Job Title: Senior DevOps Engineer – Top Gun Engineer — Python Full Stack & Agentic Apps

Department: CIB ITO Infrastructure

About Business line/Function: A Python full stack engineer who ships fast, thinks in systems, and is already using AI-assisted development (Cursor, RooCode, vibe coding) as a core part of their workflow — not as a novelty. Your primary mission is to build the applications, tools, and internal platforms that make the Innovation Lab real: POC interfaces, agent orchestration UIs, internal developer tools, and the industrialization pipeline that transforms prototype logic into production-grade code. The deeper strategic objective is to drive the Lab's contribution to a fundamental shift in how the bank builds and operates production systems — moving toward a Prod-as-Code model where infrastructure, configuration, observability, and operational logic are expressed, versioned, and deployed as code. You will be autonomous, technically opinionated, and fast. You will set the application development standard for Mumbai and collaborate directly with Paris on the architecture of what gets built.

Position Purpose: The underlying strategic objective of this role goes beyond building applications. The Lab is driving a shift in how the bank's production function operates: moving from manual, ticket-driven, human-mediated operations toward a model where infrastructure, configuration, deployment logic, and operational responses are expressed as versioned, tested, automated code. You will be a key architect of this transformation — building the tooling, demonstrating the patterns, and making the case through working software. If you have ever wanted to change how a large organization thinks about production, this is that role.

Responsibilities

Direct Responsibilities

1.       Build full stack Python applications from scratch: FastAPI / Uvicorn backends, async APIs, internal tooling, agent interfaces — end to end, autonomously

2.       Develop POC applications that give business users and technical teams a real interface to Innovation Lab agents and pipelines

3.       Lead the industrialization path: take prototype logic (LangChain, LangGraph, RAG) and architect it into maintainable, scalable, production-ready applications

4.       Use AI-assisted development natively: Cursor, RooCode, and vibe coding workflows are your default — you iterate fast, you generate, review, and ship

5.       Design and implement the Prod-as-Code layer: infrastructure as code, configuration as code, operational logic as code — version-controlled, tested, deployable

6.       Build internal developer platforms and tooling that raise the engineering floor for the entire Mumbai team

7.       Integrate agentic backends (LangChain, LangGraph, LangServe) into production-grade application shells with proper auth, rate limiting, logging, and error handling

Contributing Responsibilities

1.       Own API design and documentation — every service you build is consumable by other teams without hand-holding

2.       Containerize and deploy applications with Docker, Kubernetes — you own the full lifecycle from local dev to production

3.       Define and enforce application architecture standards for the Lab: project structure, dependency management, testing strategy, CI/CD integration

4.       Contribute technically to the cross-regional architecture dialogue with Paris — propose, challenge, decide

Technical & Behavioral Competencies

Technical Skills:

o    LangGraph and LangServe for agentic application backends

o    Frontend exposure: React, Vue, or Streamlit for internal tool interfaces

o    Experience building internal developer platforms or CLI tooling o   Observability (Intermediate)

o    Observability instrumentation: OpenTelemetry, structured logging, distributed tracing

o    GitOps, ArgoCD, or equivalent continuous deployment patterns

o    Exposure to banking / regulated industry production constraintso    Virtualization (Mastered) 

Transversal skills: 

o    Mandate to reshape how bank builds production — Prod-as-Code is a transformation play, not a ticket

o     Full autonomy on application architecture — no committee, no legacy constraints in the Lab

o     AI-native workflow is not just allowed, it is expected and celebrated

o     Direct line to Global Head of Innovation — your output shapes the Lab's credibility across the group

Skills Referential (Required knowledge, skills and abilities)

Technical Skills:

o   5+ years of Python engineering — Opinionated about Python and write code others consider a reference

o   Mastery of FastAPI and Uvicorn — async Python backend development is your native environment

o   Full stack autonomy: Feature from API design to frontend integration to deployment, without handoffs

o   Strong LangChain experience — integrating agentic backends into real application architectures

o   Solid understanding of API design principles: REST, async patterns, versioning, auth, rate limiting

o   Infrastructure as Code mindset — Terraform, Helm, or equivalent; configuration is never manual

o   Git-native: branching strategies, PR discipline, CI/CD integration, you own the full pipeline

Transversal Skills:

o    Autonomous by default — you make technical decisions, document them, and execute without requiring daily direction.

o   Docker and Kubernetes — Containerize know how on Production environment.

o   Active use of AI-assisted development tools (Cursor, RooCode, or equivalent) — Optional

Behavioral Skills: 

o    Ability to share/transmit knowledge
o    Be results oriented
o    Creativity & Innovation / Ability to solve problems
o    Ability to collaborate / teamwork
o    Develop and maintain system documentation, including configuration guides, and standard operating procedures. - Direct and be responsible for the implementation effort.
o    Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members.
o    Assess demand for their service or technology area and develop plans to meet future capacity needs and make recommendations to the manager.
o    Aware of all critical changes to infrastructure and applications that could impact service delivery to their business customers.

o    Able to work autonomously and as part of a team using strong analytical skills.

o    Be service oriented, customer focused, positive, committed and have an enthusiastic “can do” attitude. 

o    Demonstrate a systematic and logical approach to problem-solving. 

o    Able to follow the bank’s standards, processes, and procedures. 

o    Escalating incidents internally or to 3rd party partners when required.

Education Level: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or Equivalent

Location: Mumbai/ Bangalore

About BNP Paribas Group:

BNP Paribas is the European Union’s leading bank and key player in international banking. It operates in 65 countries and has nearly 185,000 employees, including more than 145,000 in Europe. The Group has key positions in its three main fields of activity: Commercial, Personal Banking & Services for the Group’s commercial & personal banking and several specialized businesses including BNP Paribas Personal Finance and Arval; Investment & Protection Services for savings, investment, and protection solutions; and Corporate & Institutional Banking, focused on corporate and institutional clients. Based on its strong diversified and integrated model, the Group helps all its clients (individuals, community associations, entrepreneurs, SMEs, corporate and institutional clients) to realize their projects through solutions spanning financing, investment, savings and protection insurance. In Europe, BNP Paribas has four domestic markets: Belgium, France, Italy, and Luxembourg. The Group is rolling out its integrated commercial & personal banking model across several Mediterranean countries, Turkey, and Eastern Europe. As a key player in international banking, the Group has leading platforms and business lines in Europe, a strong presence in the Americas as well as a solid and fast-growing business in Asia-Pacific. BNP Paribas has implemented a Corporate Social Responsibility approach in all its activities, enabling it to contribute to the construction of a sustainable future, while ensuring the Group's performance and stability.

About BNP Paribas India Solutions:

Established in 2005, BNP Paribas India Solutions is a wholly owned subsidiary of BNP Paribas SA, European Union’s leading bank with an international reach. With delivery centers located in Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai, we are a 24x7 global delivery center. India Solutions services three business lines: Corporate and Institutional Banking, Investment Solutions and Retail Banking for BNP Paribas across the Group. Driving innovation and growth, we are harnessing the potential of over 10000 employees, to provide support and develop best-in-class solutions.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

At BNP Paribas, we passionately embrace diversity and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where all employees are valued, respected and can bring their authentic selves to work. We prohibit Discrimination and Harassment of any kind, and our policies promote equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants, irrespective of, but not limited to their gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, colour, national origin, age, religion, social status, mental or physical disabilities, veteran status etc. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in. As a global Bank, we truly believe that inclusion and diversity of our teams is key to our success in serving our clients and the communities we operate in.