Sr./Staff Software Engineer (Back End)

Summary

The job is for a Software Engineer at Polly, a SaaS company transforming the mortgage industry. The role involves working with Large Language Models (LLM) and prompt-based AI solutions, designing and testing prompts, contributing to system design, mentoring junior team members, and more. The candidate should have 6+ years of software development experience, proficiency in Python, Javascript, SQL, C#, knowledge of cloud computing platforms and AI deployment tools, and a strong AI & Machine Learning Background.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
• 6+ years of professional experience
• Foundational knowledge of Natural Language Processing(NLP) and Machine Learning tailored to a specific business need
• Senior level experience working with Large Language Models such as GPT-3/4, ChatGPT, Claude, or CoHere
• Proficiency in Python, Javascript, SQL, C#
• Experience with popular AI frameworks and libraries such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, huggingface, Amazon Bedrock, or Anthropi
• Knowledge of cloud computing platforms and AI deployment tools
• Ability to gather and preprocess data for use in ML and AI
• A strong AI & Machine Learning Background including an understanding of conversational AI
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work in a team environment

Responsibilities

• Design and test prompts for a variety of use cases and models
• Lead and contribute to the system design for AI/ML-based services
• Develop, implement, and test prompting strategies for a variety of products over various LLMs
• Analyze internal and external feedback and behaviors to continuously improve the quality of prompts and language output
• Research and adopt best practices based on experience, analysis, and input from the broader software team
• Develop code that is highly readable, maintainable, and testable including documentation, excellent architecture, and automated testing
• Actively participate in interviewing and evaluating new team members
• Mentor junior members of the software engineering team in all aspects of software development across multiple projects with multiple customers
• Prioritize your work and the work of others with a sense of urgency to ship products in time to have the desired business impact while balancing a quality mindset
• Review code, help drive technical excellence through best practices and latest tools

Preferred Qualifications

• Deploying into a public cloud service (AWS, GCP, etc.)
• Experience with containerization (Docker/Kubernetes)
• Experience in deploying AI tools
• Experience with service monitoring, metrics, alerting, log aggregation, and tracing
• Experience with functional/acceptance testing

Benefits

• 100% paid medical/vision/dental/disability/life insurance
• Flexible vacation
• Remote environment