Software Engineer (On Contract) - Remote

Overview

We are seeking a Software Engineer with 2+ years of experience building high-performing, scalable, enterprise-grade applications, along with strong knowledge of and interest in applying AI to real-world problems.

In Short

• Collaborate with engineers, architects, product managers, and UX designers to develop innovative AI solutions for new customer use-cases.
• Work independently and iterate quickly based on customer feedback to make product tweaks.
• Participate in software design meetings and write technical design documents.
• Responsible for writing unit tests, integration tests, refactoring, and documentation.
• Understand and maintain the existing codebase by regular refactoring and applying requested fixes and features.
• Experience working within a fast-paced Agile development process.
• Maintain application stability by monitoring key metrics and improving the code base accordingly.
• Should be flexible to learn new technologies and frameworks.
• Troubleshoot complex issues discovered in-house as well as in customer environments.
• End-to-end ownership of designing solutions for feature requirements, planning, and monitoring their execution and release.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in Core Java and J2EE (Java, Spring, Hibernate/ My Batis), preferably on Java 11 and higher.
• Should have excellent knowledge of OOP concepts and data structures.
• Should have a strong knowledge of AI tools and techniques.
• Being able to use generative AI-based tools and IDE for getting work done.
• Understanding of different models at the basic level.
• Should know large language models (LLMs) fundamentals and have hands-on experience using them.
• Should know advanced Prompt Engineering.
• Experience in building AI agents with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).
• Should know about Evals.
• Should know Vector DB and different algorithms of Vector DB.
• Should have working knowledge of designing and running evaluation frameworks (evals) that test the quality, accuracy, and usefulness of code generated by AI models.
• Good knowledge of databases, preferably MySQL, and familiarity with NoSQL DBs.
• Working experience with tools/technologies like Kubernetes, Jenkins, Maven, GIT, Docker, etc.
• Good knowledge of the Linux OS is preferred.
• Nice to have knowledge and hands-on experience of any of the scripting languages such as Shell Script, Python, and PHP.
• Familiarity with refactoring, code reviews, continuous integration/delivery, and Agile development practices.
• Experience in building an AI agent with Graphs will be an additional advantage.
• Experience with training a small base LLM model with custom data will be an additional advantage.

Benefits

• Stock options
• Paternity/maternity leave
• Healthcare insurance
• Broadband reimbursement
• Healthy snacks and drinks
• Catered lunches