Jobs at Ciklum

Lead design, development, and deployment of production-grade LLM and RAG-based AI solutions. Improve retrieval performance, build automated evaluation and validation frameworks, instrument pgvector retrieval KPIs, integrate metrics into CI/CD, and mentor mid-level engineers while driving technical reviews and best practices.

Lead and scale Retail & Consumer Goods consulting: drive discovery workshops, presales solutioning, strategic client advisory, author domain IP, and win large digital transformation deals across e-commerce, merchandising, and digital experience.

Manage end-to-end resource allocation and deployment, optimize bench utilization, forecast demand and build talent supply plans, drive internal mobility, partner with TA for external hires, and track utilization and deployment metrics.

Leads the transformation of software development into a governed AI-agentic lifecycle. Responsibilities include assessing SDLC automation readiness, designing agent orchestration architecture, implementing security and approval guardrails, selecting tooling, integrating CI/CD and code review systems, managing phased organizational rollout, training engineering teams, and reporting on ROI, risk, adoption, and operational outcomes.

Designs and implements web and API test automation frameworks, migrates automation to Playwright, integrates tests into CI/CD, and measures product quality. The role defines testing standards, develops functional UI and service-level tests, maintains testing infrastructure, conducts peer reviews, manages risks, documents strategies, reports quality outcomes, mentors team members, and advises QA teams. Requires strong JavaScript, testing methodologies, database, cloud DevOps, version control, and Agile expertise, with four hours of overlap with Central US hours.

Leads manual and automated testing across API, UI, regression, functional, and non-functional areas. Designs test plans, maintains test harnesses and environments, integrates automation into CI/CD pipelines, analyzes results, manages defects and testing risks, and leads UAT. The role also improves QA and release workflows, supports BDD practices, and mentors junior team members.

Industrialize a no-code trading intelligence proof of concept into production-grade Python services on Azure. Build and tune multi-agent AI systems using prompt logic, tool calling, RAG, orchestration loops, and Azure AI services. Develop human-in-the-loop recommendation workflows, implement automated testing with Pytest and CI integration, mock external APIs and data feeds, and create LLM evaluations to ensure end-to-end quality.

Source IT candidates by developing targeted sourcing strategies, using Boolean searches and recruiting platforms, conducting talent market research, reviewing profiles, and engaging prospective candidates through LinkedIn, GitHub, Stack Overflow, and professional communities. The role requires maintaining technical talent pipelines, presenting market insights, collaborating with recruiters, and managing multiple priorities while meeting deadlines.

Lead architecture for enterprise AI initiatives across products, platforms, and shared capabilities. Define AI architecture standards, reference patterns, governance, security, and operational guardrails. Guide solutions involving LLM applications, retrieval systems, agentic workflows, orchestration, evaluation, observability, and cloud-native platforms. Partner with business, product, and engineering leaders, influence strategic decisions, mentor technical teams, and support AI-enabled software development and platform modernization.

Lead the design, development, and delivery of scalable web applications using Node.js, TypeScript, React, AWS, Docker, and Kafka. Drive architecture, engineering standards, testing, CI/CD, cloud deployment, and quality practices. Mentor junior and mid-level engineers, collaborate with DevOps and cross-functional teams, and participate in technical hiring and interviews.

Design and maintain scalable Python microservices, REST APIs, WebSockets, background jobs, and event-driven systems. Deploy AWS infrastructure using Terraform or AWS CDK, build CI/CD pipelines, optimize PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, and Redis data layers, and enforce secure authentication and access controls. Develop frontend features with React, Next.js, and TypeScript, while integrating AI/LLM capabilities, agentic frameworks, RAG workflows, and vector databases. Lead backend architecture and ensure quality through automated testing and LLM evaluations.

Design and implement complex web applications, improve engineering and quality standards, create CI/CD pipelines, support technical hiring, and coach junior and mid-level engineers. The role requires advanced Node.js development, TypeScript and React, database querying, testing, Docker-based deployment, AWS infrastructure configuration, and Kafka knowledge.

Lead QA automation initiatives by architecting frameworks, migrating automation suites to Playwright, and developing UI and API tests. Integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines, define quality metrics, maintain testing infrastructure, document standards, conduct peer reviews, assess product quality, mitigate testing risks, and provide technical guidance and onboarding for QA teams.

Lead design and maintain a secure, production AWS environment for an Agent Development Platform. Implement Firecracker MicroVMs or container isolation, provision and scale vector and graph databases, build event-driven streams, automate infrastructure with IaC and CI/CD, integrate identity for multi-tenancy, and enforce strict egress controls to prevent data exfiltration.

Lead and execute end-to-end embedded firmware development for devices—from requirements through production and post-production support. Design, implement, test, debug, and optimize system software and I/O, interface with hardware, validate new product designs, assess third-party/open-source software, support QA, perform research and prototypes, and mentor junior teammates.

Lead design and delivery of scalable Python backend and AI platforms. Architect microservices, integrate LLMs and vector retrieval, build AI workflows, optimize data pipelines with Databricks and SQL, lead cloud deployments on Azure/AWS, mentor engineering teams, and collaborate with product and data science to productionize Generative and Agentic AI solutions.

Design and develop embedded firmware for battery-powered IoT devices using C/C++ and assembly. Implement wireless protocols, RTOS applications, secure boot and encryption, optimize power and performance, collaborate with hardware, cloud and mobile teams, and build testing and debugging frameworks.

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Design, build, and maintain high-performance backend systems and scalable APIs using Python and FastAPI. Integrate AI-driven solutions (Generative/Agentic AI), work with Databricks and SQL/RDBMS, collaborate with cross-functional teams, optimize performance, and contribute to architecture and technical decisions.

Operate the deal desk and manage opportunity-to-booking lifecycle in Salesforce and DealHub. Ensure booking accuracy, support contracting workflows, coordinate across Sales/Finance/Legal, maintain renewal pipeline, and provide peak-period closing support (EOM/EOQ/EOY).