Azure AI Engineer

Pay Rate Range: $55.71 - 57.35/hr.
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Role Name - Azure AI Engineer

Job Description:
Linked in URL is mandatory
NJ candidates will be given priority compared to candidates from other locations joining on day 1. We are open for other locations candidates who are willing to relocate but NJ based candidates will be given priority based on our past experience.
Microsoft Certified:
Azure AI Engineer Associate or the Azure AI Apps and Agents Developer Associate will be given priority compared to other candidates. If the candidate is certified, request to include the respective Microsoft Certification link in the resume (without that certificate credentials are not accepted).

Role Overview
An Azure AI Foundry AI Engineer designs, builds, and deploys intelligent generative AI, agentic workflows, and RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) applications. This role requires coding with Python, orchestrating AI models, and adhering to responsible AI standards for enterprise scalability

Key Responsibilities
"AI & Agent Development:
Design autonomous or semi-autonomous AI agents and RAG pipelines using Azure AI Foundry (formerly Azure AI Studio).
"Model Orchestration & Integration:
Build and fine-tune large language models (LLMs) and integrate them with business applications, Copilot Studio, and data pipelines.
"Testing & Evaluation:
Implement performance and evaluation tooling (such as RAGAS or Tru Lens) to assess grounding accuracy, reduce hallucinations, and ensure model explainability.
"Infrastructure Management:
Develop scalable AI infrastructure and maintain reusable AI components in accordance with engineering best practices (version control, observability, CI/CD

Core Requirements & Skills
"Technical

Skills:

Proficiency in Python, prompt engineering, and utilizing frameworks like Lang Chain, Semantic Kernel, or crew

AI.
"Cloud

Experience:

Deep understanding of the Microsoft Azure ecosystem, including Azure OpenAI Service, Azure Machine Learning, and Microsoft Fabric.
"AI Governance:
Strong focus on Responsible AI and Model Context Protocol (MCP) to ensure security, privacy, and fairness in model outputs.
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Experience:

Typically requires a bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field, alongside 2-5+ years of software or AI/ML engineering experience

Skills: AI and Automation~Communication

Experience Required: 8-10 years

Skills:

Category Name Required Importance Experience Skill Category Test1 _MN Digital :
Microsoft Azure Yes 1 >7 years