Senior Software Engineer - AI I TR5

Are you passionate about building next-generation AI solutions? We're looking for a skilled engineer to architect and deliver cutting-edge .NET services and APIs powered by Azure OpenAI and Azure AI Services. In this role, you'll design advanced retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines, craft agentic workflows, and develop Semantic Kernel plugins that push the boundaries of what's possible with AI. About the Role: Architect and build .NET services and APIs integrating Azure OpenAI and Azure AI Services . Design and implement RAG pipelines using Azure AI Search for hybrid retrieval and grounding. Build agentic workflows with tool/function calling, planning, memory, and safe execution boundaries. Develop Semantic Kernel plugins/skills; configure planners, connectors, and memory stores. Implement observability for AI systems (cost, latency, token usage, quality metrics; App Insights/OpenTelemetry). Partner with product, security, and data teams to align solutions with compliance and business outcomes. Mentor engineers; lead design reviews, write RFCs, and drive engineering excellence. About you: You will be a good match for ths position if your backgrounds includes: C#/.NET 7/8 : Advanced async, streaming, DI, clean architecture, performance tuning. ASP.NET Core : REST APIs, authentication/authorization (OAuth2/OIDC/JWT), caching, resiliency. Azure AI Services : Azure OpenAI : GPT models, embeddings, function calling, streaming responses, cost optimization. Azure AI Search : Indexing, hybrid search (BM25 vectors), skillsets, enrichers, re-ranking. Azure AI Studio : Prompt flow orchestration, evaluation pipelines. RAG : Chunking strategies, metadata enrichment, hybrid retrieval, citation fidelity. Agentic AI : Multi-tool orchestration, planners, memory, error recovery, guardrails. Semantic Kernel (C#) : Kernels, semantic/native skills, connectors, planners, memory stores. Azure Infrastructure : App Service, Functions, AKS, Container Apps, API Management, Key Vault. Security & Compliance : PII handling, data residency, auditability, threat modeling basics. Testing & Quality : Unit/integration/contract tests, load tests, CI/CD (Azure DevOps/GitHub). Nice-to-Have Azure Cognitive Services : Document Intelligence, Speech, Vision for multimodal AI. Azure AI Search advanced : Custom scoring profiles, multi-source ingestion (SharePoint, Blob). Observability for AI quality : hallucination detection, RAG evaluation (RAGAS/rubrics). Front-end integration : Blazor/React for streaming UX. Knowledge graphs : Neo4j/RDF for advanced retrieval. #LI-DD3 What’s in it For You? Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected. Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance. Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future. Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing. Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and ... (truncated, view full listing at source)