About The Company
Kimberly-Clark is a global leader in the manufacturing of essential consumer products, renowned for its iconic brands such as Huggies, Kleenex, Cottonelle, Scott, Kotex, Poise, and Depend. With a rich history spanning over 150 years, the company is committed to delivering innovative, high-quality products that improve the health, hygiene, and well-being of consumers worldwide. Kimberly-Clark's dedication to sustainability, inclusion, and continuous improvement positions it as a trusted partner in creating better care for a better world. The organization fosters a culture of innovation, collaboration, and purpose-driven growth, offering employees opportunities to develop their careers while making a meaningful impact on society.
About The Role
The Technical Lead - Spec at Kimberly-Clark is a pivotal role responsible for advancing product development through innovative technological solutions. This role involves designing, developing, and deploying scalable systems and components that integrate cutting-edge generative AI and agentic workflows. The ideal candidate will lead efforts in building front-end and back-end layers, creating robust APIs, and developing user interfaces that support autonomous agent behaviors. The role requires close collaboration with AI researchers and cross-functional teams to experiment with multi-agent orchestration, optimize latency, and ensure deployment best practices using Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines. The Technical Lead will also oversee strategic planning, budgeting, and research initiatives to ensure alignment with organizational goals and industry standards.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate will possess a combination of technical expertise, experience, and soft skills, including:
- At least 7+ years of full-stack development experience with a strong focus on cloud technologies.
- Hands-on experience with generative AI utilizing cloud services such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
- Proficiency in TypeScript, Next.js, React, Python, and FastAPI REST frameworks.
- Experience with open-source frameworks like LangChain, LangGraph, or CrewAI.
- Solid understanding of SQL and NoSQL databases.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native DevOps practices.
- Fluent English communication skills, both written and verbal.
Nice-to-have skills include Node.js, Docker, Kubernetes, agentic orchestration, prompt chaining, latency tuning, and experience with vector databases such as Pinecone, FAISS, Chroma, or Weaviate.
Responsibilities
- Design and build front-end interfaces using React, TypeScript, and Next.js to facilitate GenAI and agentic workflows.
- Develop scalable and secure back-end APIs supporting real-time agent interactions, tool execution, and memory management.
- Integrate advanced AI tools and services, including LangChain, Azure AI Foundry, Hugging Face, and vector databases, to enhance system capabilities.
- Implement low-latency APIs using REST and GraphQL for efficient agent communication and tool utilization.
- Deploy, monitor, and optimize AI services employing Docker, Kubernetes, and MLOps best practices to ensure high availability and performance.
- Collaborate with AI research teams on multi-agent orchestration experiments to push the boundaries of autonomous systems.
- Maintain comprehensive documentation of technical processes, architectures, and workflows for transparency and knowledge sharing.
- Drive continuous improvement through rapid experimentation, innovation, and cross-team collaboration.
- Participate in strategic planning, budgeting, and research initiatives aligned with organizational goals.
Benefits
Kimberly-Clark offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the health, well-being, and professional growth of its employees. This includes excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage with no waiting periods or restrictions related to pre-existing conditions. Employees have access to on-site fitness centers, occupational health nurses, and allowances for safety equipment to promote a healthy lifestyle. Flexible savings and spending accounts are available to maximize healthcare options and manage expenses effectively. The company provides diverse income protection insurance options to safeguard employees and their families against unforeseen circumstances. Additionally, Kimberly-Clark supports ongoing education, relocation assistance, child adoption programs, and temporary childcare solutions, fostering a supportive environment for personal and professional development.
Equal Opportunity
Kimberly-Clark is committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We believe that a workforce reflecting varied experiences and perspectives drives innovation and better serves our global consumers. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. We value and respect the unique contributions of each individual and are dedicated to creating a welcoming environment for all employees.
