Lead Domino Developer - API
We are seeking an experienced Lead Domino Developer - API to own the design, development, and ongoing maintenance of applications built and deployed on the Domino Data Lab platform. This role sits at the intersection of platform administration and software engineering, and requires someone who can both build robust applications and lead a team responsible for their long-term stability and performance
Responsibilities
- Architect Domino-hosted applications end to end, guiding the team through platform-specific design decisions and troubleshooting
- Build, deploy, and maintain production applications on Domino, including environment configuration, dependency management, and performance tuning
- Administer and develop across Domino Workspaces, Environments, Projects, Data Sources, Jobs, Flows, App publishing, and model deployment
- Write clean, maintainable, production-grade code in Python as the primary development language
- Develop responsive, production-grade web front ends for internal or client-facing applications
- Deploy and troubleshoot containerised workloads on Kubernetes, including image optimisation and cluster-level debugging
- Design and integrate REST APIs and microservice-based pipelines to support application functionality
- Reason about architecture, cost, and security trade-offs across cloud platform deployments
- Mentor engineers, plan workload, conduct design and code reviews, and own delivery outcomes for applications in production
- Communicate effectively across technical architecture discussions and business stakeholder briefings
- Set direction, delegate effectively, and hold the team accountable while fostering collaboration
Requirements
- 5+ years of hands-on experience administering and developing on the Domino Data Lab platform
- Proven experience building, deploying, and maintaining production applications on Domino
- Expertise in Python for production-grade software development
- Experience in ReactJS for building responsive web front ends
- Working fluency in SQL, R, and Bash
- Practical experience with Kubernetes and Docker, including deployment on EKS, AKS, or GKE
- Working knowledge of at least one major cloud platform, such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Strong track record designing REST APIs and microservice-based pipelines
- Experience leading a technical team, including mentoring, planning, and delivery ownership
- English proficiency at B2 level or higher
Nice to have
- Experience with Domino Nexus or hybrid/multi-cloud compute orchestration
- Exposure to MLOps practices, including model training, deployment, monitoring, and retraining pipelines
- Practical experience with GenAI, LLMs, or agentic frameworks, including retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
- Familiarity with orchestration tools such as MLflow, Kubeflow, Airflow, or Domino Flows
- Understanding of model governance, compliance automation, or audit logging
- Experience working in pharma, BFSI, or public sector environments
