Software Engineer II (Cloud /AI)

• 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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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