Senior Gen AI Engineer: APIs, LLMs & Data Pipelines

Virtusa; Mississauga; In loco; CAD 120.000 - 160.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Virtusa in Mississauga is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to guide the design and development of scalable, API‑driven solutions with Generative AI capabilities. You will lead cross‑functional teams to deliver innovative, API‑first architectures that meet client requirements and timelines.

Required skills include Python, PySpark or Java, API development, and hands‑on LLM integration with prompt engineering. Knowledge of AI frameworks and vector stores is highly valued.

Competenze

• Minimum 7+ years of experience in software engineering or data analytics.
• Strong programming in Python (mandatory) with PySpark or Java.
• Proven experience building API-based scalable solutions.
• Hands-on experience with LLM integration and prompt engineering.
• Familiarity with modern AI frameworks and orchestration tools.

Mansioni

• Lead design and development of scalable, API-driven solutions.
• Develop and integrate APIs for Gen AI orchestration and analytics workflows.
• Integrate LLMs via API endpoints and apply prompt engineering.
• Work with vector databases for advanced AI solutions.
• Collaborate with Gen AI leads and team members to deliver high-quality results.
• Perform basic data engineering tasks to move data between sources and stores.
• Debug and troubleshoot software or design issues.

Conoscenze

Python

PySpark

Java

API development

LLM integration

Prompt engineering

AI frameworks

Strumenti

Django

Flask

FastAPI

Pinecone

Chroma

FAISS

Descrizione del lavoro

Virtusa in Mississauga is seeking a Lead Software Engineer to guide the design and development of scalable, API‑driven solutions with Generative AI capabilities. You will lead cross‑functional teams to deliver innovative, API‑first architectures that meet client requirements and timelines.

Required skills include Python, PySpark or Java, API development, and hands‑on LLM integration with prompt engineering. Knowledge of AI frameworks and vector stores is highly valued.