Staff Software Engineer - Full Stack & GenAI

Requirements

• The minimum qualifications for this role include:
• Minimum of Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science or Engineering from an accredited university or college
• 10+ years in software engineering, with 3+ years leading design/architecture and mentoring.
• Strong in Python and TypeScript/JavaScript ; fluent with SQL .
• Front‑end experience with Angular , React (or equivalent modern framework).
• Back‑end experience with FastAPI and/or Node/NestJS ; designing REST APIs and background workers/queues.
• Cloud & data: AWS (S3, RDS), CI/CD (GitLab or equivalent), containers ( Docker , Kubernetes basics), observability/logging.
• GenAI: Building LLM‑powered features (orchestration, prompt design, evaluation), retrieval/RAG with vector search; implementing guardrails and telemetry .
• Security: Practical experience with secure‑by‑design patterns and compliance‑aware development.
• Communication: Able to influence across teams and translate complex concepts for diverse stakeholders.
• We would love it if you had:
• Proven track record shipping complex production applications that incorporate LLMs or AI services at enterprise scale
• Experience with Redis , job queues/workers; performance tuning and cost optimization for AI workloads.
• Vector search (e.g., pgvector , Pinecone/Weaviate), embeddings, and evaluation frameworks; LangChain/LlamaIndex familiarity.
• Kubernetes (deployments, autoscaling), IaC (Terraform/CDK), and multi‑service observability (tracing/metrics/logs).
• Prior ownership of features used by large internal/external user bases and documented reliability outcomes.
• Master's in CS/AI/ML or equivalent industry experience
• What will your typical day look like?
• Collaborate with AI, data, and app engineering in stand‑ups and design sessions; remove blockers

Additional Information

It's not just about your career or job title... It's about who you are and the impact you will make on the world. Because whether it's for each other or our customers, we put People First. When our people come together, we Expand the Possible and continuously look for ways to improve what we create and how we do it. If you are constantly striving to grow, you're in good company. We are revolutionizing the way the world moves for future generations, and we want someone who is ready to move with us. Who are we? Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems. Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress and unlocks our customers' potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more! Job Description: Staff Software Engineer- Full Stack & GenAI Who will you be working with? As a Staff Software Engineer on the Wabtec IT Data & Analytics (DnA) Team, you'll serve as a key member of the Advanced Analytics & AI Development team. You'll partner with data engineers, AI specialists, and business stakeholders to deliver production‑grade Full‑Stack and GenAI capabilities that solve complex data problems across business units. How will you make a difference? You will own architecture and delivery of scalable services and AI‑powered features, set engineering standards, mentor engineers, and ensure our systems meet availability, latency, cost, and security goals. As a Staff Software Engineer within the Wabtec IT Data & Analytics (DnA) Team, you will be responsible for: - Architecture ownership : Define and communicate architecture for event‑driven, microservice, and full‑stack systems; write ADRs and guide domain boundaries. - GenAI in production : Design and ship LLM‑powered services (prompt pipelines, RAG, evaluation, guardrails) with strong observability and cost controls. - End‑to‑end delivery : Build secure APIs (FastAPI/Node/NestJS), data contracts, and React front‑ends; ensure robust CI/CD, testing, and rollout plans. - Security by design : Threat modeling, secure secrets, authN/Z (OAuth/JWT), and audit logging; drive remediation at scale. - Technical leadership : Mentor engineers, lead design reviews, raise the bar on coding standards and documentation quality. - Cross‑team influence : Align roadmaps, articulate trade‑offs to leaders, and drive platform standards across DnA and partner teams. - Continuous improvement : Promote a learning culture, run blameless postmortems, and improve developer experience. What do we want to know about you?

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