Virtusa Corporation

Senior Software Engineer (Agentic AI)

Virtusa Corporation • $120K — $145K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of software engineering experience, with a focus on production-grade Python development.
  • Strong database skills including SQL fundamentals, schema design, and optimization.
  • Proficiency with cloud platforms such as Google Cloud or AWS.
  • In-depth knowledge of modular design principles, ensuring low coupling and high cohesion in systems.
  • Experience in designing scalable software architectures, focusing on statelessness and effective partitioning strategies.
  • Fluent in RESTful API design and real-time integration practices.

Responsibilities

  • Lead architectural discussions and contribute to system design.
  • Mentor junior engineers by sharing knowledge and best practices.
  • Design integrations with a focus on observability and resilience.
  • Optimize existing systems for performance and scalability.
  • Implement best practices for API development and real-time communications.

Benefits

  • Flexible working hours to accommodate life responsibilities.
  • Opportunities for skill enhancement and career growth with mentorship programs.
  • Access to modern tools and cloud resources for development.
  • Collaborative company culture that values teamwork and innovation.
  • Possible involvement in projects related to healthcare technology.
Full Job Description
Job Requirements

Senior Lead Software Engineer

Python, Agentic AI Cloud 2-4 Years Experience

Must-Have Skills

Python strong, production-grade proficiency

Databases solid relational/SQL fundamentals; schema design, query optimization, data modeling

Cloud platform strong hands-on experience with at least one of: Google Cloud Platform

or AWS

3+ years of professional software engineering experience

Design Architecture Thinking

Strong grounding in modular design clear separation of concerns well-bounded

components/services low coupling / high cohesion

Ability to design systems that scale horizontally statelessness where it matters partitioning/sharding

strategy load distribution avoiding single points of contention

Working fluency in core design patterns and principles and knowing when to

apply vs. avoid them

API & Real-Time Integration Best Practices

Strong grasp of RESTful API design resource modeling versioning pagination idempotency for

retries, proper status codes/error contracts

Practical experience with WebSocket-based real-time communication - connection lifecycle

management, reconnection/backoff strategy heartbeat/keep-alive handling and graceful degradation

when a socket drops

Understands tradeoffs between REST WebSockets and event-driven/streaming integration patterns

and picks the right one for the use case

Designs integrations for observability and resilience structured logging timeouts circuit breakers and

clear failure modes rather than silent drops

Highly Desired

Java working knowledge candidates comfortable in both Python and Java are ideal

Healthcare domain experience prior work on healthcare health-tech or health-data platforms is a

strong plus

ML/AI exposure enough to reason about model outputs,

confidence, and integration patterns

Role Expectations by Level

Senior Engineer

Contributes to architecture discussions; applies design patterns appropriately

Mentors junior engineers informally

Nice to Have

Deep AI/ML research background not required this is an application/systems engineering role that

touches AI tooling not a research role

What We're Really Screening For

Strong in Python SQL databases as a baseline

Solid architectural instincts modular scalable design not just make it work

Comfortable or curious about Java

Open to learning already exposed to agentic AI MCP server patterns

Work Experience
2-5Years

About Virtusa Corporation

Virtusa Corporation is a global provider of digital business strategy, digital engineering, and information technology (IT) services and solutions. The company helps its clients transform their businesses through innovative technology solutions that enable them to improve customer engagement, increase operational efficiency, and drive revenue growth. Virtusa Corporation was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Southborough, Massachusetts. The company has over 20,000 employees and operates in over 30 countries around the world. Virtusa Corporation is committed to sustainability and has received numerous awards for its environmental and social responsibility initiatives.
Learn more about Virtusa Corporation
Size
22,883 employees
Market Cap
$1.5 billion
Industry
Net Income
$44.6 million
Founded
1996
5 Year Trend
+22.3%
Revenue
$1.2 billion
NASDAQ

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