Job Information
Nuveen Investments Associate in Pune, India
Associate - Dev Ops - IN
The role is involved in the full life cycle of an application and work closely with clients and team members to understand the stakeholder requirements that drive the analysis and design of quality technical solutions.
Key Responsibilities and Duties
They possess an understanding of CI/CD processes and are responsible for the design and implementation of applications’ build, release, deployment, containerization and configuration control and management.
Other responsibilities include working with partners to gather requirements, prototyping, architecting, implementing/updating solutions, building and executing test plans, performing quality reviews, managing operations, and training and fixing operational issues.
Educational Requirements
- University (Degree) Preferred
Work Experience
- 2+ Years Required; 3+ Years Preferred
Physical Requirements
- Physical Requirements: Sedentary Work
Career Level
6IC
Position Summary: Describe below the primary purpose and function of this job
We are seeking a skilled Generative AI Engineer with expertise in prompt engineering to design, build, and optimize AI-powered solutions leveraging state-of-the-art generative models such as GPT, LLama, Claude, Gemini and others. This role focuses on crafting effective prompts, fine-tuning models - potentially be involved in fine-tuning efforts, and integrating generative AI capabilities into applications to solve business challenges and enhance user experiences.
As a Generative AI Engineer, you will work closely with cross-functional teams to understand requirements, design AI-driven workflows, and deliver innovative solutions that maximize the potential of generative AI.
Key Duties & Responsibilities : List up to 5 key duties and responsibilities, management responsibilities and time spent (if applicable)
- Prompt Engineering and Optimization:
Craft, test, and refine effective prompts to achieve desired outputs from generative models.
Develop reusable prompt templates for various tasks such as content generation, summarization, translation, or creative design.
Experiment with prompt tuning and parameter adjustments for optimal performance.
- Generative AI Solution Development:
Integrate large language models (LLMs) and generative AI tools into applications and workflows.
Develop APIs or interfaces for user-friendly access to generative AI capabilities.
Fine-tune pretrained generative models to align with specific domain requirements.
- Data Preparation, Model Fine-tuning and Optimization:
Prepare and preprocess datasets for model training or fine-tuning.
Potentially be involved in fine-tuning efforts.
Evaluate and improve models for specific tasks, ensuring reliability and accuracy.
- Performance Evaluation and Quality Assurance:
Monitor and evaluate the performance of generative models using metrics like perplexity, BLEU, ROUGE, or custom KPIs.
Address biases, fairness, inaccuracies, or hallucinations in generated outputs.
- Collaboration and Documentation:
Work closely with stakeholders to identify use cases and translate requirements into generative AI solutions.
Document best practices, workflows, and insights gained during prompt engineering and model optimization.
- Innovation and Research:
Stay updated with the latest advancements in generative AI, prompt engineering, and related fields.
Experiment with emerging models and techniques to push the boundaries of generative AI applications
Management/Leadership Responsibility: Is management of people a primary focus of the role? If so, how many direct and indirect employees are managed? Do any of them manage a function or process?
NA
Budget Responsibility: Does the position have responsibility for Revenue, Operating (expense) Budget, etc.? If so, what is the scope?
N/A
Impact:
NA
NA
Business or Industry Expertise: Describe the degree of knowledge and understanding required of TIAA’s business and industry, commercial environment and of competitors products and services.
Interactions / Interpersonal Skills: Describe the nature and level of interactions this job has with others, both internally and externally. Explain any specific interpersonal skills necessary to successfully perform this role (i.e., negotiation skills, represents business at external events or to governmental bodies, etc. ).
Job Requirements And Qualifications : Indicate the minimum and preferred education and experience for the job and any licenses and certifications required
Required Education:
BA/BS
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Preferred Education:
Masters
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Skills and Abilities:
Generative AI Expertise:
Hands-on experience with generative AI models like GPT (e.g., GPT-4), LLama, Claude, Gemini, or similar.
Proficiency in crafting, testing, and refining prompts for LLMs to handle diverse tasks effectively.
Experience with prompt engineering techniques, including prompt-tuning, instruction-based learning, and chain-of-thought prompting.
Experience with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) techniques, integrating external knowledge bases with LLMs for enhanced context and accuracy.
Programming Skills:
Proficiency in Python, including libraries like Transformers (Hugging Face), OpenAI API, LangChain, PyTorch, TensorFlow.
Experience with integrating AI models into applications through APIs or SDKs.
Model Optimization, Fine-tuning & Deployment:
Knowledge of transfer learning and fine-tuning methods for pretrained models.
Experience deploying AI models on cloud platforms (e.g., AWS Sagemaker, Azure AI, Google Vertex AI).
Familiarity with containerization tools like Docker and orchestration systems like Kubernetes.
Data Preparation and Analysis:
Proficiency in data preprocessing, annotation, and augmentation techniques.
Understanding of embeddings and vectorization for tasks like semantic search or similarity scoring.
Collaboration and Communication:
Ability to work with non-technical stakeholders to design user-centric AI solutions.
Strong communication skills to explain complex AI outputs and design choices clearly.
Preferred Qualifications:
Familiarity with reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF).
Knowledge of ethical AI principles and techniques to mitigate biases in generative models.
Experience with frameworks like LangChain for building AI agents or pipelines.
Exposure to visualization tools for generative outputs (e.g., streamlit, Gradio).
Related Skills
Application Programming Interface (API) Development/Integration, Automation, Communication, Consultative Communication, Containerization, DevOps, Enterprise Application Integration, Influence, Organizational Savviness, Problem Solving, Prototyping, Relationship Management, Scalability/Reliability, Software Development Life Cycle, Systems Design/Analysis
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TIAA Global Capabilities was established in 2016 with a mission to tap into a vast pool of talent, reduce risk by insourcing key platforms and processes, as well as contribute to innovation with a focus on enhancing our technology stack. TIAA Global Capabilities is focused on building a scalable and sustainable organization , with a focus on technology , operations and expanding into the shared services business space.
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