Senior Applied AI Engineer

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WellthyHealthcare
US states based opportunity. We are currently not accepting candidates in the following states: Alaska, Hawaii, Maine, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, and West Virginia.Full-TimeSenior
Salary160000 - 180000 USD per year
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Job Details

Experience
Minimum of 7+ years of professional experience in software development with at least 2 years of hands-on applied AI/LLM experience.
Required Skills
PythonArtificial IntelligenceLangChain

Requirements

  • Minimum of 7+ years of professional experience in software development
  • At least 2 years of hands-on applied AI/LLM experience
  • Strong proficiency in Python
  • Proficiency in modern AI frameworks (LangChain, vector DBs)
  • Experience with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
  • Experience with API-based LLM integration
  • Deployed evaluation frameworks for LLMs (performance, reliability, bias assessment)
  • Strong understanding of risks inherent in AI and mitigation approaches
  • Familiarity with coding workflows using AI
  • Strong problem-solving skills
  • Collaborative, solution-oriented mindset
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Experience leading complex projects
  • Strong technical leadership
  • Ability to mentor and guide other engineers
  • Passion for continuous learning and keeping up with AI trends and advances

Responsibilities

  • Lead design and development of applied AI systems (RAG pipelines, LLM integrations, APIs).
  • Ensure safe, reliable AI outputs with guardrails, monitoring, and evaluation.
  • Prototype quickly, then scale to production with maintainable code.
  • Mentor engineers on AI best practices and safe adoption.
  • Partner with product and engineering leadership to collaborate on project timelines and scope for AI initiatives.
  • Make effective trade-offs between technical debt and short-term delivery of value.
  • Run experiments and rapidly prototype to quickly assess tools and prospective features.
  • Use AI to effectively deliver high-quality, efficient, and maintainable code, setting standards and best practices for the engineering team.
  • Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to integrate AI solutions into existing and new features and applications.
  • Contribute to the development of foundational AI capabilities, such as RAG/vector-database solutions and agentic workflow solutions.
  • Create solutions for continuously improving AI solutions through monitoring, analytics and user feedback.
  • Support the ability to easily evaluate AI performance against various models and prompts.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve intricate technical issues related to AI implementations.
  • Mentor and guide other engineers, fostering their adoption and appropriate use of AI.
  • Support innovation through researching and assessing the latest AI advances on an ongoing basis.
  • Contribute to comprehensive testing strategies, including unit testing, integration testing, and continuous integration practices.
  • Develop and maintain documentation of AI solutions and related processes and best practices.
  • Support the production operations of the applications by participating in technical support and release duty rotations.
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