Benefits:
Competitive salary
Opportunity for advancement
Training & development
AI Engineer – Level II
Location: Washington, DC (Onsite) Experience: 5+ years in software engineering | 2+ years in GenAI/LLM systems
Why This Role?
Join a high-impact AI team building secure, scalable GenAI systems. Gain exposure to:
Cutting-edge RAG and agentic AI architectures
Azure and AWS AI ecosystems
Multi-modal LLM integration across vision and speech
Production-grade CI/CD for AI/ML workloads
Fast-tracked certifications and career growth
Role Summary
As an AI Engineer (Level II), you’ll design, implement, and optimize enterprise-scale AI systems. You’ll lead architecture, agent orchestration, and model integration while collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver production-ready solutions.
Key Responsibilities
AI Architecture & Delivery
Design RAG pipelines using Azure AI/Search, Redis, FAISS, HNSW
Build conversational systems with prompt lifecycle management and telemetry
Integrate LLMs like Azure OpenAI, Claude, Llama, and open-source models
Infrastructure & Orchestration
Deploy Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers with RBAC and audit trails
Implement Azure AI Agent Service patterns for agent registry and policy enforcement
Use Azure Batch and AWS EMR for scalable inferencing and processing
Data Pipeline Engineering
Build ingestion pipelines with PII redaction, metadata enrichment, SLA tracking
Operate vectorization pipelines with quality gates and drift detection
Leverage ADF, Databricks, and EMR for scalable workflows
Agentic AI & Model Ops
Orchestrate multi-agent workflows using Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, CrewAI, LangChain
Apply governance and lifecycle management for agent runtimes
Fine-tune models, conduct A/B testing, and implement CI/CD pipelines with validation
Core Competencies
Strong CS fundamentals: distributed systems, algorithms, concurrency, networking
SDLC excellence: clean architecture, SOLID principles, testing frameworks
Secure development: input validation, secret hygiene, sandboxing
Performance tuning: latency optimization, vector index profiling
Required Skills
Expertise in RAG, embeddings, transformer models, and multi-modal pipelines
Production-level C#, Python, .NET; TypeScript for service/UI (as needed)
Experience with Azure and AWS AI tools and operations
Familiarity with fine-tuning, safety tooling, model traceability
Strong delivery skills: architecture, stakeholder alignment, roadmap execution
Tools & Platforms
Azure: OpenAI, AI Search, AML, AKS, ADF, Azure Batch, Databricks, Key Vault
AWS: SageMaker, Bedrock, EMR, Lambda, API Gateway, S3, EKS, Comprehend
Vector DBs: Redis, FAISS, HNSW, Azure AI Search
Frameworks: LangChain, Semantic Kernel, AutoGen, Microsoft Agent Framework, CrewAI, Agno
Inference: Docker/Ollama, vLLM, GGUF quantization, GPU provisioning
Required Certifications
Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900)
Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals (DP-900)
Responsible AI certification
AWS Machine Learning Specialty
TensorFlow Developer
Kubernetes CKA/CKAD
SAFe Agile Software Engineering
Preferred (Bonus)
Azure AI Engineer (AI-102), Data Scientist (DP-100), Architect (AZ-305), or Developer (AZ-204)
Experience with MLflow, Hugging Face, vector tuning (HNSW/IVF)
Responsible AI playbooks, incident response frameworks
CI/CD for AI (Azure DevOps, AWS CodePipeline), hybrid deployments (Azure Arc, AWS Outposts)
Step into a role where AI meets cloud scalability.
Apply now and help shape tomorrow’s AI systems.