Software Engineer Product

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OVERVIEW

Were seeking a passionate Software Engineer to join our Experimental Engineering team focused on enhancing and developing our AskCR Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) application. This individual will play a crucial role in building intelligent consumer-facing features and seamlessly integrating AI-powered functionalities across our web and mobile platforms. As part of the AskCR team youll collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to deliver robust scalable solutions that leverage modern AI technologies.

This is a remote position. This position is not eligible for sponsorship or relocation assistance.

How Youll Make An Impact

As a Software Engineer focused on the AskCR product you will work across the stack to:

• Develop optimize and maintain the AskCR chatbot and associated features ensuring seamless integration across user devices and platforms.
• Collaborate with product design and engineering teams to translate user needs and business requirements into innovative features and experiences.
• Write clean efficient and maintainable frontend code in React
• Implement efficient scalable APIs and services using Python FastAPI and related technologies.
• Integrate and leverage OpenAIs LLMs to enhance the chatbots conversational and generative capabilities including through prompt engineering and foundation model experimentation.
• Continuously research test and incorporate emerging AI technologies to enhance product experience and maintain competitive edge.
• Promote and adhere to best practices in software development security and responsible AI usage.

ABOUT YOU

Youll Be Highly Rated If:

• You have the degree. Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering Data Science or a related field.
• You have 5 years of professional software engineering experience with demonstrated expertise in Python and web development frameworks particularly FastAPI.
• You have integrated and deployed AI solutions using OpenAIs GPT models or similar LLM technologies.
• You have a strong understanding of cloud services containerization and deployment best practices.
• You are an exceptional problem-solver with the ability to clearly communicate technical concepts to cross-functional teams.

Youll Be One of Our Top Picks If:

• You have experience with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) frameworks and chatbot architectures.
• You have prior experience developing consumer-facing applications particularly those incorporating AI-driven user experiences.
• You have experience with React Native and mobile app development.
• You are familiar with ethical AI practices trust & safety data privacy considerations and/or compliance standards.

FAIR PAY AND A JUST WORKPLACE

At Consumer Reports we are committed to fair transparent pay and we strive to provide competitive market-informed compensation informed by location as well as the candidates particular combination of knowledge skills competencies and experience. It is expected that most qualified candidates will fall near the middle of the posted salary range. We have three locations: Yonkers NY Washington DC and Colchester CT. We are registered to do business in and can only hire from the following states and federal district: Arizona California Connecticut Illinois Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New York Texas Vermont Virginia and Washington DC.

Salary ranges

• NY/California: $120K-$140K annually
• DMV/Massachusetts: $105K-$125K annually
• Colchester CT and additional approved CR locations: $100K-$120K annually

OR

At Consumer Reports we are committed to fair transparent pay and we strive to provide competitive market-informed target salary range for this position is $000K-$000K. It is anticipated that most qualified candidates will fall near the middle of this range. Compensation for the successful candidate will be informed by the candidates particular combination of knowledge skills competencies and experience. We have three locations: Yonkers NY Washington DC and Colchester CT. We are registered to do business in and can only hire from the following states and federal district: Arizona California Connecticut Illinois Maryland Massachusetts Michigan New Hampshire New Jersey New York Texas Vermont Virginia and Washington DC.

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