Software Engineer – AI Platform [T500-30561]

About CIBC:

CIBC is a leading North American bank, with a history of more than 150 years of living our purpose - to help make your ambition a reality. Client relationships are at the center of our strategy, and our growth is enabled by a highly engaged and connected global team. From digital banking to community impact, we’re proud to drive progress for our clients and our communities. Recognized for our culture, award-winning innovation and community investment, CIBC continues to evolve by putting people and progress at the centre of everything we do.

About CIBC India:

CIBC India is a technology and operations hub in Hyderabad, where you’ll be part of our highly engaged and global team, and play a central role in supporting our growth. Whether you’re driving innovation in digital banking or streamlining client onboarding, you’ll be part of a culture recognized for excellence and investment in people. At CIBC India, people and progress are at the center of what we do: you’ll develop skills, collaborate with industry leaders, and see your ideas realized in a culture that values progress and belonging. We provide cutting-edge resources, ongoing learning, and a supportive environment where people come first. If you’re ready to create meaningful change and build your future, CIBC India is where your ambition meets opportunity.

What CIBC India Offers:

At CIBC India, your goals are a priority. We start with your strengths and ambitions and strive to create opportunities to tap into your potential. We aspire to give you a career that goes well beyond your compensation.

We work to recognize you in meaningful, personalized ways including competitive fixed pay, performance-based incentive programs, a family-first benefits program, employer contributions for your retirement, attractive time off and leave offerings, wellbeing support, and MomentMakers, our social, points-based recognition program.

Our spaces and technological toolkit will make it simple to bring together great minds to create innovative solutions that make a difference for our clients worldwide

We cultivate a culture where you can express your ambition through initiatives like Purpose Day, a paid day off dedicated for you to use to invest in your growth and development.

BUSINESS UNIT DESCRIPTION:

The Capital Markets Technology Team at CIBC is responsible for delivering advanced technology solutions that drive the success of the bank’s Capital Markets business. This team encompasses specialized groups, including Derivatives Technology, Capital Markets Data Analytics, Electronic Trading, Fixed Income, FX, and Risk Management Software, Equities Technology etc each playing a vital role in supporting efficient, secure, and scalable trading and analytics platforms. By developing and maintaining robust systems for derivatives—including sophisticated risk management software essential for monitoring, analyzing, and mitigating derivatives risk—enabling high-performance electronic trading, providing comprehensive technology for fixed income and foreign exchange trading, and delivering actionable insights through advanced data analytics, the team ensures operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and superior client service. Through continuous innovation and alignment with strategic business objectives, the Capital Markets Technology Team empowers CIBC to manage risk effectively, respond to market opportunities, and deliver exceptional value to clients.

JOB PURPOSE:

Position summary:

• You will join a senior team building CIBC’s agentic AI platform for Capital Markets. As a Software Engineer on the AI Platform, you will build, test, and operate the reusable services that give AI agents and applications reliable, secure access to structured and unstructured data.
• This is a hands-on individual contributor role, working alongside senior engineers, with a clear path to a senior engineering role as you grow. You will work across ingestion, search, retrieval APIs, metadata, caching, and evaluation, using Python, FastAPI, Qdrant, Azure AI Search, Databricks, LangGraph, Pydantic, and MLflow.
• Prior hands-on RAG experience is a plus but not required. We are looking for engineers with a with a solid track record of shipping production software, and the curiosity to apply it to retrieval-based AI systems.
• At CIBC India we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. Details on your work arrangement (includin…