Sr. AI Engineer
Packsize · Salt Lake City, UT · 2 wk ago
Engineering$140k–$180k/yrFull-time
About the role
We are seeking an experienced AI Engineer to partner with our internal Data & Analytics and IT teams to design, build, and operationalize production-grade AI agents within the Microsoft ecosystem.
Responsibilities
- AI Agent Architecture & Design: Define reference architecture for agentic AI solutions across Copilot Studio and Azure AI Foundry
- Establish Design Patterns For Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Multi-agent orchestration
- Enterprise integrations (SAP, Salesforce, Databricks, SharePoint, Azure Ecosystem)
- Guide use-case prioritization and platform selection (Studio vs Foundry vs hybrid)
- AI Agent Development & Delivery: Build and deploy production-grade AI agents, including: Knowledge & troubleshooting agents, Operational / workflow automation agents, Data and analytics-driven agents
- Implement: Prompt engineering and evaluation strategies, Agent workflows and orchestration logic, API, connector, and system integrations
- Platform Foundation & Governance: Establish enterprise AI guardrails, including: Security, RBAC, and identity integration (Entra ID), Data access boundaries and governance, Audit logging and monitoring frameworks
- Define and implement: Agent lifecycle (draft → pilot → production → retirement), CI/CD pipelines and deployment standards
- Azure AI & Microsoft Ecosystem Implementation: Azure OpenAI / model endpoints, Azure AI Search (vector + semantic retrieval), Application Insights / Log Analytics monitoring
- Build and support: Copilot Studio environments and orchestration layers, Azure AI Foundry-based custom agent services
- Co-Development & Enablement: Work directly with consultants and internal teams to: Co-build pilot agents, Facilitate adoption and value-based outcomes, Partner With Data Engineering Team On Data product and semantic layer alignment, AI orchestration, Observability and feedback loops, Enable Internal Teams On Agent design patterns, Responsible AI practices, Ongoing support and scaling
Requirements
- Strong Experience With Azure AI services (Foundry, Cognitive Services, AI Search)
- Microsoft Copilot Studio / Power Platform
- Cloud-native architecture (Azure)
- Experience Building Conversational AI / chatbot / agent solutions
- RAG pipelines and LLM-based applications
- API integrations, MCP frameworks, and enterprise workflows
- Architecture & Engineering
- Proven ability to design: Scalable, secure AI platforms, Hybrid architectures (low-code + pro-code)
- Experience With MLOps and CI/CD pipelines
- Monitoring and observability (App Insights, logging, tracing)
- Secure cloud networking and identity
- Validating and optimizing AI systems
- Evaluating and selecting AI platforms and tools (cloud-native and third-party)
- Defining design patterns, standards, and guardrails for AI solutions
- Balancing rapid experimentation with maintaining platform consistency and avoiding fragmentation
- Experience Implementing Governance & Responsible AI: AI governance frameworks, Data security, privacy and compliance controls, Lifecycle management and deployment gating, Understanding of regulatory considerations (e.g., data privacy, AI compliance risks), Experience with auditing, monitoring, and incident response for AI systems in production
- Experience with ERP / CRM systems (SAP, Salesforce)
- Familiarity with Databricks or lakehouse architectures
- Experience delivering multi-phase AI programs (pilot → scale)
Qualifications
- 5+ years in cloud / data / AI engineering or architecture roles
- 5+ years in software development or data engineering
- Hands-on experience building LLM-based applications or agentic AI solutions
- Preferred Qualifications: Microsoft certifications (Azure AI Engineer, Azure Architect, etc.), Experience Integrating AI Agents With Microsoft Teams / M365 ERP / CRM systems, Familiarity with Databricks or lakehouse architectures, Experience delivering multi-phase AI programs (pilot → scale)