AI SW Engineer
Nokia · Posted Oct 8
Mobile and fixed network infrastructure, IP routing, cloud, and telecommunications technology services
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About the role
This role sits within Nokia's organization focused on building enterprise-grade AI and software solutions, covering the end-to-end lifecycle from technology evaluation and architecture design through development, deployment, and production support. The team works across AI-powered and web applications built with Python frameworks, LLMs, RAG, and agentic AI frameworks, running on OpenStack and Azure infrastructure. The engineer will develop and maintain these applications, manage Azure identity and authentication, PostgreSQL databases, GitLab CI/CD pipelines, and build the technical platforms and engineering practices that let teams deploy and operate solutions at scale.
What you will do
- Evaluate business requirements and select appropriate technology stacks, application frameworks, databases, and deployment architectures for AI and non-AI solutions.
- Design, develop, and maintain AI-powered and web applications using Python, Django/Flask, FastAPI, React, REST APIs, LLMs, RAG, and agentic AI frameworks such as LangChain/LangGraph.
- Provision and manage application infrastructure across OpenStack and Azure, including VMs, application hosting, Nginx, HTTPS/TLS, and supporting services. (NSSM)
- Manage Azure identity and application authentication, including Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD), App Registrations, application permissions, OAuth-based authentication, and secure integration of applications with Azure services.
- Establish and maintain GitLab repositories, contributor access, branching/code-review workflows, GitLab Runners in VM, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Manage application PostgreSQL databases, including connectivity, migrations, backups, and deployment-related database changes.
- Initiate new projects, develop the initial technical implementation, establish coding and architecture standards, and onboard other developers for collaborative development.
- Maintain technical specifications, architecture documentation, deployment procedures, and operational documentation for applications.
- Leverage AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor and GitHub Copilot and develop reusable skills/instructions for AI coding assistants.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues across the application, LLM-Gateway APIs, Application APIs, database, infrastructure, and deployment layers, collaborating with internal platform, security, and technology teams where required. Managing secrets and credentials through KeyVaults (TBD)
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- 5-8Yrs experience in Python software development experience with Django, Flask, FastAPI, or equivalent frameworks.
- Experience building LLM/GenAI applications, RAG solutions, and AI agents using LangChain, LangGraph, or equivalent frameworks.
- Strong understanding of Git, GitLab, CI/CD, REST APIs, PostgreSQL, and application deployment.
- Working experience with cloud/virtualized infrastructure, preferably Azure and OpenStack.
- Experience with Nginx, HTTPS/TLS, Linux/Windows server environments, and application services.
- Working knowledge of React/JavaScript for maintaining web applications.
- Experience using AI-assisted coding tools such as Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or equivalent.
- Strong troubleshooting skills and the ability to independently take an application from requirement, design, development, deployment to production support.
- Strong appetite for continuous learning and experimentation, with the ability to independently explore emerging AI, software, cloud, and developer technologies, rapidly build proofs-of-concept, and identify opportunities to apply them to enterprise solutions.
Preferred qualifications
- Docker/Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, PowerShell.
- Azure AI/Azure OpenAI, vector databases/pgVector, MCP, and AI evaluation/observability, RAGAS RAG evaluation, ML, fine-tuning.
- Experience with enterprise identity, authentication, and security platforms.
- Experience with SharePoint, Power BI, Power Apps, and Microsoft Copilot Studio, including integration with enterprise applications, data sources, workflows, and AI-powered business solutions.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Nokia
Nokia Corporation is a multinational telecommunications, information technology, and network equipment provider that delivers critical infrastructure solutions across mobile, fixed, and cloud networks. Known for its historical roots and ongoing global presence in connectivity, the company enables advanced network automation, AI-optimized data center infrastructure, and 5G/6G technology for communications service providers and enterprises worldwide.
- Industry
- Telecommunications
- Company size
- 78005 employees
- Founded
- 1865-05-12
- Location
- Espoo, Finland
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Technology and AI Officer
President of Network Infrastructure
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