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<p style="font-family: arial, 'lucida console', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">KPMG is currently seeking a Lead Engineer I to join our Tax Ignition Team.  </span></p> <p style="font-family: arial, 'lucida console', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Responsibilities:</span></p> <ul style="font-family: arial, 'lucida console', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Collaborate with product owners and data scientists to translate business needs into AI‑powered features and APIs</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Architect, develop, and maintain scalable microservices for model inference (on Azure or similar)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Build and maintain client‑facing web apps in Angular + TypeScript, Python or .NET Framework/C# backend services and APIs, secure SQL databases (T‑SQL, schema design, stored procs)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Leverage Azure services (App Services, Functions, SQL Database, DevOps) for deployment, scaling and monitoring</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Integrate Large Language Models (LLMs) and other AI services (such as Azure OpenAI, Custom Models Serving) into our front‑end and back‑end systems</span></li> <li>Act with integrity, professionalism and personal responsibility to uphold KPMG's respectful and courteous work environment</li> </ul> <p style="font-family: arial, 'lucida console', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Qualifications:</span></p> <ul style="font-family: arial, 'lucida console', sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> <li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Minimum five years of recent experience in software development and systems architecture</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in computer science, engineering or related field is preferred; Master's degree from an accredited college or university is desired</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Solid understanding of software engineering such as microservices architecture, RESTful APIs, authentication/authorization</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Experience building enterprise systems using Python, .NET, C#, Angular, SQL and Azure is preferred</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Strong communication and analytical skills are required, strong Python skills and experience with ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit‑learn) is preferred</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">  </span></li>  </ul>

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