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Job Description Apex is seeking a dynamic Senior Consultant with strong consultative skills to serve as an Applied AI Engineer. The role is hands-on and focused on building production-level solutions integrating AI technologies. As an Applied AI Engineer, you will focus on building solutions for internal and external customers, accelerating the adoption of AI while establishing and sharing best practices.

RESPONSIBLITIES

• Integrate AI solutions across various domains, focusing on real-world applications
• Incorporate generative AI, prebuilt AI services, and business logic into a solution to achieve the best result, and be able to articulate the process, challenges overcome, and impacts with others
• Integrate AI models into broader enterprise applications, APIs and data workflows, leveraging established cloud services into solutions, focusing on efficiency, and understanding the pros and cons of build vs. buy options in a holistic architecture
• Conduct experiments and comparative analysis to evaluate model performance, use deep skills in prompt engineering for generative AI problems or collaborate with data scientists to iterate and improve results
• Leverage experience in data engineering, software development, generative AI, and LLMOPs/DevOps to implement end-to-end solutions that integrates insights and tools from the data science and data analytics teams
• Use skills and experience in deploying production-grade AI applications to optimize for latency, accuracy, and scale. Establish reusable patterns and share with technical solution leaders
• Use technical and practical experience with low/no-code tools such as Microsoft Copilot and Copilot Studio to build simple solutions to help simplify and scale AI for our customers
• Stay updated on Azure cloud services, SaaS and PaaS, and understand how the changing landscape affects our customer journey
• Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal, to effectively collaborate with internal teams and present solutions to clients
• Demonstrate ability to work in a client-facing capacity, understanding their needs and translating them into technical solutions

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, data science or related technical field or comparable work experience, with significant experience on delivering AI-enabled applications
• 3+ years of practical technical experience with extensive background in AI-integrated application development
• 3+ years of experience with Python SDKs
• 1+ years of experience with building and deploying solutions in Microsoft Copilot Studio as well as Azure OpenAI
• Strong knowledge of practical deployment of LLM/SLMs and tuning to reach and maintain production-grade quality thresholds
• Experience in orchestrating GenAI applications using frameworks such as LangChain, semantic kernal, or Assistants API
• Experience building RAG applications, including cloud search services such as Azure AI Search and CosmosDB, moving beyond limitations of vector databases and OSS solutions for quality and enterprise scale
• Experience delivering these solutions in a cloud environment and experience working with cloud platforms (Azure a must, AWS and GCP nice to have)
• Experience in a team-based environment
• Willingness to perform limited periodic travel (for PI planning sessions, etc.)
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills and a desire to share your work to make our customers and your peers better everyday

Our Comprehensive Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Health, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Health Savings Accounts (HSA) with Employer Contribution
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Long and Short-Term Disability
• Life Insurance
• Voluntary Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Parental Leave
• Wellness Incentives
• Vacation and Holiday Pay
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with Employer Match
• Employee Stock Purchase
• Training and Advancement Opportunities
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Birthdays Off
• Philanthropic Opportunities
• Referral Program
• Partial Gym Membership Paid
• Team Building Events
• Discount Programs

Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact *emailprotected . PDN-a049fc04-a37d-421b-aaec-6c3dc0d4062f