Python GenAI Lead Engineer - Vice President

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Job Overview

The Department

Developer Enablement is a function of the CTO organization. Our mission is to make it easy and enjoyable for software engineering teams to go from a business idea to delivering an innovative product solution. The main goals are to improve and upgrade our tools, streamline our processes, automate and strengthen our controls, and help development teams adopt modern working methods.

The Role

Software Engineers are critical to building the products and services we need to deliver innovative tooling within our department. Joining us a Senior Software Engineer working in Gen AI you will have the opportunity to build high-profile products, work closely with a talented group of peers and have the room to build and improve your own skillset. We believe that our Engineers should be a part of all steps of our product from idea to execution and you will be a key part along every step of that journey. You will also work with Generative AI technologies, such as GPT-5 or Gemini, embedding their capabilities in our systems.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will need to demonstrate a deep understanding of user needs and contributing to the overall product vision. Technologies that will make a candidate successful include (but are not limited to) Python, TypeScript, React, Mongo and Generative AI.

Responsibilities:

· Design, develop, and test software applications

· Work closely with other team members to ensure that the software is developed and delivered on time and within budget

· Stay up to date on the latest software development trends and technologies

· Work with a wide variety of teams across the organization and help drive them towards an everything-as-code and a codified controls mind-set

· Support and drive cultural change, instigating critical thinking about controls and processes and encouraging a culture of continuous improvement

· Utilize Python for scripting, automation, data processing, machine learning integration, and API development.

· Act as a technical leader and mentor to software engineers, providing guidance on best practices, code quality, design patterns, and problem-solving.

Characteristics:

· Able to identify and solve problems effectively

· Excellent communication and collaboration skills

· A strong product mindset, putting the user requirements at the forefront of decision making

· Connected to latest technologies in Generative AI, and keen to put them in practice

· Pragmatic, and a creative approach to managing risk

· A growth mindset and willingness to learn and adapt in a fast-paced environment

· Shows enthusiasm and develops trust through empathy

· An advocate of inclusion and diversity in every way

· A self-starter with the ability to work effectively in teams and remotely

Experience:

· 11+ years of software development experience

· Proven experience as a Full Stack Software Engineer in product teams

· Strong Experience delivering Python and GenAI products into production

· Strong hands-on experience with LLMs and fine-tuning methods

· Experience building RAG systems, including hybrid search and multi-vector retrieval

· Practical knowledge of model optimization (compression, quantization) and familiarity with tools such as DeepSpeed, vLLM, GPTQ, or similar

· Proven experience with containerization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes), and CI/CD pipelines for APIs and ML models.

· Experience working in an agile software development environment

· Experience with distributed systems, event-driven architectures, container-based micro-services, distributed logs, and NoSQL databases

· Competence with NodeJs and React

· Experience with testing frameworks such as PyTest and Playwright

· Familiarity with Java and Spring Boot a plus

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Applications Development

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Time Type:

Full time

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Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

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Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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