Staff Software Engineer- Machine LearningAI (Remote)

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Position Purpose:

The Staff Software Engineer is responsible for leading a team of engineers building and designing a product usually in the AI/ML space that our customers and associates love. As a Staff Software Engineer you will be part of a dynamic team with engineers of all experience levels who help each other build and grow technical and leadership skills while creating deploying and supporting production addition Staff Software Engineers will assist in product and tool selection configuration security resilience performance tuning and production monitoring.
Staff Software Engineers contribute to foundational code elements that can be reused as well as architectural diagrams and other product-related documentation.
As a Staff Software Engineer you will be a core player on the product team and are expected to build and grow the skillsets of the more junior Engineers.

Key Responsibilities:

• 50% Delivery and Execution - Develops tests deploys and maintains software with a clear understanding of the value the software is to provide; Takes a broad view when approaching issues; using a global lens; Consistently achieves results even under tough circumstances; Develops test suites (functional destructive etc) to enable success rapid deployment of code to production; Takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency high energy and enthusiasm; Consistently achieves results even under tough circumstances
• 10% Learns and Grows - Actively seeks ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels; Learns through successful and failed experiment when tackling new problems
• 20% Plans and Aligns - Creates new and better ways for the organization to be successful; Delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences; Works the Product Team to ensure user stories are developer ready easy to understand and testable; Collaborates with other team members in agile processes; Relates openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people; Adapts approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations
• 20% Supports and Enables - Fields questions from product and engineering teams; Helps grow junior engineers by providing guidance on modern software development frameworks and leading technical discussions; Notes gaps on the team and provides suggestions for changes to make the team more productive

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

• This position typically reports to Software Engineer Manager or Sr. Manager
• This position typically has 0 Direct Reports

Travel Requirements:

• No travel required.

Physical Requirements:

• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3-5 years of relevant work experience
• Extensive experience an object-oriented programming language (preferably Java) Relational or noSQL database technology cloud computing techniques CI/CD tools modern software design patterns
• Experience and exposure to Salesforce
• Experience in training machine learning models with extremely large datasets
• Experience in Google Cloud Platform and AI/ML related components such as Vertex AI BigQueryML and AutoML
• Experience in effective data engineering practices and big data platforms such as BigQuery Data Store etc
• Experience in a modern scripting language (preferably Python)
• Experience in modern web application framework such as
• Experience in effective data modeling with both Relational and NoSQL databases
• Experience with security frameworks for user and services authorization and authentication
• Experience with creating and executing unit functional destructive and performance tests
• Experience with modern debugging and root cause analysis techniques
• Experience with version control system
• Experience in designing systems for High Availability Disaster Recovery Performance Efficiency and Security
• Exposure to developing technical roadmaps including work estimation refactoring and modernizing legacy systems

Minimum Education:

• The knowledge skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelors degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Preferred Education:

• No additional education

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

• 3

Preferred Years of Work Experience:

• No additional years of experience

Minimum Leadership Experience:

• None

Preferred Leadership Experience:

• None

Certifications:

• None

Competencies:

• Global Perspective
• Manages Ambiguity
• Nimble Learning
• Self-Development
• Collaborates
• Cultivates Innovation
• Situational Adaptability
• Communicates Effectively
• Drives Results
• Interpersonal Savvy

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