[Remote] AI Engineer Consultant (Azure LLM / .NET / RAG)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. w3r Consulting is seeking an AI Engineer Consultant to integrate cutting-edge AI services into enterprise solutions. The role involves leading the design and development of AI features, driving Agile delivery, and collaborating closely with teams to deliver innovative technology solutions. Responsibilities • Lead design and development of AI features using the latest Azure LLMs and agent frameworks • Drive Agile delivery using Scrum; collaborate closely in a team-focused engineering culture • Contribute to architecture reviews, code reviews, CI/CD, and quality engineering • Create documentation: design diagrams, release notes, use cases, training materials • Support internal and external clients using our applications • Train teams on AI engineering best practices and new technologies • Research, prototype, and champion new AI concepts, tools, and approaches • Partner with Architecture to ensure compliance with enterprise standards for AI-enabled apps Skills • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience) • 5+ years of relevant software engineering experience • Hands-on LLM application development experience • Lead design and development of AI features using the latest Azure LLMs and agent frameworks • Drive Agile delivery using Scrum; collaborate closely in a team-focused engineering culture • Contribute to architecture reviews, code reviews, CI/CD, and quality engineering • Create documentation: design diagrams, release notes, use cases, training materials • Support internal and external clients using our applications • Train teams on AI engineering best practices and new technologies • Research, prototype, and champion new AI concepts, tools, and approaches • Partner with Architecture to ensure compliance with enterprise standards for AI-enabled apps • Strong Technical Background In Azure AI Foundry, Azure AI Services, Semantic Kernel or LangChain • Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG), embeddings, vector databases • Prompt engineering and customization techniques • SOA, RESTful Web API design & implementation • Software engineering patterns (DI, MVC, etc.) • Code management with Git/TFS • Web technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript • C#, .NET Framework/.NET Core, MS SQL Server • Model Context Protocol, model distillation, and fine-tuning • Visual Studio, TFS, Git • Automated testing: unit, smoke, integration • Azure DevOps CI/CD • Awareness of performance, security, scalability & maintainability considerations Company Overview • W3R Consulting is an information technology company that provides advanced analytics and program management services. It was founded in 1995, and is headquartered in Southfield, Michigan, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is Apply tot his job