AI Engineer

AI Engineer - Gen

AI / RAG

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Agentic AI Location:

Washington, DC (Hybrid - 4 Days Onsite)

Job Type:

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STAFFXPERT LLC

is seeking an AI Engineer on behalf of our client in Washington, DC. This role is ideal for a hands-on engineer with strong software development experience and deep expertise in Generative AI, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Agentic AI systems, and cloud-native AI platforms across Azure and AWS. The ideal candidate will have experience designing and deploying scalable AI applications, secure multi-agent systems, and enterprise-grade AI infrastructure in production environments. Key Responsibilities Design and implement enterprise-scale RAG pipelines using Azure AI Search, vector databases, embeddings, semantic/hybrid search, and re-ranking strategies. Develop secure conversational AI and multi-agent solutions using frameworks such as: Semantic Kernel AutoGen LangChain CrewAI Microsoft Agent Framework Build and integrate Model Context Protocol (MCP) services with governance, RBAC, audit logging, and secure tool-calling capabilities. Develop scalable ingestion, ETL/ELT, and vectorization pipelines using Azure and AWS data platforms. Work with Azure AI Agent Service and cloud-native AI infrastructure across Azure and AWS ecosystems. Optimize LLM performance, latency, safety, and operational cost through evaluation frameworks and monitoring. Implement CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, observability, and security best practices for AI workloads. Collaborate with cross-functional teams including engineering, product, security, and platform teams. Required Qualifications 6+ years of software engineering experience with strong development fundamentals. 2+ years of hands-on experience with GenAI/LLM technologies in production environments.

Strong programming experience in:

Python C# .NET Experience building enterprise AI applications using: RAG architectures Vector databases Embeddings and semantic search Multi-agent orchestration Hands-on experience with Azure technologies including: Azure OpenAI Azure AI Search Azure ML AKS Azure Functions Azure Data Factory Azure Databricks Experience with AWS services such as: Bedrock SageMaker Lambda API Gateway EKS EMR Strong understanding of: Distributed systems Secure coding practices CI/CD Performance optimization AI governance and observability Preferred Qualifications Experience with Hugging Face, MLflow, Ollama, vLLM, or Triton. Knowledge of vector search optimization (HNSW/IVF) and GPU scheduling. Experience with Responsible AI governance and AI safety frameworks. Familiarity with multi-cloud AI deployments and Kubernetes-based AI infrastructure. Relevant cloud and AI certifications are a plus.