AI Platform Engineer

Apex Systems; Pennington (NJ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

ESPP

401K with match

HSA

EAP

Discount program

Certification discounts

Career coach

Job summary

Everforth Apex Systems is seeking a senior AI Platform Engineer to lead the design, development, and end-to-end implementation of a new enterprise GenAI platform and its business use cases.

You will design architectures that integrate AI software and hardware with a focus on performance, scalability, resilience, and reusability, collaborating with business and IT stakeholders to deliver robust solutions, while addressing regulatory needs and regional requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/IT or related field preferred.
• 7+ years in software development with multi-tier and microservices platforms.
• Experience leading geographically dispersed teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and oversee end-to-end implementation of the enterprise GenAI platform and related business use cases.
• Develop architectural approaches for AI software and hardware integration, emphasizing performance, scalability, and resiliency.
• Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders to understand objectives and deliver aligned technical solutions.
• Lead cross-disciplinary teams to deliver high-priority technical solutions on time and within scope.
• Identify, prioritize, and execute tasks across the entire software development life cycle.
• Establish standards and implement automation to improve end-to-end SDLC efficiency.
• Mentor team members in technical design, coding proficiency, and development best practices.
• Address regulatory and performance-driven requirements for regional and localized infrastructure.
• Conduct research and prototyping to evaluate new technologies and enhance overall platform capabilities.

Skills

Python

Unix scripting

LLMs

RAG

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/IT or related field

Tools

MySQL

Oracle

MongoDB

HTML

CSS

JavaScript

React

FastAPI

Job description

Job#: 3056688

Job Description

AI Platform Engineer

Location

Pennington, New Jersey (On-site)

Alternate Location: Jersey City, New Jersey; Charlotte, North Carolina

Role Overview

This organization is seeking a senior-level AI Platform Engineer to lead the technical design, development, and end-to-end implementation of a new enterprise-level Generative AI platform and its business use cases. The successful candidate will design architectural approaches that integrate artificial intelligence software and hardware, with a strong focus on quality, performance, resilience, and reusability. This role requires collaboration with key business and technology stakeholders to deliver robust technical solutions that align with global organizational priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and oversee end-to-end implementation of the enterprise GenAI platform and related business use cases.
• Develop architectural approaches for AI software and hardware integration, emphasizing performance, scalability, and resiliency.
• Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders to understand objectives and deliver aligned technical solutions.
• Lead cross-disciplinary teams to deliver high-priority technical solutions on time and within scope.
• Identify, prioritize, and execute tasks across the entire software development life cycle.
• Establish standards and implement automation to improve end-to-end SDLC efficiency.
• Mentor team members in technical design, coding proficiency, and development best practices.
• Address regulatory and performance-driven requirements for regional and localized infrastructure.
• Conduct research and prototyping to evaluate new technologies and enhance overall platform capabilities.

Required Qualifications

Education: A bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related technical field is preferred.

Experience: Seven or more years of professional experience in software development, with a proven track record of designing and implementing multi-tier and microservices application platforms. Demonstrated experience leading delivery for functionally diverse and geographically dispersed teams is required.

Technical Skills: High coding proficiency in Python and Unix scripting is required, alongside at least one year of experience with Large Language Models (LLMs) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). Strong knowledge of relational databases such as MySQL or Oracle, NoSQL databases like MongoDB, and large-scale structured and unstructured dataset processing is essential. Candidates must also possess familiarity with front-end technologies including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and React, as well as backend frameworks like FastAPI.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience implementing advanced data analytics and AI solutions.
• Knowledge of machine learning frameworks such as TensorFlow or PyTorch.
• Familiarity with LLM fine-tuning techniques and tools for building agentic solutions.

Benefits Overview

Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection.

We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure.

Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts.

In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA.

Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach.

You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

ADA Accommodation

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Corporate Information

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Everforth Apex Systems is part of the Commercial Segment of Everforth, Inc.

NYSE: EFOR

4400 Cox Road

Suite 200

Glen Allen, Virginia 23060

Everforth Apex is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.