Senior Associate Engineer - AI Services

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The Senior Associate Software Development Engineer is a developing subject matter expert, tasked with supporting the designing, developing, and testing of software systems, modules, or applications for software enhancements and new products including cloud-based or internet-related tools.

This role is accountable for supporting detailed design for certain modules/sub-systems, doing prototype for multi-vendor infrastructure, and showcasing it internally or externally to clients.

This role designs and develops functionality in a micro-services environment working with APIs, telemetry data, and running ML/AI algorithms on it, working with both structured and unstructured data.

Key responsibilities:

• Receives instructions to design and develop solutions and functionality that drives the growth of business.
• Contributes to writing and testing code.
• Supports the execution of automated testing.
• Receives instructions from various stakeholders to participate in software deployment.
• Supports the delivery of software components while working in collaboration with the product team.
• Supports the integration and building of solutions through automation and coding, using 3rd party software.
• Receives instructions to craft, build, and debug large scale distributed systems.
• Supports writing, updating and maintaining the technical program, end-user documentation, and operational procedures.
• Assists with refactoring code.
• Contributes to the reviewing of code written by other developers.
• Performs any other related task as required.

To thrive in this role, you need to have:

• Developing understanding of cloud architecture and services in multiple public clouds like AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure, and Microsoft Office 365.
• Subject matter expert in programming languages such as C/C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, Node.js, libraries and frameworks.
• Developing expertise of data structures, algorithms, and software design with strong analytical and debugging skills.
• Developing knowledge of micro services-based software architecture and experience with API product development.
• Developing expertise in SQL and no-SQL data stores including Elasticsearch, MongoDB, Cassandra.
• Developing understanding of container run time (Kubernetes, Docker, LXC/LXD).
• Developing proficiency with agile, lean practices and believes in test-driven development.
• Possess a can-do attitude and one that takes initiative.
• Excellent ability to work well in a diverse team with different backgrounds and experience levels.
• Excellent ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Developing proficiency with CI/CD concepts and tools.
• Developing proficiency with cloud-based infrastructure and deployments.
• Excellent attention to detail.

Academic qualifications and certifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field.
• Microsoft Certified Azure Fundamentals preferred.
• Relevant agile certifications preferred.

Required experience:

• Moderate level experience working with geo-distributed teams through innovation, bootstrapping, pilot, and production phases with multiple stakeholders to the highest levels of quality and performance.
• Moderate level experience with tools across full software delivery lifecycle, for example. IDE, source control, CI, test, mocking, work tracking, defect management.
• Moderate level experience in Agile and Lean methodologies, Continuous Delivery / DevOps, Analytics / data-driven processes.
• Familiarity with working with large data sets and ability to apply proper ML/AI algorithms.
• Moderate level experience in developing micro-services and RESTful APIs.
• Moderate level experience in software development.

Workplace type:

Hybrid Working