Senior Software Engineer

Cornerstone Research; Hyderabad; Hybrid; INR 2,500,000 - 3,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Cornerstone OnDemand is seeking a Senior Full Stack Developer with strong AI capabilities to join our Services Engineering team in Hyderabad. You will build scalable services across frontend, backend, APIs, databases, and AI features, collaborating with Product, Architecture, QA, DevOps, and other stakeholders.

You will work with Java, Python, Node.js, .NET, and modern frontend stacks like React or Angular, while leveraging LLM platforms to enhance business solutions.

Qualifications

• 4–6 years of professional software development experience with strong full-stack development.
• Experience with Java, Python, Node.js, .NET, or similar technologies.
• Experience with modern frontend technologies such as React or Angular.
• Strong understanding of REST APIs, web services, and database-driven applications.
• Hands-on experience developing or integrating AI/Generative AI solutions.
• Practical experience working with LLMs and prompt engineering.
• Good understanding of RAG, embeddings, and vector search.
• Strong working knowledge of SQL and preferably NoSQL databases.
• Experience with Git, CI/CD, and modern software development practices.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Good communication skills and the ability to work with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Gemini, Claude, or similar LLM platforms.
• Experience with AI agents, function/tool calling, or structured outputs.
• Experience with vector databases or enterprise search technologies.
• Exposure to AI evaluation, monitoring, and responsible AI practices.
• Experienced developing reusable services, APIs, or SaaS solutions.
• Experience working in a services, consulting, or customer-focused engineering environment.
• Experience taking solutions from requirements and design through development, deployment, and production support.
• Role Focus: Senior Full Stack Developer role with strong AI development capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop end-to-end applications and services across frontend, backend, APIs, and databases.
• Develop scalable backend services using Java, Python, Node.js, .NET, or similar technologies.
• Build user interfaces using modern frontend technologies such as React, Angular, or similar frameworks.
• Design and integrate REST APIs and services to support business and customer requirements.
• Work with SQL and NoSQL databases and develop efficient data access solutions.
• Develop reusable components and services that can support multiple solutions and use cases.
• Troubleshoot application issues and improve performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Participate in technical design, code reviews, and architectural discussions.
• AI & Generative AI Development: Develop and integrate AI-powered capabilities into applications and services.
• Work with LLMs and Generative AI platforms such as OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Gemini, or similar technologies.
• Develop and optimize prompts to achieve accurate, relevant, and consistent results.
• Build RAG-based solutions using enterprise data, documents, and other sources.
• Integrate AI capabilities with APIs, databases, existing applications, and business workflows.
• Develop AI-enabled capabilities such as content generation, summarization, intelligent search, classification, information extraction, and conversational experiences.
• Evaluate AI-generated results and improve quality, reliability, performance, and cost efficiency.
• Explore and adopt emerging AI technologies that can improve service offerings, engineering productivity, and customer solutions.
• Services Engineering & Collaboration: Work with stakeholders to understand requirements and translate into technical solutions.
• Develop reusable services and capabilities across multiple engagements.
• Collaborate with Product, Architecture, QA, DevOps, and other teams to deliver solutions.
• Provide technical guidance and contribute to solution design and estimation.
• Mentor junior developers and promote good engineering practices.
• Identify opportunities to leverage AI to enhance services and accelerate delivery.

Skills

Java

Python

Node.js

.NET

React

Angular

REST APIs

SQL

NoSQL

AI/Generative AI

LLMs

Prompt engineering

Git

CI/CD

OpenAI

Azure OpenAI

Gemini

Claude

Vector databases

Tools

Java

Python

Node.js

.NET

React

Angular

REST APIs

SQL

NoSQL

AI/Generative AI

LLMs

Prompt engineering

Git

CI/CD

OpenAI

Azure OpenAI

Gemini

Claude

Vector databases

Job description

We're looking for a

Senior Software Engineer

This role is Hybrid,Hyderabad Office

Cornerstone OnDemand is seeking a Senior Full StackDeveloper with strong AI development skills to join our ServicesEngineering team. This role is suited for an experienced software engineerwho can build scalable, reliable, and maintainable services and applicationswhile leveraging Generative AI and modern AI technologies to addressbusiness and customer needs.
The role involves working across the full technologystack, including frontend, backend, APIs, databases, cloud services, and AIcapabilities. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with Product,Engineering, Architecture, and other stakeholders to translate requirementsinto practical, production-ready solutions.

