Innovation Engineer-Senior Software Engineer

Position Description:

Company Profile:

At CGI were a team of builders. We call our employees members because all who join CGI are building their own company - one that has grown to 72000 professionals located in 40 countries. Founded in 1976 CGI is a leading IT and business process services firm committed to helping clients succeed. We have the global resources expertise stability and dedicated professionals needed to achieve. At CGI were a team of builders. We call our employees members because all who join CGI are building their own company - one that has grown to 72000 professionals located in 40 countries. Founded in 1976 CGI is a leading IT and business process services firm committed to helping clients succeed. We have the global resources expertise stability and dedicated professionals needed to achieve results for our clients - and for our members. Come grow with us. Learn more at .

This is a great opportunity to join a winning team. CGI offers a competitive compensation package with opportunities for growth and professional development. Benefits for full-time permanent members start on the first day of employment and include a paid time-off program and profit participation and stock purchase plans. We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position however only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. No unsolicited agency referrals please.


Position: Senior Software Engineer
Experience: 7-12 years
Category: Software Development/ Engineering
Shift Timings: 1:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Main location: Hyderabad
Work Type: Work from office (All 5 Days work from office in ODC)
Skill: AI/ML/Python/GenAI/GCP
Employment Type: Full Time
Job Id: J0126-0735

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Your future duties and responsibilities:

Lead end-to-end design and development of scalable cloud-native products from ideation PoC pilot to production rollout.

Architect and implement distributed systems using microservices APIs containers (Docker) Kubernetes and CI/CD pipelines.

Build deploy and optimize AI/ML and GenAI solutions including LLM-based applications RAG pipelines and vector databases.

Ensure robust MLOps practices covering model lifecycle management monitoring versioning and continuous improvement.

Design systems adhering to 12-factor app principles focusing on high availability autoscaling resiliency and cost optimization.

Own cloud architecture across AWS/GCP/Azure ensuring security performance and compliance with enterprise standards.

Implement observability solutions for logging monitoring alerting and performance tuning.

Define and execute deployment strategies such as blue-green and canary releases to ensure zero-downtime deployments.

Collaborate with product business and cross-functional teams to translate business problems into scalable technical solutions.

Mentor and guide engineers set engineering best practices and contribute to technical decision-making in high-ambiguity environments.
We are looking for a senior technologist with strong experience in cloud-native product development and AI/GenAI platforms. The role involves driving innovation from concept to production while mentoring teams and partnering closely with business stakeholders.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role:

7 years of hands-on experience in product development R&D or advanced engineering roles.

Proven track record of delivering production-grade systems not limited to PoCs or prototypes.

Strong expertise in cloud-native architecture using AWS GCP or Azure.

Hands-on experience with Python SQL microservices Docker Kubernetes and CI/CD.

Practical experience with AI/ML GenAI LLMs RAG frameworks vector databases and MLOps.

Strong understanding of cloud security networking fundamentals and best practices.

Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Good-to-Have / Preferred Skills

Experience designing enterprise-scale AI platforms or internal developer platforms.

Exposure to serverless architectures and event-driven systems.

Experience optimizing cloud costs and performance at scale.

Prior experience in mentoring technical leadership or architecture review boards.

Familiarity with open-source AI/ML frameworks and tooling.

Experience working in fast-paced high-growth or ambiguous environments.

Publications patents or contributions to open-source projects are a plus.

Skills:

• Artificial Intelligence
• Cloud Computing
• DevOps
• English
• Google Cloud Platform
• RESTful (Rest-APIs)
• Software Architecture
• Database
• Front End Development

What you can expect from us:

Together as owners lets turn meaningful insights into action.

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership teamwork respect and belonging. Here youll reach your full potential because

You are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. Thats why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our companys strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. Youll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas embrace new opportunities and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

Youll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. Youll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well-being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

Come join our teamone of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.