Genai Sofware Engineer

About the Role You ll be a key contributor on our AI Engineering team building and maintaining the production-grade microservices and APIs that power our GenAI products-chatbots document pipelines retrieval endpoints and embedding search Your primary focus will be delivering clean well-tested code robust API designs and reliable CI CD processes Core Responsibilities 1 API Service Development o Design and implement RESTful and optionally gRPC Python services using FastAPI Flask or Django o Define clear API contracts e g OpenAPI Swagger and maintain semantic versioning 2 Production-Grade Code Quality o Apply SOLID principles and clean-code practices to keep services modular and maintainable o Perform regular refactoring to reduce technical debt and adhere to style guides flake8 black o Drive thorough code reviews enforcing best practices and design consistency 3 Testing Validation o Adopt test-driven development write and maintain unit integration and end-to-end tests with pytest o Mock external dependencies LLM clients vector stores to validate error handling and edge cases o Ensure high test coverage and set up automated quality gates in CI pipelines 4 CI CD Deployment o Build and maintain CI CD pipelines GitHub Actions Jenkins or GitLab CI that run tests linting security scans and deployments o Containerize services with Docker and deploy to Kubernetes or serverless environments o Automate release versioning workflows and rollback strategies for low-risk releases 5 Collaboration Documentation o Partner with MLOps Data Science and UX UI teams to integrate new model capabilities o Maintain up-to-date design docs API specs and getting started guides for engineering peers o Contribute to sprint planning design reviews and process improvements Required Qualifications Experience 3-5 years building production Python services Frameworks o FastAPI Flask or Django for API development o Asynchronous frameworks AsyncIO aiohttp for high-concurrency endpoints APIs Protocols Strong REST experience basic gRPC or streaming is a plus Testing Proven TDD with pytest unit integration tests and mocks CI CD Hands-on with GitHub Actions Jenkins GitLab CI or equivalent Containers Orchestration Proficiency with Docker experience deploying to Kubernetes or serverless Nice-to-Have Growth Areas Familiarity with vector stores Faiss Pinecone Weaviate and embedding search integration Experience with WebSockets or SSE for real-time chat Exposure to message brokers Kafka RabbitMQ for event-driven architectures Knowledge of feature-flagging A B testing or experimentation platforms Experience in other languages like Java C Soft Skills Problem Solver Diagnoses and debugs complex issues across code infra and external services Communicator Explains design trade-offs clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences Collaborator Works effectively in cross-functional teams and helps peers level up Learner Quickly adopts new tools and practices in the fast-moving GenAI landscape Additional Information Our Benefits Flexible working environment Volunteer time off LinkedIn Learning Employee-Assistance-Program EAP About NIQ NIQ is the world s leading consumer intelligence company delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and revealing new pathways to growth In 2023 NIQ combined with GfK bringing together the two industry leaders with unparalleled global reach With a holistic retail read and the most comprehensive consumer insights-delivered with advanced analytics through state-of-the-art platforms-NIQ delivers the Full View TM NIQ is an Advent International portfolio company with operations in 100 markets covering more than 90 of the world s population For more information visit NIQ com Want to keep up with our latest updates Follow us on Our commitment to Diversity Equity and Inclusion NIQ is committed to reflecting the diversity of the clients communities and markets we measure within our own workforce We exist to count everyone and are on a mission to systematically embed inclusion and diversity into all aspects of our workforce measurement and products We enthusiastically invite candidates who share that mission to join us We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action-Employer making decisions without regard to race color religion gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation national origin genetics disability status age marital status protected veteran status or any other protected class Our global non-discrimination policy covers these protected classes in every market in which we do business worldwide Learn more about how we are driving diversity and inclusion in everything we do by visiting the NIQ News Center