Job Description

What you’ll do

  • Build, test, and release developer assets that accelerate experimentation: Spring Boot/Helidon services, service registry, API gateways, observability, Kubernetes.
  • Create sample apps and hands-on labs covering document processing, chunking, embeddings, vector search, semantic search, RAG, agents, evaluation, prompt engineering, history management, re-ranking, grounding, and model tuning.
  • Contribute to and influence frameworks like Spring Boot, Spring AI, LangChain, and LangGraph.
  • Partner with Product Management and sales to engage developers, architects, CTOs, and CIOs - turn feedback into roadmap inputs and unblock adoption.
  • Deliver compelling demos, talks, and content that showcase 26ai (AI Vector Search, generative/inference models, embedding models) and the surrounding ecosystem.

    • What you’ll bring

    Must-haves

  • Master’s in Computer Science or related field.
  • 10+ years of professional software development (not all in AI).
  • Strong engineering fundamentals; passion for quality, maintainability, clarity, and delivery.
  • Deep experience in Java or Python (ideally both).
  • Hands-on knowledge of running containerized workloads in Kubernetes, including Helm chart creation.
  • 3+ years building microservices with Spring Boot. Experience with Spring Cloud, Eureka, Authorization Server, OpenTelemetry, advantageous.
  • 1+ year building Generative AI apps (LLMs, RAG, agents, evaluation).
  • Excellent communication and project management skills (in English); you turn complex tech into clear, actionable guidance.
  • Curiosity, empathy, and a collaborative, customer-first mindset.

    • Nice-to-haves

  • Experience with Spring AI.
  • AI/ML experience (training, fine-tuning, neural nets, data science) and tools like NumPy, Pandas, or PyTorch.
  • Experience with Helidon, API gateways, service registries, and observability stacks.
  • Open-source contributions, public speaking, or community leadership.

    • How you’ll work

  • Collaborate across product, engineering, and field teams to accelerate developer success.
  • Balance depth and velocity: prototype quickly, validate with customers, and scale what works.
  • Advocate for security, reliability, and measurable outcomes.

    • Career Level - IC5

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