Associate Principal - Data Engineering

Location Hartford CT Hybrid Role AI Engineer with Python Skill Must have Python AWS Bedrock Agent Core Good  to have Databricks We are seeking skilled AI Engineer with strong expertise in Python and AWS Bedrock Agent Core to design develop and deploy AI Agent solutions The ideal candidate will have experience building agentic AI applications integrating foundation models developing APIs and implementing scalable AI architectures on AWSThe role involves working closely with product data engineering and business teams to build intelligent assistants autonomous agents RAG solutions workflow automation capabilities and AIpowered business applications

Key Responsibilities Design develop and deploy AIGenAI solutions using AWS Bedrock and AWS Bedrock Agent Core Develop  scalable backend services and AI workflows using Python Implement Retrieval Augmented Generation RAG architectures using vector databases and enterprise knowledge sources

Integrate Foundation Models Claude Nova Llama etc through AWS Bedrock Develop prompt engineering tool calling memory management and agent orchestration capabilities

Collaborate with business stakeholders to translate requirements into AIdriven solutions

Optimize model performance latency scalability and cost Implement monitoring observability security and governance controls for AI applications

Participate in architecture reviews code reviews and production deployments

Preferred Qualifications Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Artificial Intelligence Data Science or related field
10 years of software engineering experience1 years of experience building Generative AI or Agentic AI solutions AWS certifications are highly desirable

Experience working in Insurance Financial Services or Enterprise Data Platforms is a plus