Senior AI Engineer
We are seeking a Senior AI Engineer to lead the development of enterprise-grade AI solutions within a Microsoft Azure AI ecosystem. This role involves designing, building, and scaling AI platforms, with a focus on optimizing Copilot Studio agents, modernizing generative AI experiences, and implementing advanced retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) capabilities. The position requires a senior technical leader capable of guiding architecture, managing MLOps pipelines, and ensuring solutions meet high accuracy standards.
Key Responsibilities
Analyzes and refactors Copilot Studio agents to improve routing efficiency, eliminate redundancies, and enhance maintainability.
Transitions static, rule-based topics into grounded generative AI experiences using Azure AI approaches.
Integrates Azure AI Foundry capabilities, including Cognitive Search with vector embeddings and custom RAG endpoints, to improve solution accuracy.
Implements advanced AI features such as multi-step reasoning, context persistence, summarization, and function calling for complex user interactions.
Designs and manages scalable AI/ML pipelines, covering model fine-tuning, versioning, CI/CD, monitoring, and security.
Serves as the architectural lead to design scalable, resilient AI solutions, guiding best practices and ensuring maintainability.
Develops infrastructure-as-code for resilient workloads and produces comprehensive operational documentation, including troubleshooting guides and playbooks.
Required Qualifications
8+ years in software architecture or cloud engineering, with at least 3+ years focused on production-grade AI/ML solutions
Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Copilot Studio and Azure AI Foundry
Expert-level Python for AI/ML development and automation; experience in C#,.NET, or Java preferred
Solid understanding of Generative AI, prompt engineering, RAG architectures, embeddings, and vector databases
Demonstrated experience with model lifecycle management, CI/CD pipelines, and resilient serverless AI workloads
Proven troubleshooting, refactoring, and optimization skills to meet high-accuracy targets
Ability to lead architectural discussions with executive stakeholders and translate business needs into technical AI requirements
Preferred Qualifications
Additional experience in C#, .NET, or Java
Experience with large-scale cloud deployments and infrastructure automation
Familiarity with advanced AI orchestration frameworks and security best practices
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