Lead Software Engineer

Divisional Overview

Information Technology division supports the dynamic financial business through the development of strategic initiatives. IT partners with business to develop, implement and support sophisticated trading systems as well as middle and back-office systems through the user of state of art technology.

Business Overview

International Wealth Management (IWM) as an Asian private bank, we have more than 50 years of experience delivering value to high-net-worth clients in Asia.

Position Specifications

Corporate Title

Associate

Functional Title

Experience

Refer to table below

Qualification

Refer to table below

Requisition No.

15471

Job Role & Responsibilities

• Design and develop production-ready AI applications using Python and LLM frameworks
• Implement and optimize RAG systems to enhance LLM capabilities with external knowledge sources
• Build complex reasoning chains and agent workflows using LangChain and LangGraph
• Create and maintain vector databases for efficient information retrieval
• Develop custom tools and functions to extend LLM capabilities
• Optimize prompt engineering strategies for improved model performance
• Implement evaluation frameworks to measure and improve system performance
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate AI solutions into existing products
• Stay current with the latest advancements in LLM technologies and implementation strategies
• Document code, architectures, and processes for knowledge sharing

Job Requirements/Experience

Experience implementing complex workflows with LangGraph

• Knowledge of prompt engineering techniques and best practices
• Familiarity with different embedding models and their applications
• Understanding of semantic search and information retrieval concepts
• Experience with streaming architectures for real-time AI applications
• Contributions to open-source LLM tooling or frameworks

Technical Skills

• Programming Languages: Python (required), JavaScript/TypeScript (beneficial)
• LLM Frameworks: LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex
• Vector Databases: Weaviate, Chroma, FAISS, or similar
• Cloud Services: Experience with AI services on major cloud platforms
• API Development: FastAPI, Flask, or similar frameworks

Nomura Leadership Behaviours

Leadership

Behaviours

Description

Element

Exploring Insights & Vision

• Comprehensively analyse the nature
• of the problems we face and set our
• focus toward the future vision

Gather Intelligence

Create a vision

Identify an issue

Making Strategic Decisions

• Analyse options and feasibility to resolve issues, in making
• judgments and recommendations
• Identify countermeasures
• Assess feasibility
• Make a judgment
• Inspiring Entrepreneurship in People
• Promotes the vision and goals to others in such a way that inspires commitment and independent contributions

Influence

Inspire

Commit

Elevating Organizational Capacity

• Maximize organizational productivity through leadership development and
• engagement
• Have an ownership in own development
• Support other‘s growth
• Encourage organizational growth

Inclusion

Respect diverse perspectives and

promote psychological safety

and the creation of a risk culture

Foster psychological

safety

Encourage the active

participation of all talent

Foster a risk culture

We are committed to providing equal opportunities throughout employment including in the recruitment, training and development of employees. We prohibit discrimination in the workplace whether on grounds of gender, marital or domestic partnership status, pregnancy, carer’s responsibilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, race, color, national or ethnic origins, religious belief, disability or age.

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