Senior AI Software Engineer – Genomics & LLM (Hybrid)

Phia LLC; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 88,000 - 168,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sickness and Accident coverage

Meal vouchers

Free coffee and snacks

Free parking

Rest & Entertainment space

Direct interaction with leadership

Job summary

SOPHiA GENETICS seeks a Senior AI Software Engineer to strengthen our Engineering Hub in Boston with a focus on production LLM applications, RAG pipelines, and end-to-end web services. You will ship full-stack features, mentor peers, and contribute to a globally distributed platform used in healthcare.

The role is hybrid with 3 days onsite at the Boston office. Ideal candidates have 5–7 years in web services, strong Java/SQL, React, Docker/Kubernetes, and experience with AI tooling in SDLC.

Qualifications

• 5–7 years building and releasing reliable web-based services to production.
• Backend: Java and SQL; Frontend: React and modern JavaScript.
• Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) and CI/CD.
• Hands-on experience with production LLM applications — RAG pipelines and/or LLM evaluation.
• Experience using AI tooling in the SDLC (AI-assisted coding, review, documentation).
• Strong communication and a real appetite for mentoring.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, test, deploy and maintain full-stack web features and microservices, owning components end to end.
• Lead code and design reviews; mentor junior engineers and raise the team's engineering quality.
• Prototype fast and iterate — take early ideas to working, reliable software.
• Collaborate with Product, QA, Architecture and PMO to align delivery with product vision and regulatory needs.
• Draft evidence-grounded reports and integrate AI components into the platform.

Skills

Java

SQL

React

JavaScript

Docker

Kubernetes

LLM apps

RAG pipelines

LLM evaluation

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Azure AI Foundry

CI/CD

Grafana

Loki

GraphQL

Job description

SOPHiA GENETICS seeks a Senior AI Software Engineer to strengthen our Engineering Hub in Boston with a focus on production LLM applications, RAG pipelines, and end-to-end web services. You will ship full-stack features, mentor peers, and contribute to a globally distributed platform used in healthcare.

The role is hybrid with 3 days onsite at the Boston office. Ideal candidates have 5–7 years in web services, strong Java/SQL, React, Docker/Kubernetes, and experience with AI tooling in SDLC.