Senior AI Software Engineer - Azure & Data Lakehouse

VLink, Inc.; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

VLink, Inc. is seeking a Senior Engineer to help the team lead and product owner by understanding requirements, grooming stories, and shaping design and implementation strategy.

This role is hands-on and requires expert technical skills to implement features, troubleshoot issues, and reinforce best practices across multiple engineers with diverse backgrounds. You will design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain AI-enabled software solutions, including scalable APIs and data pipelines, while

Qualifications

• Proven Python expertise with at least one major Python web framework.
• Hands-on experience building RESTful APIs (FastAPI) and GraphQL APIs (Strawberry).
• Strong knowledge of API design, security, and integration patterns.
• Experience with real-time data pipelines using Kafka or Event Hubs.
• Databases: PostgreSQL and MongoDB; big data tools like Spark/Delta Lake.
• Snowflake work with Iceberg tables; Databricks for data/ML workflows.
• Experience integrating large language model APIs (OpenAI, Llama).
• Agent frameworks (LangChain/LangGraph) and MCP servers.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with leads to understand business and technical requirements.
• Refine stories, groom backlog, and plan sprints.
• Contribute to architecture, system design, and implementation strategies.
• Develop AI-enabled software solutions, scalable APIs, data pipelines.
• Build MCP servers and tool interfaces for secure enterprise data access.
• Design Lakehouse data solutions using Iceberg on Snowflake.
• Troubleshoot complex issues and implement sustainable fixes.
• Apply engineering standards and best practices across teams.

Skills

Python

Major Python web framework

RESTful APIs

FastAPI

GraphQL

API design principles

Security

Data pipelines

Distributed systems

Azure Cloud

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD (Azure DevOps / GitHub Actions)

Snowflake

Apache Iceberg

Databricks

OpenAI / Llama APIs

LangChain / LangGraph

MCP (Model Context Protocol)

Tools

Kafka

Azure Event Hubs

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Snowflake (DI/ELT)

Apache Spark

Databricks

OpenAI API

Job description

VLink, Inc. is seeking a Senior Engineer to help the team lead and product owner by understanding requirements, grooming stories, and shaping design and implementation strategy.

This role is hands-on and requires expert technical skills to implement features, troubleshoot issues, and reinforce best practices across multiple engineers with diverse backgrounds. You will design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain AI-enabled software solutions, including scalable APIs and data pipelines, while