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Senior AI & Cloud Engineer

Chicago, Illinois; New York, New YorkFull-time$112k2026-10-21 → 2026-10-22
Hybrid

Core

Design, build, and operate intelligent data and AI systems on Azure, bridging cloud infrastructure, data engineering, and applied AI to create production-grade pipelines and AI-assisted applications.

Role type

Senior IC AI & Cloud Engineer

Builds

Production-grade data pipelines, RAG systems, AI-assisted workflows, and microservices on Azure

Domain

Cloud Infrastructure (Azure) + Applied AI / Data Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python, Azure cloud services, Databricks, RAG architectures, vector databases, prompt engineering, MCP integrations, CI/CD pipelines

Preferred skills

Model fine-tuning, AI observability, safety guardrails, mentoring

Technologies

Azure Data Lake, Azure Container Apps, Azure Blob Storage, Azure OpenAI Service, Databricks, Delta Lake, Spark, MLflow, Azure AI Search, Chroma, Weaviate, pgvector, OpenAI, Anthropic, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps

Responsibilities

Design and deploy scalable data and AI pipelines on Azure; Build RAG systems and AI-assisted workflows; Develop and maintain Python-based applications and microservices; Apply prompt engineering techniques to deliver production-ready AI features; Implement and maintain MCP integrations; Participate in model fine-tuning and evaluation; Establish best practices for AI observability and safety; Collaborate with stakeholders to translate requirements into engineering solutions; Mentor junior engineers and contribute to architectural decisions

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC