Software Engineer III

The next part of your journey is right around the corner — with The Standard.

A genuine desire to make a difference in the lives of others is the foundation for everything we do. With a customer-first mindset and an intentional focus on building strong teams, we’ve been able to uphold our legacy of financial stability while investing in new, innovative technologies that support the needs of our customers. Our high-performance culture focused on operational excellence thrives thanks to remarkable people united by compassion and a customer-first commitment. Are you ready to make a difference?

Job Summary 

The Standard is looking for a Software Engineer III focused on AI to join our team. As a key member of the team, you will be working alongside Product Owners, Data Engineers, Data Scientists, Machine Learning Engineers and AI Engineers to build modern AI solutions. The ideal candidate should possess strong Python programming skills, REST API development experience, and familiarity with front-end technologies such as React or Angular alongside experience with Azure cloud engineering platform to drive innovation and efficiency in building enterprise grade solutions. 

As a Software Engineer focused on AI, you will have the opportunity to: 

• Build highly scalable and reliable APIs, services and applications that enables custom AI (ML & GenAI) capabilities to be used by other enterprise systems. 

• Develop intuitive, user-friendly interfaces with React or Angular to ensure seamless user experiences across AI-driven applications 

• Contribute to innovation and development of best-in-class patterns and methodologies that can be used to drastically evolve business processes as we know it. 

• Develop and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines for application deployment, ensuring scalability, reliability, and efficiency. 

• Play a crucial role in driving The Standard’s AI and user experience initiatives, advancing software engineering and UI/UX practices. 

Skills and Background You’ll Need 

Education: A Bachelor’s degree is the minimum requirement.

Experience: Typically requires 4+ years of related experience.  

• Strong skills in implementing Python API design patterns using frameworks like FastAPI or Flask. Skilled in Java is a requirement of the role. 

• Experience optimizing UI applications for speed, responsiveness, and cross-browser compatibility. 

• Experience with containerization technologies like Docker or Kubernetes on Azure platform. 

• Demonstrable experience in configuring and implementing Azure Application Gateway and API management solutions like Azure API Management or Kong Konnect. 

• Hands-on experience implementing and optimizing API applications for sub-second perf