Prompt Engineer

APPTAD, Inc.; Montreal; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

APPTAD, Inc. is seeking a developer to join its ML team working on AI solutions, ML and Gen AI capabilities. The candidate will focus on Python development and prompt engineering, collaborating with clients/ SMEs to align business requirements with robust Python code.

The role involves OpenAI and various LLM models, testing, performance evaluation, and ongoing monitoring to ensure quality and reliability across deployments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field.
• 5+ years of experience in software development.
• Hands-on experience building Python applications.
• Knowledge of design patterns, resiliency, observability, scalability and performance with Agile development.
• Strong analytical skills and problem-solving mindset.
• Experience with machine learning and vector databases.
• Cloud-based development using Microsoft Azure preferred.
• FinTech application development experience.
• Experience working in a global delivery team.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to development and maintenance of the Python library.
• Contribute to library support activities.
• Participate in prompt engineering.
• Maintain prompts and updates for new LLM versions.
• Conduct regular testing and performance analysis.
• Participate in prompt benchmarking experiments.

Skills

Python development

Prompt engineering

OpenAI / LLMs

Testing & performance analysis

Agile development

Vector databases

Cloud Azure

FinTech development

Global delivery

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s in Computer Science

Tools

Python libraries

Job description

The developer will be working within a machine learning team/squad. The team is working on developing Artificial Intelligence solutions including ML and Gen AI. The candidate should be familiar with python development and prompt engineering. The candidate should be able to work with different Clients/SME’s and understand the business requirements for prompt engineering and proper python code development. Experience with Open AI and different LLM models, conducting testing and performance evaluation is required. Good candidates should be familiar with ongoing monitoring.

• Contribute to development and maintenance of the python library.
• Contribute to the support of the library.
• Participate in prompt engineering.
• Maintain the prompts and keep them up to date with the new LLM versions
• Conduct regular testing and performance analysis.
• Participate in prompt benchmarking experiments.

Skills Required:

• Bachelor’s in computer science or related field
• Years of experience: 5+
• Hands-on experience in building python applications
• Knowledge of design patterns, system resiliency, observability, scalability and performance - Experience of Agile development
• Strong analytical skills and passion for problem-solving
• Experience with machine learning, vector databases
• Cloud-based application development preferably using Microsoft Azure Cloud
• Prior experience in FinTech application development
• Exposure to working in a global delivery team.