Technical Engineer Chatbot

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Date: Nov 26, 2025

Location: Pune, IN

Company: AkzoNobel

About AkzoNobel

Since 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.

 

For more information please visit www.akzonobel.com 

 

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Job Purpose

Role Overview

We are seeking a Junior Chatbot Developer with at least 2 years of experience in building and deploying large-scale, customer-facing chatbot solutions. The ideal candidate will have strong backend development skills, experience with system integrations, and an interest in improving chatbot performance through analytics and continuous enhancement.

Key Accountabilities

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop, deploy, and maintain chatbot features across web, mobile, and messaging platforms.
  • Build backend services and conversational logic using Node.js and Python.
  • Integrate chatbots with external systems using REST APIs, webhooks, and microservices.
  • Design and refine conversational flows, intents, entities, and NLP components.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to convert requirements into working chatbot functionality.
  • Participate in continuous improvement activities to enhance performance, quality, and user experience.
  • Support knowledge management activities including structuring content and preparing training datasets.
  • Perform troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and optimization exercises.
  • Execute unit testing and contribute to documentation and best practices.

Experience

Required Skills & Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
  • Minimum 2 years of experience in chatbot development or conversational AI.
  • Strong proficiency in Node.js and Python.
  • Solid understanding of REST APIs, system integrations, and backend service development.
  • Understanding of NLP fundamentals such as intents, entities, and dialog flows.
  • Experience working with analytics to monitor chatbot performance and improve outcomes.
  • Exposure to DevOps practices such as CI/CD, version control (Git), and basic deployment pipelines.
  • Exposure to Agile methodologies including sprints, user stories, and iterative development.
  • Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

 

Preferred Skills

  • Hands-on experience with platforms like Dialogflow, Rasa, Bot Framework, or similar.
  • Exposure to knowledge base creation, ingestion, and chatbot training workflows.
  • Familiarity with metrics such as user engagement, confidence scores, deflection rates, and conversation quality.
  • Understanding of microservices, containerization (Docker), or CI/CD pipelines.
  • Familiarity with cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).

Soft Skills

  • Good communication and teamwork skills.
  • Curious, motivated, and eager to learn new tools and technologies.
  • Structured and process-oriented mindset with a desire to improve workflows continuously.

At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.

Requisition ID: 50161 

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