Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. ICBD is a business incubator supporting companies in healthcare, technology, and business services. The Senior Software Engineer designs, develops, tests, deploys, and maintains Python applications, data pipelines, and LLM-powered solutions using Postgres and Databricks. The role also leads software and data architecture, supports production operations, establishes engineering standards, and mentors other engineers.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain scalable Python services, APIs, and data pipelines across Databricks and Postgres
- Translate business and technical requirements into effective software and AI solutions, including build-versus-buy recommendations
- Write clean, maintainable, efficient, and well-documented Python code in accordance with established development standards
- Build and maintain LLM-powered features, including prompt orchestration, retrieval-augmented generation, embeddings and vector search, evaluation harnesses, and safety guardrails
- Design, tune, and maintain Postgres schemas, queries, indexes, and migrations supporting both transactional and analytical workloads
- Develop and optimize Databricks workloads, including PySpark jobs, Delta Lake tables, workflows, and Unity Catalog governance
- Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve application defects, data quality issues, query performance problems, and model output regressions
- Lead code reviews and set engineering standards, documentation, and development best practices for the team
- Collaborate with Product, IT, Data & Analytics, AI & Engineering, and other business teams to develop and enhance technology solutions
- Lead the design and implementation of software and data architecture, including LLM integration patterns and service boundaries
- Develop and maintain automated tests and LLM evaluation suites to support application quality, reliability, and cost control
- Support application deployments, releases, and upgrades, including CI/CD for Python services and Databricks assets, and ongoing production operations
- Monitor and optimize application performance, scalability, security, reliability, and inference and compute spend
- Identify opportunities to improve existing applications, data models, development processes, and system integrations
- Maintain appropriate technical documentation for applications, pipelines, data models, prompts, and system configurations
- Follow organizational standards related to information security, data privacy, access controls, responsible AI use, and software development
- Mentor engineers and stay current on emerging technologies, development frameworks, and model capabilities
- Perform other duties and participate in special projects as assigned
Skills
- * 5+ years of professional software development or software engineering experience, including substantial hands-on Python development
- * Advanced proficiency in Python and its modern ecosystem, such as FastAPI or similar frameworks, asynchronous programming, packaging, and testing tools
- * Hands-on experience building LLM-based applications, including prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation, embeddings and vector stores, tool/function calling, and output evaluation
- * Strong SQL skills and production experience with PostgreSQL, including schema design, query tuning, indexing, and migrations
- * Experience with Databricks, including PySpark, Delta Lake, notebooks and jobs, and workspace or Unity Catalog administration
- * Experience developing and integrating APIs, web services, applications, and backend systems at production scale
- * Experience with source control, code review, and collaborative development workflows using Git
- * Understanding of software development lifecycle methodologies, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, containerization, and modern deployment practices
- * Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills
- * Ability to communicate technical concepts effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, mentor junior engineers, and manage multiple priorities independently
- * Strong attention to detail and commitment to developing reliable, secure, maintainable, and cost-efficient solutions
- * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field preferred; equivalent relevant experience may be considered
- * Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, and with data modeling and ETL/ELT patterns preferred
Benefits
- Full-time Remote
- 21 paid days off (15 PTO days increasing with tenure, plus 6 paid holidays)
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) options
- Medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, life insurance, AD&D insurance, and GAP Plan (TransAmerica)
- Generous 401(k) with up to 6% employer match
- 100% employer-paid maternity/paternity leave for up to 5 weeks
- EAP (unlimited counseling 24/7)
- BeyondMed (discounts on wellness and elective healthcare services)
- PerkSpot (discounts on top brands)
- Pet Insurance (Nationwide)
- On the GoGa wellbeing hub
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