Senior Software Engineer (P1129)

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As a Senior Software, AI Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in designing and implementing cutting-edge artificial intelligence and software solutions. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams of Data Scientists, Data Engineers, and Product Leads to understand business requirements, and ensure our platforms enable development of scalable and robust systems.  The successful candidate will be an innovative, forward thinking technology leader with a relentless focus on customers and inspiring people. They will be a natural networker across roles and teams alike. 
 

RESPONSIBILITIES:  

• Execute the vision, goals, priorities, and work alongside the team to accomplish them. Ensure high-quality technical solutions.
• Participate in the design and implementation of Agentic AI applications.
• Drive the technical aspects of solutions where needed including proofs of concepts, sizings, designs, implementation and testing.
• Create dynamic UI components for chat, multi-modal inputs, and real-time data streaming.
• Launch, monitor, and optimize AI applications using cloud services and container tools.
• Connect LLMs, vector databases, and machine learning models into existing software via APIs
• Drive continuous improvement to deliver solutions that are at the forefront of industry leading techniques while also adhering to best practices.
• Assist in the design of and implement effective prompts to guide AI responses withing specific parameters.
• Assist Data Scientist through testing and analysis of AI responses to prompts, identifying areas for improvement.
• Support a culture of learning and development. Promote and enable technical skills development in support of high-quality code components, systems, and solutions.
• Work in partnership with Product and Architecture teams to derive technical requirements from business requirements and identify risk areas.
• Support recruitment and resource plans of the team to hire great development talent; including; recruiting, interviewing, and onboarding/training  
• Escalate concerns to leadership, as needed, and remove roadblocks for the team
• An advocate for 84.51 delivery methodology.
• Participate in and contribute to Agile team ceremonies; including Backlog Reviews, Retrospectives, Architectural Reviews, team and system demos
• Work cross functionally to align strategy, methodology and execution 

 QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS & EXPERIENCE  

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher and relevant certifications in technology and/or project management
• 3+ years of experience working in infrastructure/cloud and/or software development
• 3+ years of experience using advanced algorithms, programming languages, or technologies
• Strong knowledge and skill in cloud computing solutions, technologies, and trends  
• Hands-on experience in delivery and support of cloud services in a hybrid or multi-cloud architecture using at least two major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI).
• Extensive, hands-on experience with modern software development concepts such as CI/CD, service-oriented architecture, infrastructure as code, and/or containerization
• Understanding of AI principles and development processes
• Strong experience leading and operating in a lean, agile environment with distributed teams.
• Excellent communication skills, particularly on technical topics.  
• Comfort with independent learning of new technologies, and willingness to jump into using unfamiliar tools  
• High level of independence; ability to make time-sensitive decisions rapidly and solve urgent problems without escalation.
• Strong time and project management skills; the ability to balance multiple, simultaneous work items and prioritize as necessary.
• Demonstrated success in working collaboratively across technology and governance roles to develop, implement, and operate systems that improve processes & efficiencies, and support business strategies. 

 Desired Characteristics & Technical Skills: 

• Experience with Azure 
• Experience with  LangChain, LangSmith, LangGraph
• Experience with GitHub, GitHub Actions, Harness or related tools
• Experience with Python, FastAPI or other Python based API framework
• Experience with Angular, React Javascript Framework
• Experience with Git, Git Actions  

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