We are seeking a Software Engineer with solid technical depth to build deploy and operate Python services and machine learning components working with Python NumPy Pandas FastAPI/Flask LLM frameworks and Azure.

Responsibilities:

- Design and develop maintainable modular Python components and services that follow SOLID and equivalent principles
- Build train evaluate and productionalize ML models and AI components (classical ML NLP and LLM based features) in collaboration with product and architecture teams
- Develop LLM powered capabilities such as prompt pipelines retrieval augmented generation (RAG) embeddings and tool or function calling using frameworks like LangChain or LlamaIndex
- Build data processing and feature engineering pipelines using NumPy Pandas and SQL
- Design build and consume REST APIs with FastAPI and Flask to serve models and AI capabilities
- Apply concurrency asynchronous programming (asyncio) and batching techniques to improve inference and service throughput
- Track experiments version models and datasets and support model deployment using MLflow or equivalent MLOps tooling
- Monitor models and AI services in production for latency cost drift and output quality and act on findings
- Solve technical problems by analyzing possible solutions and their impact on the function and the business
- Provide informal guidance to current and junior team members through code reviews and pairing
- Understand how the teams work integrates with closely related teams and account for interdependencies
- Write and execute unit tests using pytest and mocking libraries; perform API integration testing and basic model validation testing
- Implement CI/CD pipelines to build and deploy applications and maintain a high level of quality maturity in pipeline quality gates
- Implement security best practices (input validation authentication authorization secrets handling OWASP guidelines) and responsible AI practices such as prompt injection awareness and data privacy
- Deploy and operate applications on Azure using Docker and Kubernetes
- Collaborate with cross functional teams to define design and ship new features
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues in development test and production environments




- Explain technical sometimes complex and dynamic concepts clearly to others

Qualifications :

- 3.5 years of strong working experience in Python development including at least 1.5 years building ML or AI enabled applications
- Solid experience with NumPy Pandas and scikit learn for data oriented services and model development
- Working experience with a deep learning framework such as PyTorch or TensorFlow
- Hands on experience with LLM APIs (Azure OpenAI or similar) prompt engineering embeddings and vector databases
- Strong experience in designing building and consuming REST APIs; experience building and operating FastAPI or Flask services
- Strong experience with common software design patterns (for example Adapter Strategy Factory)
- Good experience using AI assisted tools in the SDLC
- Experience with code execution best practices (memory footprint profiling) and database query analysis (explain plan statistics)
- Working knowledge of RDBMS and NoSQL stores; hands on experience in messaging and queuing
- Proficiency in pytest; experience with API integration testing using Postman
- Experience with quality gates and security tools integration in CI/CD processes
- Hands on experience with Docker Kubernetes and Azure cloud services
- Excellent problem solving skills and attention to detail
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
- Familiarity with Agile development methodologies

Additional Information :

Our Benefits

- Flexible working environment
- Volunteer time off
- LinkedIn Learning
- Employee-Assistance-Program (EAP)

NIQ may utilize artificial intelligence (AI)



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Employment Type :

Full-time

📌 Software Engineer, Python and AIML Development (Chennai)
🏢 Nielseniq
📍 Chennai