Senior AI Implementation Technical Lead
Proactive Technology Management · Detroit, MI · 2 wk ago
Engineering$90k–$110k/yrContract
About the role
This is a hands-on engineering role with client-facing responsibility. You should enjoy writing code, solving technical problems, and working through ambiguity. Some projects will be clean and well-defined. Others will involve messy data, unclear system boundaries, changing requirements, or legacy client environments.
Responsibilities
- Building web applications, APIs, backend services, and AI-enabled workflows
- Integrating with client databases, file systems, business applications, and APIs
- Building AI tools that help automate manual work
- Creating secure, reliable deployments in Azure
- Setting up logging, monitoring, authentication, and environment configuration
- Working with another engineer to plan and build features
- Joining technical client meetings, demos, and architecture discussions
- Helping estimate work and break projects into clear milestones
- Documenting what was built so the client and PTM team can support it after launch
Requirements
- 4+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Strong backend development experience in Python, C#, or a similar language
- Experience building APIs, services, or full-stack applications
- Experience with relational databases such as SQL Server, Azure SQL, PostgreSQL, or similar
- Experience deploying applications to a cloud platform
- Comfort using Git, pull requests, CI/CD, and modern development workflows
- Ability to troubleshoot production issues
- Ability to work directly with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- US work authorization
Qualifications
- Azure experience is strongly preferred, but equivalent AWS or GCP experience is acceptable if you are willing to learn Azure quickly.
- Nice to have:
- Azure Container Apps, Azure Functions, Azure Static Web Apps, or Key Vault
- FastAPI, Pydantic, or ASP.NET Core
- React and TypeScript
- AI application development or LLM-based tools
- OpenAI, Azure AI Foundry, Anthropic, or similar platforms
- Document processing, OCR, or data extraction
- Workflow automation, RPA, or low-code tools
- Infrastructure as Code experience with Bicep, Terraform, or similar
- Observability experience with Application Insights, Azure Monitor, OpenTelemetry, or structured logging
- Healthcare, insurance, finance, manufacturing, logistics, or other complex industry experience
- HIPAA, compliance, privacy, or regulated data experience
Benefits
- Possibility of contract-to-hire
- Full Medical Benefits
- 2 Weeks Paid Vacation
- Full Time
- Dental & vision insurance
- 401(k) matching