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# Senior AI Software Engineer

- **Company:** SOPHiA GENETICS
- **Location:** Bidart, France
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** €88,000.0 - €168,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Artificial Intelligence, Microsoft Azure, Software as a Service, JSON, Systems Development Life Cycle, SQL Databases, Data Processing, ReactJS, Large Language Models, Grafana, Prompt Engineering, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Front End Software Development, Docker, Microservices
- **Published:** July 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://apply.workable.com/sophia-genetics/j/F52E4089C5

## About the Role

Do you like hard technical challenges solved with modern technology - cloud, microservices, and applied AI/LLM systems? Join our team to use develop and deliver web modules and microservices for a globally distributed platform that connects hospitals and labs. You'll focus on genomics interpretation, data processing, and analysis, using AI to contribute to our SaaS platform that transforms how complex healthcare data is shared and utilized., 5-7 years building and releasing reliable web-based services to production.Back-end: strong Java and SQL, microservice architecture. Front-end: React and modern JavaScript.Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) and CI/CD.Hands-on experience with production LLM applications - specifically RAG pipelines and/or LLM evaluation - OR clear, demonstrable evidence of rapidly self-learning new technical areas to production quality.Experience using AI tooling in the SDLC (AI-assisted coding, review, documentation).Strong communication and a real appetite for mentoring.Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.
Strong plus:
Prompt engineering, structured/JSON output, and reasoning about faithfulness, calibration and hallucination.Experience with Azure AI Foundry or equivalent managed inference platforms; prompt caching.GraphQL, observability (Grafana, Loki), modern DevOps.Experience in genomics, digital healthcare, or another regulated domain.

## Description

Suitably qualified candidates will be invited through an interview and screening process where you will speak with members of our Talent Acquisition Team, the hiring leader alongside key colleagues and stakeholders from across the business. If you need additional support for accessibility, please contact our TA team for assistance.
We appreciate the value external partners can bring, but we operate a direct-hiring model and we are not looking to utilize agency support at this time. All hiring is controlled by Talent Acquisition, potential partners should liaise through TA and not our hiring teams please.


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