GenAI CCAS Application Developer

Overview

Talascend is currently seeking a GenAI CCAS Application Developer for a contract opportunity with our client in Washington, District Of Columbia
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• Build, update, and maintain Amazon Connect contact flows, routing profiles, and queues to support both voice and chat channels.
• Integrate Lex V2 bots into Amazon Connect flows for call deflection, self-service transactions, and escalation.
• Enable and configure Contact Lens for real-time and post-contact analytics, transcription, summarization, sentiment analysis, and redaction.
• Configure Amazon Q in Connect domains, knowledge sources, guided workflows, and step-by-step agent assist experiences.
• Implement S3-based call and chat transcript storage with encryption, lifecycle policies, and retention compliance.
• Write AWS Lambda (Python) functions to orchestrate Bedrock LLM calls, embeddings workflows, and model invocation logging.
• Implement Open Search indexing, vector/keyword queries, and knowledge synchronization triggers.
• Build retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines to enhance Amazon Connect agent assist and self-service knowledge.
• Apply structured logging, unit/integration tests, error handling, and performance/cost safeguards.
• Implement AI guardrails, prompt templates, and output evaluation for safety and accuracy.
• Enforce PII minimization and redaction policies in Amazon Connect conversation logs.
• Participate in threat modeling and support remediation of findings for contact center integrations.
• Support Cloud Front + WAF configurations for secure web chat entry points.
• Build APIs and event hooks to pass conversation context between web chat, Amazon Connect, and AI services.
• Contribute to Git-based CI/CD pipelines, code reviews, and documentation.
• Maintain runbooks, architecture diagrams, and SOPs for contact flows, bot integrations, and AI workflows.
• Create and monitor Cloud Watch dashboards/alarms for call deflection rate, average handle time (AHT), contact resolution, and AI usage metrics.

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field and 2–4 years of relevant experience; or a Master’s with 2+ years of software development with Python.

• 2+ years of software development with Python, including building and troubleshooting AWS Lambda functions.
• Hands-on experience with Amazon Connect setup and configuration, including contact flows, routing profiles, queues, and channel integration (voice, chat).
• Experience integrating Lex V2 bots with Amazon Connect flows.
• Familiarity with conversational AI design, including slot elicitation, error recovery, and safe fallback patterns.
• Infrastructure as Code experience (Cloud Formation) and Git-based CI/CD workflows.
• Foundational security knowledge: least privilege IAM, encryption at rest (KMS), and secure logging/monitoring.
• Strong written and verbal communication; able to document designs and explain technical choices to teammates.
• US Citizen with ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance.

• Practical exposure to full Amazon Connect deployments, including telephony setup, contact attributes, and queue performance optimization.
• Experience enabling and tuning Contact Lens for compliance, sentiment analysis, and post-contact QA scoring.
• Experience with Amazon Q in Connect for agent assist workflows and knowledge retrieval.
• Experience with Amazon Bedrock (LLM and embeddings) and guardrails; calling LLM APIs and prompt engineering.
• Knowledge of Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) and vector search; AWS Open Search Service configuration (VPC only, KMS) and k-NN/HNSW indices.
• Familiarity with KMS key policies, grants, and cross-account access; S3 data protection (BPA, lifecycle, access points).
• Experience with AWS WAF, Cloud Front, and edge security patterns.
• Observability and analytics skills:
  Cloud Watch dashboards/alarms, X-Ray, Athena/Glue.
• Understanding of privacy/compliance considerations (PII redaction, data retention), and familiarity with FISMA and FedRAMP concepts as applied to contact centers.
• Certifications (any of): AWS Developer Associate, AWS Solutions Architect Associate/Professional, AWS AI Specialty, AWS Dev Ops Engineer, CISSP/CCSP.

Remote with quarterly travel to Gaithersburg, MD.

We thank all applicants for their interest. However, only those qualified individuals who closely meet the qualifications of the position will be contacted. The details of the position are only a summary, other duties may be assigned as necessary.

Background Check and Drug Screen may be required.

Talascend is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.