Sr. AI Lead Software Engineer

Beacon Hill was founded to set a new standard in search, career placement and flexible staffing.

This is a great opportunity for an experienced senior level Software Engineering Lead to use their experience with generative AI to design, build, and scale AI driven applications that deliver measurable business outcomes. This role is a blend of hands-on architecture, development, coaching and mentoring, technical leadership, client-facing execution, and a strong emphasis on Azure-based AI platforms, LLM integrations, and agentic systems for fast AI experimentation pilots. If you are a software engineering lead professional who is on the leading edge of AI and building efficiency, this is a great opportunity.

Required Skills: Must have 10+ years' experience in full stack software engineeringMust have 5+ years' experience as a software development lead Must be able to serve as technical lead / SME across an organization's AI tools and services Must have experience delivering multiple AI use cases into production at scaleMust have a solid understanding and experience with generative AI in the software development spaceMust be able to architect and deliver production-grade LLM-powered applications, including chat, document intelligence, and agentic workflowsMust be able to mentor onshore and offshore engineering teams on use of AI to improve code quality, architecture discipline, and delivery velocityMust be able to design scalable, secure, cloud-native systems using Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, and event-driven architecturesProgramming experience with Python, C#, JavaScript/TypeScript, SQL is idealAI experience with Azure Foundry, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, DSPy, and LLM prompt engineering is idealExperience with cloud and devops technologies like Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Terraform, and Jenkins is idealExperience with frameworks and APIs including .NET, FastAPI, Node.js, GraphQL, and React is idealAny experience with data and search technologies like Snowflake, Databricks, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, and Azure AI Search is a plusMust be able to design and implement prompt engineering, evaluation frameworks, and observability for AI systemsMust be able to ensure enterprise standards for authentication, authorization, and system integrationMust be able to collaborate on requirements gathering, solution design, and development with other IT app dev and business stakeholdersMust be able to translate business problems into AI-enabled and agentic solutionsMust be able to design systems capable of processing high-volume documents and transactions with accuracy and traceabilityMust be able to continuously iterate solutions based on real-world usage and feedbackMust be a self-starter who can work independently but also with a team with little oversite Must be able communicate with various IT teams as well as business stakeholders on occasion

Beacon Hill is an equal opportunity employer and individuals with disabilities and/or protected veterans are encouraged to apply.

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Company Profile:

Beacon Hill Technologies, a premier National Information Technology Staffing Group, provides world class technology talent across all industries utilizing a complete suite of staffing services. Beacon Hill Technologies' dedicated team of recruiting and staffing experts consistently delivers quality IT professionals to solve our customers' technical and business needs.

Beacon Hill Technologies covers a broad spectrum of IT positions, including Project Management and Business Analysis, Programming/Development, Database, Infrastructure, Quality Assurance, Production/Support and ERP roles.

Learn more about Beacon Hill and our specialty divisions, Beacon Hill Associates, Beacon Hill Financial, Beacon Hill HR, Beacon Hill Legal, Beacon Hill Life Sciences and Beacon Hill Technologies by visiting www.bhsg.com .

Benefits Information:

Beacon Hill offers a robust benefit package including, but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, and federal and state leave programs as required by applicable agency regulations to those that meet eligibility. Upon successfully being hired, details will be provided related to our benefit offerings.

We look forward to working with you.

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