GenAI Engineer: RAG, Chatbots & Cloud AI Apps

Chenega Corporation; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO / Vacation

Paid Holidays

Health insurance

Dental

Vision

401k / 401a

Commuter Benefits

Hybrid work in Atlanta

Job summary

Chenega Corporation seeks an AI Engineer to define and deliver mission-critical AI-enabled web applications supporting the CDC, leveraging Azure Foundry/OpenAI and RAG-based knowledge systems. You will work with a cross-functional team on secure, scalable production solutions, including tool calling, structured outputs, and human review where needed.

The role requires 5+ years in software engineering or related fields, 1+ year in generative AI, Python/API experience, cloud exposure (Azure/AWS),

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on technical experience in software engineering, web application development, data engineering, data science, machine learning, or related technical discipline.
• 1+ years of hands-on experience building generative AI or agentic AI solutions, including LLM APIs, prompt engineering, tool/function calling, structured outputs, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), agents, or similar techniques.
• Experience developing applications with Python and working with APIs, backend services, data pipelines, and web application frameworks.
• Experience with REST APIs, JSON-based interfaces, authentication mechanisms, and external service integrations.
• Experience with at least one major cloud platform, such as Microsoft Azure or AWS, including deploying or integrating applications with cloud-hosted services.
• Experience using modern software-development practices and collaboration tools, such as Git, GitHub, Jira, pull requests, code reviews, issue tracking, and Agile/Scrum delivery practices.
• Knowledge of LLM application fundamentals, including tokens, context windows, system and user prompts, model parameters, structured outputs, embeddings, retrieval, and techniques for guiding and evaluating model responses.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or suitability determination, as required by the client or contract.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field
• Must be a U.S. Citizen or Lawful Permanent Resident (Green Card Holder)

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver mission-critical AI-enabled web applications that address complex, high-impact client challenges.
• Apply modern generative AI techniques to design and build retrieval-based knowledge assistants, chatbot experiences, and agentic workflows behind intuitive user interfaces.
• Collaborate with enterprise and solutions architects, product owners, AI engineers, data engineers, and DevSecOps teams to deliver secure, scalable production solutions.
• Translate emerging AI capabilities into practical applications that improve how people access information, make decisions, and carry out their work.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field

Tools

Docker

MCP integrations

Job description

Chenega Corporation seeks an AI Engineer to define and deliver mission-critical AI-enabled web applications supporting the CDC, leveraging Azure Foundry/OpenAI and RAG-based knowledge systems. You will work with a cross-functional team on secure, scalable production solutions, including tool calling, structured outputs, and human review where needed.

The role requires 5+ years in software engineering or related fields, 1+ year in generative AI, Python/API experience, cloud exposure (Azure/AWS),