Staff Engineer Software (Applied AI)

About the Role:
We're hiring a Software Engineer who pairs solid Java full-stack fundamentals with genuine curiosity about building AI-powered features. You'll write and review code daily, grow your craft on real production systems, and get hands-on with products that increasingly use LLMs, RAG, and agentic workflows. This is an ideal role for an early-career engineer who wants to
build a strong distributed-systems and full-stack foundation while learning to develop AI native features from the ground up.

What You'll Do:

• Write and review code; follow and learn the team's standards of excellence.
• Evaluate user requests and help clarify objectives and functional requirements for new or modified programs.
• Design and develop software and business-process solutions based on business needs, with guidance.
• Contribute to AI-powered features helping build Mutli-agent systems, LLMbacked functionality, RAG retrieval, and simple tool-using workflows under mentorship.
• Help with basic quality checks for AI features (test prompts, sanity checks) so behavior stays predictable.
• Conduct feasibility studies for new and existing applications, making decisions within defined parameters.
• Focus on quality in all aspects of work and continually improve your standards.
• Contribute to team activities and collaborate across teams to solve problems.

Core Engineering Experience (Required):

• 912 years as a Full Stack Developer across Java, Web, and Mobile technologies.
• 9+ years in OOAD, Java EE, Web technologies, and REST APIs.
• Working knowledge of database technologies relational (Oracle, Azure SQL,PostgreSQL) and/or NoSQL (MongoDB, Cassandra) with exposure to mobile data synchronization and offline storage.
• Working knowledge of UI/Web 2.0 development (JavaScript, CSS, SCSS, HTML5, AJAX, jQuery, NodeJS, ReactJS, AngularJS) with responsive, mobile-first design.
• Foundational understanding of design patterns and building scalable, maintainable applications.
• Familiarity with application servers (Tomcat, Jetty, Reactor Netty).
• 2+ years with cloud platform services (Azure, GCP, or AWS) and cloud application development.
• Working knowledge of automated testing: JUnit/TestNG, plus Selenium, Playwright, Cucumber, Rest-Assured, Karate; mobile testing with Appium or Espresso.
• Working knowledge of the full SDLC and Agile methodologies.
• Exposure to CI/CD with Jenkins or GitHub Actions; Docker/Kubernetes is a plus.
• Familiarity with GitHub Copilot or similar AI-assisted development tools.
• Ability to understand stakeholder expectations and escalate issues that may affect delivery.

AI Skills (Mandatory):

• AI-augmented engineering: Comfortable using AI tools (e.g., Copilot, ChatGPT/Claude code ) in daily engineering work to write, debug, and learn faster, with growing awareness of cost-aware usage.
• LLM basics: Conceptual understanding of how LLM-based applications work (chatbots, Q&A, assistants), including the basics of prompt engineering and context.
• RAG awareness: Familiarity with the idea of Retrieval-Augmented Generation retrieving relevant data to ground LLM responses.
• Agentic concepts: Awareness of agentic AI ideas agents using tools, memory, and multi-step workflows.
• AI frameworks (exposure): Hands-on exposure through projects, coursework, or POCs to an LLM framework such as LangChain, LangGraph, or Google GenAI tools.

Mandatory Skills Summary:

• Languages: Java 11+
• Databases: MySQL / PostgreSQL / Oracle / MongoDB / Cassandra
• Frontend: HTML / CSS / JavaScript / ReactJS / Bootstrap
• Backend: Spring Boot / REST APIs / Microservices
• Automation Testing: JUnit / Selenium / Playwright / Cucumber / Jest
• Cloud: AWS / GCP / Azure
• DevOps: CI/CD, GitHub, Jenkins
• AI: LLM basics, RAG awareness, agentic concepts, LangChain/LangGraph exposure