In this role you will…

Full Stack Development

• Designand develop end-to-end applications and services across frontend,backend, APIs, and databases.
• Developscalable backend services using Java, Python, Node.js, .NET, or similartechnologies..
• Builduser interfaces using modern frontend technologies such as React,Angular, or similar frameworks.
• Designand integrate REST APIs and services to support business andcustomer requirements.
• Workwith SQL and NoSQL databases and develop efficient data accesssolutions.
• Developreusable components and services that can support multiple solutions anduse cases.
• Troubleshootapplication issues and improve performance, reliability, andscalability.
• Participatein technical design, code reviews, and architectural discussions.
• AI & Generative AI Development
• Developand integrate AI-powered capabilities into applications andservices.
• Workwith LLMs and Generative AI platforms such as OpenAI, Azure OpenAI,Gemini, or similar technologies.
• Developand optimize prompts to achieve accurate, relevant, and consistentresults.
• Build RAG-basedsolutions using enterprise data, documents, and other sources.
• IntegrateAI capabilities with APIs, databases, existing applications, and businessworkflows.
• DevelopAI-enabled capabilities such as content generation, summarization,intelligent search, classification, information extraction, andconversational experiences.
• EvaluateAI-generated results and improve quality, reliability, performance, andcost efficiency.
• Exploreand adopt emerging AI technologies that can improve service offerings,engineering productivity, and customer solutions.

Services Engineering & Collaboration

• Workwith stakeholders to understand business and customer requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Developreusable services and capabilities that can be leveraged acrossmultiple customer engagements or solutions.
• Collaboratewith Product, Architecture, QA, DevOps, and other engineering teams todeliver solutions.
• Providetechnical guidance and contribute to solution design and estimation.
• Mentorjunior developers and promote good engineering practices.
• Identifyopportunities to leverage AI to enhance existing services, acceleratedelivery, and create new service capabilities.
• Contributeto continuous improvement of development processes, tools, and engineeringpractices.

You’ve got what it takes if you have…

• 4–6years of professional software development experience with strongfull-stack development experience.
• Stronghands-on experience with Java, Python, Node.js, .NET, or similartechnologies..
• Experiencewith modern frontend technologies such as React, Angular, or similar.
• Strongunderstanding of REST APIs, web services, and database-drivenapplications.
• Hands-onexperience developing or integrating AI/Generative AI solutions.
• Practicalexperience working with LLMs and prompt engineering.
• Goodunderstanding of RAG, embeddings, and vector search.
• Strongworking knowledge of SQL and preferably NoSQL databases.
• Experiencewith Git, CI/CD, and modern software development practices.
• Strongproblem-solving and analytical skills.
• Goodcommunication skills and the ability to work effectively with technicaland non-technical stakeholders.
• Abilityto take ownership of solutions and work independently while collaboratingeffectively with the broader team.
  Preferred Qualifications
• Experiencewith OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Gemini, Claude, or similar LLM platforms.
• Experiencewith AI agents, function/tool calling, or structured outputs.
• Experiencewith vector databases or enterprise search technologies.
• Exposureto AI evaluation, monitoring, and responsible AI practices.
• Experiencedeveloping reusable services, APIs, or SaaS solutions.
• Experienceworking in a services, consulting, or customer-focused engineeringenvironment.
• Experiencetaking solutions from requirements and design through development,deployment, and production support.
• Role Focus
• This is primarily a Senior Full Stack Developer role withstrong AI development capabilities.
• The candidate should be a strong software engineer who canwork across the full technology stack and has the practicalability to applyAI/Generative AI technologies to real-world business and customer requirements.
  The role does not require deep expertisein AI research, model training,

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