Generative AI Engineer

CEI; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career growth opportunities

Mentoring

Ongoing technical training

Job summary

A technology solutions firm is seeking a Senior AI Engineer to design and deliver AI solutions for enterprise clients. The role involves close collaboration with clients and delivery teams, translating business challenges into scalable AI-driven solutions. Candidates should have a strong background in software engineering and recent experience with AI systems in cloud environments. Join a dynamic team that fosters career growth through mentoring and technical training.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering background with a degree or equivalent.
• Recent experience delivering production AI or agentic solutions in cloud environments.
• Experience in IT consulting or client-facing roles.
• Hands-on experience with agent frameworks and AI observability tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement AI-driven solutions for clients.
• Deliver client-facing development services.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements.
• Build and deploy AI solutions across Azure, AWS, or GCP.

Skills

Software engineering

AI-driven solutions

Client-facing roles

Communication skills

Azure

AWS

GCP

Continuous learning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Agent Framework

LangGraph

LangChain

OpenAI Agents SDK

AWS Strands

Google ADK

Claude Agent SDK

Azure AI Search

Azure Document Intelligence

OpenSearch

Kendra

Weaviate

Chroma

LangFuse

LangSmith

RAGAS

Job description

CEI’s Solutions Division is seeking a Senior AI Engineer to design, build, and deliver agentic and generative AI solutions for enterprise clients. This is a hands-on, client-facing consulting role for an experienced software engineer with a strong background in modern AI systems, cloud-native development, and IT or professional services environments.

You will work closely with clients and internal delivery teams to translate complex business challenges into scalable AI-driven solutions. CEI supports long-term career growth through defined career paths, mentoring, and ongoing technical training.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement AI-driven solutions, including agentic automation, document intelligence, and advanced RAG systems
• Deliver billable, client-facing development services and maintain strong client relationships
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather requirements and translate business needs into technical solutions
• Apply modern AI concepts such as prompt and context engineering, agent orchestration, memory management, model routing, and evaluations
• Build, deploy, and operate AI solutions across Azure, AWS, or GCP
• Work within agile, sprint-based delivery teams
• Improve solution quality through observability, evaluation, and continuous optimization
• Contribute to technical standards, knowledge sharing, and best practices across the Solutions team

Required Qualifications:

• Strong software engineering background (Computer Science or equivalent experience)
• Recent, hands-on experience delivering production AI or agentic solutions in cloud environments (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
• Experience working in IT consulting, professional services, or client-facing delivery roles
• Hands-on experience with one or more agent frameworks (e.g., Microsoft Agent Framework, LangGraph/LangChain, OpenAI Agents SDK, AWS Strands, Google ADK, Claude Agent SDK)
• Experience building RAG and knowledge search solutions using technologies such as Azure AI Search, Azure Document Intelligence, OpenSearch, Kendra, Weaviate, or Chroma
• Familiarity with AI observability and evaluation tools (e.g., LangFuse, LangSmith, RAGAS)
• Strong communication skills and the ability to explain complex AI concepts to technical and non-technical audiences
• Passion for continuous learning and staying current with AI advancements

Preferred Qualifications

• AI-related certifications (Microsoft or AWS)
• Experience with data engineering or modern data platforms
• Experience with cloud infrastructure and infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Pulumi, Azure Bicep, CloudFormation)
• Experience working in agile consulting or delivery organizations

About CEI – Solutions Division

CEI’s Solutions Division builds custom, cloud-native solutions across agentic AI, automation, web, mobile, and data platforms. We deliver solutions on Azure, AWS, and GCP and are a Microsoft Gold Partner and AWS Advanced Tier Partner. Our teams value collaboration, technical excellence, and continuous learning, and we take pride in exceeding customer expectations.