Lead Software Engineer

Location: Mumbai, India

Divisional Overview:

Information Technology division supports the dynamic financial business through the development of strategic initiatives. IT partners with business to develop, implement and support sophisticated trading systems as well as middle and back-office systems through the user of state of art technology.

Business Overview:

International Wealth Management (IWM) as an Asian private bank, we have more than 50 years of experience delivering value to high-net-worth clients in Asia.

Position Specifications:

Corporate Title

Associate

Functional Title

Lead Software Engineer

Experience

Refer to table below

Qualification

Refer to table below

Requisition No.

15471

Job Role & Responsibilities:

• Design and develop production-ready AI applications using Python and LLM frameworks

• Implement and optimize RAG systems to enhance LLM capabilities with external knowledge sources

• Build complex reasoning chains and agent workflows using LangChain and LangGraph

• Create and maintain vector databases for efficient information retrieval

• Develop custom tools and functions to extend LLM capabilities

• Optimize prompt engineering strategies for improved model performance

• Implement evaluation frameworks to measure and improve system performance

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate AI solutions into existing products

• Stay current with the latest advancements in LLM technologies and implementation strategies

• Document code, architectures, and processes for knowledge sharing

Job Requirements/Experience:

• Experience implementing complex workflows with LangGraph

• Knowledge of prompt engineering techniques and best practices

• Familiarity with different embedding models and their applications

• Understanding of semantic search and information retrieval concepts

• Experience with streaming architectures for real-time AI applications

• Contributions to open-source LLM tooling or frameworks

Technical Skills:

• Programming Languages: Python (required), JavaScript/TypeScript (beneficial)

• LLM Frameworks: LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex

• Vector Databases: Weaviate, Chroma, FAISS, or similar

• Cloud Services: Experience with AI services on major cloud platforms

• API Development: FastAPI, Flask, or similar frameworks

Nomura Leadership Behaviours:

Leadership
Behaviours

Description

Element

Exploring Insights & Vision

Comprehensively analyse the nature
of the problems we face and set our
focus toward the future vision

• Gather Intelligence

• Create a vision

• Identify an issue

Making Strategic Decisions

Analyse options and feasibility to resolve issues, in making
judgments and recommendations

• Identify countermeasures

• Assess feasibility

• Make a judgment

Inspiring Entrepreneurship in People

Promotes the vision and goals to others in such a way that inspires commitment and independent contributions

• Influence

• Inspire

• Commit

Elevating Organizational Capacity

Maximize organizational productivity through leadership development and
engagement

• Have an ownership in own development

• Support other‘s growth

• Encourage organizational growth

Inclusion

Respect diverse perspectives and
promote psychological safety
and the creation of a risk culture

• Foster psychological

safety

• Encourage the active

participation of all talent

• Foster a risk culture

We are committed to providing equal opportunities throughout employment including in the recruitment, training and development of employees. We prohibit discrimination in the workplace whether on grounds of gender, marital or domestic partnership status, pregnancy, carer’s responsibilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, race, color, national or ethnic origins, religious belief, disability or age.

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