pipelines, feedback loops, iterative systems, or large-scale developer tooling.\nStrong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders.\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience with Rust, C++, C, or Fortran.\nExperience modernizing legacy systems or migrating applications to cloud-native architectures.\nBackground in DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, testing frameworks, simulation systems, benchmarking, or validation tooling.\nExperience working with engineering, scientific, mathematical, or simulation software.\nFamiliarity with cloud platforms and distributed systems.\nInterest in emerging AI development patterns, agentic workflows, and software transformation technologies.\n\nWhat Success Looks Like\nSuccessful candidates will demonstrate the ability to:\nModernize existing systems rather than only building greenfield solutions.\nMake thoughtful tradeoffs between performance, reliability, latency, maintainability, and cost.\nApply AI in practical, production-oriented ways.\nNavigate ambiguity while maintaining engineering rigor.\nBuild systems that continuously improve and scale over time.\n\nWho Thrives in This Role\nEngineers who enjoy applying AI to real-world engineering challenges and measuring success through production impact.\nBuilders who are comfortable working within large, evolving codebases.\nGeneralists who enjoy moving across languages, tools, and technical domains.\nEngineers who embrace continuous learning as AI capabilities and modernization approaches evolve.\n\nWhat We Offer:\nA great Team and culture – please see our colleague video.\nAn exciting career as an integral part of a world-leading software company providing solutions for architecture, engineering, and construction - watch this short documentary about how we got our start.\nAn attractive salary and benefits package.\nA commitment to inclusion, belonging and colleague wellbeing through global initiatives and resource groups.\nA company committed to making a real difference by advancing the world’s infrastructure for better quality of life, where your contributions help build a more sustainable, connected, and resilient world. Discover our latest user success stories for an insight into our global impact.\n\nAbout Bentley Systems\n\nAround the world, infrastructure professionals rely on software from Bentley Systems to help them design, build, and operate better and more resilient infrastructure for transportation, water, energy, cities, and more. Founded in 1984 by engineers for engineers, Bentley is the partner of choice for engineering firms and owner-operators worldwide, with software that spans engineering disciplines, industry sectors, and all phases of the infrastructure lifecycle. Through our digital twin solutions, we help infrastructure professionals unlock the value of their data to transform project delivery and asset performance. www.bentley.com\nEqual Opportunity Employer:\nBentley is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, pregnancy, protected veteran status, religion, national origin, age, genetic information or any other protected characteristic. This commitment extends to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, compensation, and training. 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