Azure AI Engineer

Job Title : Azure AI Engineer 
Job Type : W2 Contract 
Bill Rate :$70/Hr on w2 
Duration :10 months 
Location :Remote 
Work Authorization: US-Citizen, H-1B, OPT-EAD, GC-EAD
Job Description : 

• Azure AI Generative AI Experience building GenAI applications using Azure OpenAI Copilot RAG architectures prompt engineering evaluation frameworks and grounding citation mechanisms
• Backend Development Strong experience in CNET or Python REST APIs microservices Azure Functions Container Apps Logic Apps and scalable service development
• Azure Cloud Engineering Handson experience with Azure App Services Azure AI Search Managed Identity Key Vault Storage Accounts APIM Monitoring and Container based deployments Multiple workstreams focus on content ingestion MCP integration telemetry
• AI Search RAG Implementation Experience with document ingestion indexing chunking retrieval optimization embeddings citations and search quality validation Project heavily relies on content ingestion and retrieval grounded responses
• Software Engineering DevOpsCICD GitHubADO code reviews testing release management automation and deployment pipelines Engineering discussions highlight grooming production readiness release validation and operational ownership
• GitHub Copilot VS Code Copilot for AI Assisted Development Handson experience using GitHub Copilot and VS Code Copilot Chat for code generation code review refactoring unit test generation debugging documentation generation API integration development and developer productivity optimization Ability to effectively use AIassisted development workflows while maintaining code quality security and engineering best practices
• Telemetry Production Operations Ability to troubleshoot production workloads analyze telemetry monitor reliability and perform root cause analysis Content observability ingestion monitoring ICM processes and dashboards are active priorities
• Responsible AI Security Knowledge of SDL threat modeling Responsible AI reviews compliance processes and secure design patterns
• Communication Cross Team Collaboration Ability to work across Product Engineering Content Copilot and Partner teams participate in feature reviews design discussions and roadmap execution

Nice to have

• Microsoft 365 Copilot Extensibility Declarative Agents Copilot plugins agent orchestration and Copilot native integrations
• Model Context Protocol MCPExperience building or integrating MCP servers and external knowledge systems
• Voice Multimodal AI Experience with speech voice agents conversational AI and multimodal experiences
• Power Platform Power Automate Power Apps Logic Apps and workflow automation for operational experiences
• Data Engineering Analytics Kusto Power BI Fabric telemetry pipelines dashboards and reporting
• Evaluation Frameworks for AI Experience creating evaluation datasets regression testing hallucination checks relevance testing and multiturn conversation evaluation
  Equal opportunity Employer : We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.