AI Engineer

Eliassen Group; City of Albany (NY); Remote; USD 124,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking an AI Engineer to join a remote, contract role focused on building and delivering AI-powered features. You will work with senior AI architects, product managers, and platform teams to create reusable capabilities and production-ready services.

The role emphasizes delivering RAG pipelines, tool-calling, and AI feature development in a modern cloud stack (Azure) with REST APIs, React/TypeScript frontend, and CI/CD. W2 benefits are included.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software engineering.
• Backend experience in .NET or Java with Python familiarity.
• Hands-on with LLM-powered features such as RAG and tool calling.
• Experience with Azure cloud, REST APIs, Git and CI/CD.
• Front-end familiarity with React, Angular, or TypeScript.
• Ability to learn a new codebase quickly and contribute in weeks.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship LLM-powered features including RAG pipelines and tool-calling agents.
• Integrate AI solutions with middleware and reusable capabilities.
• Implement evaluation, testing, and quality gates for AI outputs.
• Develop APIs, backend services, integrations, and UI components.
• Add observability, logging, and cost tracking to AI systems.
• Collaborate with solution teams to enable independent development.
• Document designs, decisions, and lessons for future teams.

Skills

.NET/Java backend

Python

LLM features

RAG pipelines

Prompt engineering

REST APIs

Cloud: Azure

Frontend: React/TypeScript

Tools

Azure

REST APIs

Git

CI/CD

React

Angular

TypeScript

Job description

AI Engineer

Anywhere

Type: Contract

Category: Engineer

Industry: Financial Services

Workplace Type: Remote

Standard Hours: Open

Reference ID: JN -092026-108625

Date Posted: 09/15/2026

Shortcut: http://careers.eliassen.com/RFnUl8

Description:

Remote

Our client is modernizing its platform with AI-native capabilities. You will be the second engineer in a two-person enablement pod, embedded with solution teams to co-build LLM-powered features and transfer knowledge. You will partner with a senior AI Solutions Architect and collaborate with product managers, engineers, and the AI platform team to deliver reusable capabilities, reliable evaluations, and production-ready services.

Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $90.00 to $110.00/hr. w2

Responsibilities:

• Build and ship LLM-powered features including RAG pipelines, tool-calling agents, multi-step workflows, and prompt frameworks.
• Integrate solutions with the AI middleware platform and contribute reusable capabilities.
• Implement evaluation and testing for AI outputs including test sets, automated checks, regression detection, and quality gates.
• Develop APIs, backend services, integrations, and UI components required for AI features.
• Add observability, logging, and cost tracking to deployed AI systems and remediate issues.
• Pair with solution team engineers to enable independent execution of AI feature development.
• Document designs, decisions, and lessons to accelerate future teams.

Experience Requirements:

• 3+ years of professional software engineering.
• Backend experience in .NET or Java with working familiarity in Python.
• Hands-on experience delivering LLM-powered features such as RAG, tool calling, prompt engineering, and structured outputs.
• Experience with Azure or comparable cloud, REST APIs, Git, and CI/CD.
• Comfortable with a modern front end such as React, Angular, or TypeScript.
• Demonstrated curiosity and ability to become productive in a new codebase and business within 6 to 8 weeks.
• Preferred: Azure OpenAI, Azure Container Apps, Terraform.
• Preferred: Vector databases and semantic search.
• Preferred: Exposure to eval frameworks, LiteLLM, Langfuse, or similar.
• Preferred: Event-driven architectures.
• Preferred: Financial systems or payments exposure.

Recruitment Transparency Notice

Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening and hiring process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team ([e-mail], 781-808-2924) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group’s use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process.

Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range.

W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.

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About Eliassen Group:

Eliassen Group is a strategic consulting firm that helps organizations reach further and achieve more through our technology, business advisory, and life sciences solutions. For nearly 40 years, we have combined exceptional people, deep domain expertise, and intelligent capabilities to expand our clients’ capacity and accelerate meaningful outcomes. We are driven by a purpose to positively impact the lives of our employees, clients, consultants, and the communities we serve.

Eliassen is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team from a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We are an Equal Opportunity and Affiantive Action Employer and all employment decisions are based on merit, performance, and business needs. Eliassen does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender identity or expression, sexual preference or orientation, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), marital status, creed, religion, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, age, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, prohibited criminal record inquiries of applicants and employees, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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