We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer who will design and build scalable full-stack software systems that deliver measurable business value.
You will work directly with teams across Commercial, Manufacturing, and R&D; to discover problems, navigate ambiguity, and ship practical solutions quickly.
The role involves developing AI-powered applications, including production RAG systems, LLM integrations, and optimized retrieval pipelines.
You will identify repeatable patterns in your work and collaborate with platform teams to generalize solutions into reusable frameworks.
This role also requires leading technical initiatives, mentoring engineers, and turning complex business challenges into reliable, production-ready systems.
What You’ll Do
Responsibilities
Business
- Immerse in operations until you think like an insider
- Rapidly acquire domain expertise through direct observation
- Translate between business and engineering seamlessly
- Mentor engineers in your area on immersion
- Influence senior stakeholders effectively




- Manage complex stakeholder landscapes with competing agendas
- Build trust rapidly with new stakeholders

Delivery
- Lead rapid delivery initiatives across teams in your area
- Coach on prototype-first approaches
- Establish trust through consistent fast delivery
- Build complete applications rapidly across any technology stack
- Select the right tools for each problem
- Define explicit criteria for prototype-to-production transitions

Generative AI
- Architect RAG systems for complex use cases across teams
- Implement advanced techniques such as hybrid search, reranking, and query expansion
- Mentor engineers on RAG best practices
- Establish RAG standards
- Lead evaluation strategy across teams
- Establish annotation guidelines
- Train human-calibrated LLM judges
- Build evaluation pipelines that connect tracing to datasets to experiments

People
- Build high-performing teams across your area
- Navigate complex interpersonal dynamics
- Foster

📌 Full Stack Gen AI Developer (Chennai)
🏢 Fortunefootprints.com
📍 Chennai