Job responsibilities
- Collaborates with technology, business, and product teams to evaluate and deliver solutions for executing machine learning workloads.
- Designs creative software solutions and technical troubleshooting with the ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems.
- Defines the north star architecture of their product and drives achievement of the strategy.
- Partners with x-LOB architecture teams and Chief Architecture Office group to ensure solution alignment with organization’s goals and objectives.
- Facilitates evaluation sessions with external vendors, startups, and internal teams to drive outcomes through probing of architectural designs, technical credentials, and applicability for use within existing systems and information architecture.
- Uses advanced communication, facilitation, and presentation skills to manage and influence stakeholders. Has the ability to frame messages for different audiences and "tell the story."
- Influences peers and project decision-makers to consider the use and application of new & leading-edge technologies. Advises junior architects and technologists.
- Adds to team culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and respect.
Required Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 5+ years of applied experience.
- Hands-on practical experience delivering system design, application development, testing, and operational stability.
- Advanced in one or more technologies - e.g., Java, Python, Spring, PySpark, Spring Boot.
- Advanced in one or more engineering disciplines – microservices, event processing, ETL.
- Practical cloud-native experience, particularly in AWS.
- Solid understanding and practical experience with model development lifecycle (MDLC), including data acquisition & preparation, model experimentation, training & testing and serving / MLOps
- Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at various levels within the organization.
Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
- AWS certification – Associate/Professional Solution Architect or AWS AI Practitioner preferred
- Bachelors degree in Engineering or equivalent is preferred
- Theoretical knowledge or hands-on experience with model building/ML engineering, including fine-tuning of Large Language Models (LLMs).
- Knowledge of cloud infrastructure as code (IaC), such as Terraform.