Applied AI Engineer — Client-Facing AI Solutions

Groundswell; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 88,000 - 172,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

4% 401K Match

Paid Time Off

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Groundswell is a premier technology integrator delivering AI-powered solutions for federal agencies. The role focuses on taking incompletely defined business needs and producing working software that evolves with client requirements.

You will engage directly with stakeholders, design technical solutions, and build production-quality applications that integrate AI capabilities, prompts, and data handling. The position spans client delivery, internal product development, rapid proofs of concept,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent demonstrated ability.
• 1+ years of professional software development experience.
• Experience building applications that integrate AI capabilities and APIs.
• Familiarity with Python, TypeScript, or SQL and working with imperfect data.

Responsibilities

• Take a defined technical approach and build production-quality functionality.
• Participate in requirements discussions with business stakeholders.
• Contribute to solution design and identify simplifications.
• Build AI-enabled applications with prompt design, retrieval, and API integration.
• Support client demonstrations and refine evaluation methods.
• Document work with logs, validation, and failure handling.

Skills

LLM integration

Prompt engineering

API integration

Data handling

Prototyping/POC

Client-facing communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field

Tools

Python

TypeScript

SQL

APIs

Job description

Groundswell is a premier technology integrator delivering AI-powered solutions for federal agencies. The role focuses on taking incompletely defined business needs and producing working software that evolves with client requirements.

You will engage directly with stakeholders, design technical solutions, and build production-quality applications that integrate AI capabilities, prompts, and data handling. The position spans client delivery, internal product development, rapid proofs of concept,