Sr. AI Engineer

About the role

The AI Engineer 3 is responsible for designing, developing, and operating 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Requirements

• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Azure AI Foundry, Anthropic Claude SDK, or Azure OpenAI.
• Experience building shared AI platforms, SDKs, or platform APIs.
• Familiarity with React and Shadcn UI.
• Knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code.

Benefits

Everforth Apex offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans, an ESPP (employee stock purchase program), a 401K program, a Health Savings Account (HSA) 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. Professional development includes an on-demand training program, access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars, and certification discounts and other perks to associations like CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex also has a dedicated customer service team for benefits and other resources, and a certified Career Coach.

Pay

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Schedule

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Equal Opportunity Employer

Everforth Apex is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination 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. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at [email protected] or 804-523-8228. (Do not submit resumes or solicit consultants to this email address).