Specialist Software Engineer - AI Engineer (Sherpa)

Job description

Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

- Participate in knowledge transfer and transition of the existing Knowledge Graph capability to CFT/DAR.

- Maintain, refine, and enhance the existing Neo4j Graph DB.

- Build and enrich knowledge graphs from functional documentation.

- Apply AI/LLM techniques to extract relevant entities, relationships, and context from documentation.

- Use Knowledge Graph information to identify and suggest potential data lineage linkages.

- Support creation and improvement of macro-level data lineage.

- Fine-tune the solution based on feedback from Data Lineage and functional teams.

- Continuously improve the accuracy and relevance of relationships captured within the Knowledge Graph.

Profile

Primary Skills

- Neo4j / Graph Databases

- Knowledge Graph development and engineering

- Graph data modelling

- Python

- Generative AI / Large Language Models (LLMs)

- Entity and relationship extraction

- Prompt and context engineering

- AI-assisted processing of functional/unstructured documentation

Secondary Skills

- Understanding of data lineage concepts

- Natural Language Processing (NLP)

- Experience working with functional and technical documentation

- Understanding of enterprise data and metadata concepts

- Ability to translate functional information into structured entities and relationships

- Experience collaborating with functional SMEs, Data Lineage teams, and AI teams

- Troubleshooting and continuous improvement of AI-generated outputs

Personal Skills:

Client Focus

- Customer‑oriented with strong problem‑solving initiative

- Able to explain benefits and risks of specific solutions

Team Spirit

- Strong team mindset and pursuit of shared outcomes

- Ability to collaborate with colleagues from varied backgrounds and cultures

- Capacity to step back and understand broader issues beyond your immediate scope

- Strong communication and interpersonal skills (active listening, conflict resolution, interaction with business, architecture, security, IT, suppliers…)

Innovation

- Positive and constructive attitude during changes in direction or priority

- Adaptability in a rapidly evolving regulatory environment requiring high quality and reliability

- Ability to step back and propose innovative ideas, solutions, or strategies

At Société Générale, we are convinced that people are drivers of change, and that the world of tomorrow will be shaped by all their initiatives, from the smallest to the most ambitious. Whether you’re joining us for a period of months, years or your entire career, together we can have a positive impact on the future. Creating, daring, innovating and taking action are part of our DNA. If you too want to be directly involved, grow in a stimulating and caring environment, feel useful on a daily basis and develop or strengthen your expertise, you will feel right at home with us!

Still hesitating? You should know that our employees can dedicate several days per year to solidarity actions during their working hours, including sponsoring people struggling with their orientation or professional integration, participating in the financial education of young apprentices and sharing their skills with charities. There are many ways to get involved. We are committed to support accelerating our Group’s ESG strategy by implementing ESG principles in all our activities and policies. They are translated in our business activity (ESG assessment, reporting, project management or IT activities), our work environment and in our responsible practices for environment protection.