Job title: eCornell Generative AI - Full Stack Developer (Remote) in Ithaca, NY - Tompkins County, NY at Cornell University Company: Cornell University Job description:

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DepartmentAs Cornell University’s online learning unit, eCornell delivers online professional certificate courses to individuals and organizations around the world. Courses are personally developed by Cornell faculty with expertise in a wide range of topics, including data analytics, management, marketing, human resources, leadership, and STEM. Students learn in an interactive, small cohort format to gain skills they can immediately apply in their organizations, while earning a professional certificate from Cornell University. eCornell has offered online learning courses and certificate programs for 15 years to over 130,000 students at more than 2,000 companies.The Opportunity:In this fully remote position, you as the Generative AI - Full Stack Developer will work with eCornell’s product management team, software development team, and internal and external stakeholders to maintain and enhance existing software and to design, develop, and deliver new software within the eCornell software stack, using modern software engineering tools and practices.The Full Stack Developer is tasked with the primary responsibility of integrations with eCornell’s systems such as our LMS Canvas, Destiny, Salesforce, ETL, and less of the typical full stack developer responsibilities in web app development. In addition, Full-stack Developer works with the support team and end-users to troubleshoot and resolve customer and internally reported software defects and technical issues.As a member of an agile squad, the Full Stack developer adheres to practices and standards, set by communities of practice, and contributes to a culture of continuous improvement.You are considered competitive for this position if you are:Technical Expertise in developing applications with Generative AI and LLMs such as GPT, Claude, or Gemini and demonstrated experience with Python.Excellent with follow-up and follow-through, ability to work independently, and make decisions with minimal supervision.Customer-centric in your approach, with strong interpersonal skills to build effective relationships with faculty, staff, and eCornell departments.Adaptable, flexible, and you exercise patience and curiosity in navigating complex issues, with a high level of confidentiality and good judgment.What You Will Do:Participate in full-cycle software development efforts, from ideation through deployment, in a dynamic and fast-paced business environment.Collaborate with product and design teams to translate user requirements into technical implementations.Develop and integrate Generative AI applications into our platform, leveraging LLMs and related technologies.Support continuous innovation by integrating new features and optimizing existing functionalities.Recommend product revisions or enhancements based on user feedback.Document software to support collaborative development and ease of updates. Document design using Google docs, Confluence.Perform system tuning, optimization of information/data processing, maintenance, and support of the production environment, as necessaryWhat You Will Need:Bachelor’s degree in CS or equivalent and 5-7 years of relevant application software development work experience in a fast-paced web-based software development environment, or equivalent combination of education and experience.Proven expertise in developing applications with Generative AI and LLMs such as GPT, Claude, or Gemini.Proficiency with frameworks such as LangChain, embedding workflows, and vector databases.Experience with Python for backend development and tools like LangGraph and Agentic AI.Familiarity with RESTful APIs.Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process.Understanding of issue-tracking systems, such as Jira.Experience in unit testing, verification, and validation.Proven ability to work, be adaptive, and resourceful in a dynamic, fast-paced, customer-focused work environment characterized by rapid change, minimal lead times, and multiple competing priorities.Exce