Trident Consulting is seeking a " Sr.AI Engineer " for one of our clients in "Atlanta, GA (Onsite) or Remote"
Job Title: Sr.AI Engineer
Location: Atlanta, GA (Onsite) or Remote
Length of Assignment: 1 year w/ extension
Type: Contract (W2)
Rate:$65/hr
Top 3 skills required for this role:
1. Hands-on experience with GitHub Spec Kit and spec-driven development using AI agents (/specify, /plan, /tasks workflow).
2. Production-grade applications built with React / JavaScript frameworks and Node.js REST/GraphQL APIs.
3. AWS infrastructure (Lambda, S3, EC2, API Gateway) paired with MongoDB and/or PostgreSQL at scale.
Job Description/ Responsibilities
• Lead spec-first development initiatives using GitHub Spec Kit - authoring specs, technical plans, and agent-ready task breakdowns before writing any code.
• Design and build full stack web applications using React, JavaScript/TypeScript frameworks, and Node.js, from UI to backend API layer.
• Develop, integrate, and maintain RESTful and GraphQL APIs, ensuring performance, reliability, and security across services.
• Architect and deploy cloud-native solutions on AWS (Lambda, EC2, S3, API Gateway, RDS, CloudFormation) with a focus on scalability and cost efficiency.
• Build and integrate AI-powered features - leveraging LLMs, AI agents, prompt engineering, and the GenAI ecosystem to enhance product capabilities.
• Design and manage relational (PostgreSQL) and document (MongoDB) databases, including schema design, query optimisation, and data migrations.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and AI/ML engineers to translate requirements into well-specified, shippable software.
• Participate in code reviews, establish engineering best practices, and contribute to a culture of quality and continuous improvement.
Required Qualifications
• 5+ years of professional experience in full stack software development.
• Proven hands-on experience with GenAI tools and a spec-first development approach, including GitHub Spec Kit or equivalent workflows.
• Strong proficiency in React and modern JavaScript / TypeScript frameworks (Next.js, Vue, or similar).
• Solid backend development skills with Node.js - building and maintaining production REST or GraphQL APIs.
• Experience deploying and operating applications on AWS - comfortable with core services such as Lambda, EC2, S3, API Gateway, and RDS.
• Practical experience with both MongoDB (document store) and PostgreSQL (relational), including schema design and query tuning.
• Familiarity with AI agent frameworks, LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, or similar), and prompt engineering techniques.
• Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals - data structures, system design, testing, and CI/CD practices.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
Required Technical Expertise
• Supervised Learning
• Linear regression and logistic regression,
• Decision trees, Random Forest, Gradient Boosting (XGBoost, LightGBM, CatBoost),
• Support Vector Machines (SVMs) and kernel methods,
• Neural networks - CNNs, RNNs, LSTMs, and Transformers,
• Classification, regression, and ranking problems,
• Cross-validation, bias-variance trade-off, regularization (L1/L2, dropout)
• Unsupervised Learning
• Clustering: K-Means, DBSCAN, Gaussian Mixture Models, hierarchical clustering
• Dimensionality reduction: PCA, t-SNE, UMAP
• utoencoders and variational autoencoders (VAEs)
• nomaly detection and outlier identification
• ssociation rule mining (Apriori, FP-Growth)
• Topic modelling (LDA, NMF)
• Reinforcement Learning
• Markov Decision Processes (MDPs) states, actions, rewards, transitions
• Model-free methods: Q-Learning, SARSA, Deep Q-Networks (DQN)
• Policy gradient methods: REINFORCE, PPO, A3C / A2C
• ctor-Critic architectures
• Multi-armed bandits and contextual bandits
• Reward shaping, environment design, and simulation frameworks (OpenAI Gym)
• Relevant learning algorithms - Adjacent & advanced techniques
• Transfer learning and fine-tuning pre-trained models
• Semi-supervised and self-supervised learning
• ctive learning and human-in-the-loop pipelines
• Federated learning for privacy-preserving training
• Bayesian optimization and hyperparameter tuning (Optuna, Ray Tune)
• Ensemble methods, stacking, and model blending
• Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) a plus
• Causal inference and counterfactual reasoning - a plus
Good to Have
• Experience with GitHub Copilot, Cursor, or other AI-assisted coding environments in day-to-day development.
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, AWS CDK).
• Exposure to vector databases (Pinecone, pgvector) or RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) pipelines.
• Knowledge of event-driven architectures using AWS SQS, SNS, or Event Bridge.
• Experience with LangChain, LlamaIndex, or similar AI orchestration frameworks.
• Contributions to open-source projects or a portfolio of AI-integrated applications.
• Familiarity with observability tools - Data Dog, CloudWatch, or Splunk - for monitoring AI and API workloads.
About Trident
Trident Consulting is a premier IT staffing firm providing high-impact workforce solutions to Fortune 500 and mid-market clients. Since 2005, we've specialized in sourcing elite technology and engineering talent for contract, direct hire, and managed services roles. Our expertise spans cloud, AI/ML, cybersecurity, and data analytics, supported by a 3M+ candidate database and a 78% fill ratio. With a highly engaged leadership team and a reputation for delivering hard-to-fill, niche talent, we help organizations build agile, high-performing teams that drive innovation and business success.
Some of our recent awards include:
Trailblazer Women Award 2025 by Consulate General of India in San Francisco Ranked as the #1 Women Owned Business Enterprise in the large category by ITServe. Received the TechServe Excellence award. Consistently ranked in the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in America Recognized in the SF Business Times as one of the Largest Bay Area BIPOC/Minority-Owned Businesses in 2022.