About the role
Job Description
A seasoned software engineer who can sit with front-office operators, understand their workflows, and design/build applications and automations that leverage modern LLM tools. This position could be later expanded to managing a small team.
* Engage directly with front-office operators to identify automation opportunities and pain points * Design and build applications/workflow automations, leveraging LLM tools (e.g. Claude, MCP servers, agentic workflows) * Bring strategic thinking to how AI/automation should evolve within QDI's Bronze/Silver/Gold data architecture * Set technical direction and best practices for the future AI team * Grow into a team lead role after ~6 months, managing and hiring for AI initiatives
Qualifications
* Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Economics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, or a related quantitative field * Minimum 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with demonstrated expertise in building production-grade applications * Exceptional communication and stakeholder management capabilities, with proven ability to translate complex technical concepts for non-technical business audiences * Demonstrated hands-on experience with Large Language Models, AI tooling, agentic workflows, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and automation frameworks * Strategic and analytical mindset with the ability to architect solutions that extend beyond immediate requirements toward sustainable team and organizational capability development * Substantive experience designing and implementing data-driven applications and enterprise workflows * Prior experience in a team leadership or technical mentorship capacity, particularly relevant given the trajectory toward heading the AI² initiative * Expert-level proficiency in English, both written and verbal