Software Engineer - AI

SHI International Corp. is a global provider of IT solutions and services. The Software Engineer will build Python services, APIs, and AI-enabled business applications across cloud and on-premises environments, integrating enterprise data and modern AI capabilities. The role also contributes to application architecture, security, full-stack development, and emerging AI technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop Python-based services, APIs, and AI-enabled applications that solve real business problems
• Build applications that process and present data from enterprise systems, databases, and external services
• Integrate AI capabilities into production software using modern techniques such as prompt orchestration, RAG, tool use, and agent-based workflows
• Design application architectures that balance scalability, maintainability, security, and performance
• Implement modern authentication and authorization patterns across application and API layers
• Contribute across the full stack, including React-based user interfaces and data integration
• Work with technologies and platforms across the Microsoft, Google, NVIDIA, and broader AI ecosystems

Preferred

• Experience building AI-enabled applications using LLMs, RAG, agents, MCP, or similar technologies
• Experience with Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, NVIDIA AI software, or similar platforms
• Experience designing distributed or event-driven systems
• Consulting or customer-facing delivery experience
• Experience with NVIDIA Blueprints, NIMs, and CUDA
• AI Application Development
• Large Language Models
• Retrieval-Augmented Generation
• AI Agents
• Model Context Protocol
• Cloud Platforms
• Microsoft Azure
• Google Cloud
• NVIDIA AI Software
• Distributed Systems Design
• Event-Driven Systems Design
• NVIDIA Blueprints
• NVIDIA NIMs
• CUDA
• Consulting
• Customer-Facing Delivery

Benefits

• Continuous professional growth and leadership opportunities.
• Health, wellness, and financial benefits to offer peace of mind to you and your family.
• World-class facilities and the technology you need to thrive – in our offices or yours.
• Bonus
• Medical benefits
• Vision benefits
• Dental benefits
• 401K
• Flexible spending

Company

• IT solutions, integration, and licensing services for organizations
• Somerset, New Jersey, USA
• http://www.shi.com/
• Founded in 1989
• 5001-10000 employees

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience
• 4+ years of professional software development experience building production applications
• Strong Python development skills
• Experience building APIs, backend services, and data-centric applications
• Experience working with SQL and relational databases
• Experience with React or another modern web framework
• Familiarity with cloud-native development, containers, source control, and CI/CD practices
• Ability to learn and apply new technologies in a rapidly evolving environment
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills
• Ability to travel up to 10%
• Experience building AI-enabled applications using LLMs, RAG, agents, MCP, or similar technologies
• Experience with Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, NVIDIA AI software, or similar platforms
• Experience designing distributed or event-driven systems
• Consulting or customer-facing delivery experience
• Experience with NVIDIA Blueprints, NIMs, and CUDA
• 4+ years of professional software development experience building production applications.

Required skills

• API Development, Backend Services, Containers, Distributed Systems, LLM Application Development, Microsoft Azure, Python, React, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), SQL

Preferred skills

• Consulting or customer-facing delivery experience, Experience designing distributed or event-driven systems, Experience with NVIDIA Blueprints, NIMs, and CUDA

Experience

• 4+ years