Senior Software Engineering - AI/ML (Home Office Spain ONLY)

Company Description

Responsible for analyzing and developing complex software programming to resolve a variety of problems driven by different technologies. The software must be developed and maintained with high-quality standards and minimal defects.

We assist our Research team in deploying AI/ML models and Generative AI solutions into production. To facilitate this, NIQ offers CIS: NIQ’s internal cloud-native self-service platform that empowers MLOps, Data Scientists, and Generative AI teams to experiment, support the complete AI/ML lifecycle, and utilize shared Generative AI capabilities. You will standardize, improve, and develop new features on this platform.

Job Description

Major responsibilities/outcomes expected of this role:

• Create and maintain a scalable infrastructure to deliver AI/ML processes, responding to user requests in near real time.
• Conducting requirements analysis and preparing specific proposals.
• Write complex code to develop scalable, flexible, and user-friendly applications across the full stack of technologies.
• Develop secure and highly performing services and APIs.
• Use distributed computing to validate and process large volumes of data to deliver insights.
• Perform feasibility studies/analysis with a critical point of view.
• Support in the maintenance (troubleshoot software and/or application problems) and evolutionary development.
• Maintain technical documentation of computer applications, diagrams, and manuals.
• Working on many different software challenges always ensures a combination of simplicity and maintainability within the code.
• Contribute to architectural designs of large complexity and size, potentially involving several distinct software components.
• Working closely with developers, testers and a variety of end users (across different cultures) to ensure technical compatibility and user satisfaction.
• To work as a member of a team, encouraging team building, motivation, and cultivating effective team relations.

Qualifications

Essential (E):

• Bachelor's degree in computer engineering or related field.
• Excellent knowledge of data structures, algorithms and designing for performance, scalability and availability.
• Proficient in programming languages: Python used as Object-Oriented Programming.
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge in Linux and Docker containers.
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge in some of the main cloud providers (Azure, GCP or AWS).
• Strong experience in designing and building multithreaded distributed systems.
• Demonstrated experience developing REST API.
• Experience with ML/Ops technologies like Azure ML & Databricks.
• Ability to design and develop relational databases which include writing efficient and well performing SQL, such as PostgreSQL.
• Experience in the use of collaborative developing tools such as: Git, Confluence, Jira, etc.
• Experience in CI/CD tools & pipelines: Github Actions, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes.
• Problem solving capabilities.
• Strong ability to analyze and synthesize. (Good analytical and logical thinking capability)
• Proactive attitude, resolutive, used to work in a team and manage deadlines.
• Ability to learn quickly.
• Agile methodologies development (SCRUM/KANBAN).
• Minimal work experience of 5-7 years with evidence.

Preferred (P):

• Knowledge and experience in using LLM models, such as Azure Open AI services, ChatGPT, Vector Databases, AI Foundry, etc.
• Experience in the use of Redis Cache.
• Experience in the use of Azure Service Bus (or another distributed queues technology).
• Ability to keep fluid communication written and oral. (English, both written and spoken).
• Experience managing a large amount of data: databases, images, etc.

Location Type

Remote

Employment Type

Full-time