Lead Software Engineer, Gen AI

About the Role

As a Lead Software Engineer you will work on Generative AI projects focused on building assistants, AI-infused processing pipelines, tooling, and software. Join our innovative team and contribute to the development of cutting-edge AI solutions at Cat Digital.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deploy Gen AI solutions utilizing Python and OOP principles
• Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions
• Deploy solutions on AWS using CloudFormation
• Work with frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, and Crew.ai
• Apply knowledge of Large Language Models (LLMs) and prompt engineering concepts
• Develop and deploy services using FastAPI on AWS
• Collaborate with data scientists to refactor analytics solutions for production, ensuring scalability and efficiency
• Assist in the development of machine learning and AI pipelines using Apache Airflow

Qualifications

• Software Development: Knowledge of software development tools and activities; ability to produce software products or systems in line with product requirements
• Software Development Life Cycle: Knowledge of the software development life cycle; ability to use a structured methodology for delivering and managing new or enhanced software products
• Software Product Design/Architecture: Knowledge of software product design; ability to convert requirements into software product design
• Software Product Technical Knowledge: Knowledge of technical aspects of a software products; ability to design, configure and integrate technical aspects of software products
• Software Product Testing: Knowledge of software product testing; ability to design, plan, and execute testing strategies and tactics to ensure software product quality and adherence to stated requirements

Skills

• Comfort planning, building, maintaining, and coordinating with others on large, complex projects
• Software development experience and solid working knowledge of OOP principles
• Experience in designing and developing software applications in Python (nice to have experience: GoLang, frontend frameworks like React)
• Experience with Python libraries such as FastAPI, LangGraph, and LangChain
• Experience with modern Gen AI system architectures and techniques (multi agent, big tool, context management, MCP, long term memory)
• Experience working with Git version control on medium to large teams
• Exceptional communication skills with experience working on a cross-functional team
• Deploying software using GitHub Actions or similar
• Experience with AWS components such as SageMaker Studio, Lambda, API Gateway, and RDS
• Technical writing skills

Pay

$128,470.00 - $208,770.00

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Paid time off plan (Vacation, Holidays, Volunteer, etc.)
• 401(k) savings plans
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
• Health Lifestyle Programs
• Employee Assistance Program
• Voluntary Benefits and Employee Discounts
• Career Development
• Incentive bonus
• Disability benefits
• Life Insurance
• Parental leave
• Adoption benefits
• Tuition Reimbursement

Schedule

This position will be based out of either our Chicago, IL or Peoria, IL offices.