Staff Software Engineer (Python)

About the role

We are seeking a Staff Engineer to support the design and delivery of next-generation AI and Generative AI platforms within Sia’s AI Factory. This is a hands-on engineering role focused on building scalable, production-grade systems where LLMs, agentic workflows, and machine learning models integrate seamlessly with cloud-native backend services.

What you'll do

• Define and own architecture for backend systems (primarily Python) that integrate AI/ML into production services
• Deploy, optimize, and scale ML models in collaboration with Data Science and Data Engineering
• Design and maintain cloud infrastructure using Terraform and Helm; support deployments on GCP/AWS
• Lead containerization and orchestration best practices (Docker, Kubernetes) for development and production
• Ensure data integrity and performance across SQL and NoSQL systems (Postgres, MongoDB, etc.)

What you need

• 8–14 years in software engineering
• Python
• Java
• JavaScript
• Git
• Microservices
• AWS
• PhD

Good to have

• Docker
• Kubernetes
• Machine learning
• SQL
• GCP
• NoSQL