Sr. AI Engineer

Job Description

Seeking an AI Engineer 3 to design, develop, and operate the enterprise AI platform that powers intelligent applications across the organization. This role focuses on building scalable, secure backend AI services, reusable AI capabilities, and platform APIs that application development teams integrate into their solutions.

• Design, develop, and deploy reusable AI platform services and backend APIs.
• Build scalable backend services that orchestrate enterprise AI capabilities.
• Develop integrations with Azure AI Foundry, Anthropic Claude SDK, Azure OpenAI, and other approved AI providers.
• Design and optimize Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) services and agent-based workflows.
• Integrate AI platform services with enterprise data platforms and cloud infrastructure.
• Implement observability, monitoring, logging, and troubleshooting for AI services.
• Optimize platform performance, scalability, reliability, and cost.
• Mentor junior engineers through code reviews and technical guidance.
• Collaborate with architects and application teams on solution implementation.
• Ensure solutions meet security, compliance, and governance standards.

• Languages:
  
  C#, Python, Node.js (JavaScript/Type Script), RESTful APIs
• AI:
  Azure AI Foundry, Anthropic Claude SDK, Azure OpenAI, MCP, agent workflows, RAG
• Cloud:
  Azure Container Apps, Azure Functions, Docker
• Data: SQL, PostgreSQL, Azure SQL
• Tooling:
  Lang Fuse, Cursor IDE, Git

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
• 2+ years building production AI services, AI platforms, or reusable AI infrastructure
• Experience building scalable backend APIs and distributed services
• Experience with LLM integrations, MCP, AI workflows, and RAG
• Experience with Docker and cloud-native container platforms
• Experience building and deploying cloud-native applications
• Strong SQL and relational database design skills
• Experience mentoring engineers and delivering complex production software

• Experience with Azure AI Foundry, Anthropic Claude SDK, or Azure OpenAI
• Experience building shared AI platforms, SDKs, or platform APIs
• Experience with Lang Fuse, Prisma or Drizzle, Express or Fastify
• Familiarity with React and Shadcn UI
• Knowledge of Dev Ops, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code

Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.