Senior Software Engineer

Duties & Responsibilities
Translate business requirements into well-designed and documented software components for a Java based Enterprise system integrated into LLM-based solutions using Azure OpenAI that powers customer-facing Chat functionality
Collaborate with other Business and Technology units to develop innovative solutions that meet business needs with respect to functionality, performance, scalability, reliability.
Identify project risks and work effectively to mitigate them.
Support function roll outs and be available to resolve post production issues

Requirements

Basic Qualifications
Bachelor's degree
5+ years of hands-on experience in backend application development, Java-based enterprise systems
Strong understanding of agentic or AI-driven application design, including orchestration of LLMs, tools, and conversation flows
Experience integrating LLM-based solutions using Azure OpenAI or equivalent enterprise-grade AI platforms.
Development experience within a microservices architecture
Solid understanding of building and consuming RESTful APIs
Working knowledge with SQL and Relational databases (Oracle, Postgres)
Understanding of prompt engineering, system instructions, and agent behavior configuration.
Experience building tool-based agent workflows, where AI models invoke enterprise services as tools.
Familiarity with vector-based search and semantic retrieval concepts.
Experience working in an eCommerce/Retail organization and focus on Customer Service operations – chat and email channels
Strong debugging and problem-solving skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Experience working within teams and collaboration with business teams on requirements
Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologies and use of tools such as Jira, Jenkins, Bit Bucket.

Preferred Qualifications
Experience in Test Driven Development
Prior work experience in an agile environment
Aware of and able to apply continuous integration (CI)
Has the ability to break down problems and estimate time for development tasks
Understands the technology landscape, up to date on current technology trends and new technology, brings new ideas to the team
Learns organization vision statement and decision-making framework. Able to understand how team and personal goals/objectives contribute to the organization vision