Software Engineer II (Cloud /AI)

Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the delivery of complex solutions, breaking down big problems into smaller pieces
• Actively participate in team planning activities
• Help ensure the quality and integrity of the SDLC for their team and identify opportunities for improvement in how the team works, through usage of recommended tools and practices.
• Able to triage complex issues independently
• Aware of the technology landscape, help to plan delivery of coarse-grained business needs spanning multiple applications
• Set a consistent example of agile development practices and coach other engineers to work as a team with Product and Experience Design
• Help new hires and junior engineers to improve their skills and be more effective
• Contribute to and improve internal libraries and tools
• Understand the business supported by your applications
• Proactively communicate status and issues to their manager
• Identify problems and risks of their own work and the work of others
• Collaborate with other teams to find creative solutions to customer issues
• Show a commitment to delivery deadlines, in particular seasonal and vendor partner deadlines that are critical to Best Buys continued success

Requirements:

• 4+ years of relevant professional experience with a bachelor's degree OR equivalent. Including:
  • 3+ years of experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
  • 2+ years of experience using Kubernetes for deploying and managing distributed workloads.
  • 1+ years of experience in optimizing and right-sizing cloud resource utilization for high-performance AI/ML workloads to ensure cost efficiency and maximum throughput.

Preferred:

• Experience working in an omni-channel retail environment.
• Hands-on experience with cloud-native AI services (Vertex AI, SageMaker, Azure ML).
• Experience in engineering, deploying, and maintaining high-performance model serving platforms.
• Experience in building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for ML models (GitHub Actions, ArgoCD).
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and Python for automation.
• Familiarity with ML training frameworks (TensorRT, PyTorch, ONNX) and their integration needs.
• Good communication skills to effectively collaborate with team members and stakeholders.
• Relevant certifications in GCP or other cloud/AI engineering related areas.

About Best Buy:

Best Buy India is a vibrant hub of tech talent, where we're driving innovation and accelerated business outcomes for Best Buy, our customers, employees and partners every day. Our inclusive culture empowers you to learn, grow, collaborate, and make a real impact.

Best Buy is North America's No. 1 tech specialty retailer, with approximately $42 billion in annual revenue and 85,000 employees worldwide. Our purpose is to enrich lives through technology, and we do that by helping personalize and humanize technology for millions of customers in our stores, online and in their homes. We're solving real human needs and helping serve our customers, employees, and partners in new ways every day.

• This position is based in Bengaluru.
• Best Buy India operates under a hybrid work model (in office / remote) with an expectation for employees to be in the office three days a week Generally, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
• As a global organization, maintaining collaboration across the globe is a key proposition. Within the framework of established guidelines, employees may be required to engage in extended hours during critical periods.

All employees at Best Buy India work for BBY Services India LLP, which is owned by subsidiaries of Best Buy Co. Inc.