AI Platform Engineer

About the role

We are seeking a Senior AI Platform Engineer to design, build, and scale next-generation AI solutions for an Enterprise Data Platform on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

Responsibilities

• Design and implement multi-agent AI systems and agent orchestration frameworks.
• Evaluate architectural trade-offs, including: Single-agent vs. multi-agent architectures, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) vs. fine-tuning approaches, Agent workflow design and orchestration strategies.
• Contribute to Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) and technical design documentation.
• Define scalable, secure, and maintainable AI platform patterns.
• Develop and deploy production-grade AI applications and agentic workflows.
• Build solutions supporting: Natural Language to SQL (NL-to-SQL), Semantic search, Metadata enrichment, Intelligent automation workflows.
• Leverage modern agent development tools and coding assistants.
• Develop backend services using: Python FastAPI, Build frontend experiences using: Angular, React.
• Create chat interfaces, APIs, developer tooling, and user-facing AI experiences.
• Own end-to-end feature delivery from design through production deployment.
• Write high-quality, maintainable, and testable code.
• Lead technical reviews and establish engineering best practices.
• Perform root-cause analysis and troubleshoot complex AI agent failures.
• Serve as the team's technical expert for advanced AI and platform engineering challenges.
• Drive continuous improvements in reliability, scalability, and performance.
• Partner closely with Product Management, Data Engineering, and Platform Engineering teams.
• Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, and technical roadmap discussions.
• Mentor team members and promote knowledge sharing.
• Support onboarding and technical development of new engineers.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Demonstrated hands-on coding expertise with modern application development practices.
• Experience building and operating AI-powered applications or LLM-based systems in production environments.
• Ability to interpret ambiguous business requirements and independently deliver robust, well-tested solutions.
• Experience designing scalable cloud-native applications.
• Technical Skills: Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems, Large Language Models (LLMs), Agent-based AI architectures, API development and microservices, Python development, FastAPI, Frontend development using Angular or React, Production software engineering and DevOps practices, Agentic AI Experience, Experience building agent-based systems using frameworks such as: Google Agent Development Kit (ADK), CrewAI, LangGraph, Similar agent orchestration platforms, Familiarity with agentic development tools and AI-assisted coding environments, including: OpenCode Claude, Code, Comparable AI developer productivity tools.

Benefits

Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.