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Senior AI Engineer / Generative AI Engineer

TechNumen, Inc
Columbus, OH Contractor
POSTED ON 8/7/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 9/7/2026
Senior AI Engineer / Generative AI Engineer
Alpharetta, GA & Columbus, OH (w2/1099 only)
Job Description:

We are looking for a talented Senior AI Engineer to design, build, and deploy AI-powered applications and developer tooling. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with Generative AI, LLMs, AI agents, and modern software engineering. This role involves building production-ready AI solutions, rapidly prototyping new ideas, and collaborating with engineering and product teams.

Responsibilities:
  • Design and develop AI-powered applications using Large Language Models (LLMs)
  • Build AI agents, copilots, and workflow automation solutions
  • Integrate Claude, OpenAI, or other foundation models into enterprise applications
  • Develop scalable backend services using Python and TypeScript
  • Build APIs and AI microservices
  • Implement Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions
  • Create prompt engineering strategies and evaluation pipelines
  • Build developer productivity tools using AI
  • Work with CI/CD pipelines and cloud deployment
  • Collaborate with product managers and engineering teams to deliver AI-enabled features
  • Optimize AI applications for performance, security, and scalability
Required Skills:
  • 7 years of software engineering experience
  • Strong experience with Python and TypeScript
  • Experience integrating Claude, OpenAI, Gemini, or other LLM APIs
  • Hands-on experience building AI-powered applications
  • Experience with Prompt Engineering
  • Knowledge of AI agents and agent orchestration frameworks
  • REST API and microservices development
  • Git, Docker, CI/CD
  • Cloud experience (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform)
Preferred Skills:
  • LangChain
  • LangGraph
  • LlamaIndex
  • MCP (Model Context Protocol)
  • Vector Databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, Chroma, Milvus, pgvector)
  • RAG architecture
  • FastAPI
  • React
  • Kubernetes
  • Terraform
  • AI evaluation frameworks
  • Observability tools
  • Knowledge of secure AI development and AI guardrails

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