Senior AI Application Engineer

Encora; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Coforge is hiring a Senior AI Application Engineer to design and deliver AI-enabled capabilities on Azure, including agent tool surfaces, workflow orchestration, and document intelligence. You will integrate Azure AI Foundry models via API Management and build cloud-native services with Azure Container Apps.

Qualifications include 5+ years in software development, strong C#/.NET and Python skills, and hands-on Azure AI experience.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software development.
• Strong hands-on experience with C#/.NET and familiarity with Python.
• Experience developing solutions on Azure Cloud.
• Hands-on experience with Large Language Models beyond prompting, including API integration, tool calling, and workflow orchestration.
• Experience with API-driven and distributed systems.
• Experience with CI/CD and automated testing.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Strong working proficiency in English.

Responsibilities

• Build AI-enabled capabilities, including agent tool surfaces, workflow orchestration, retrieval, and document intelligence.
• Integrate Azure AI Foundry models through API Management and implement tool and function calling.
• Contribute to the connector surface and develop cloud-native services using Azure Container Apps.
• Implement observability and tracing, including token attribution and AI usage monitoring.
• Implement auditing and traceability appropriate for regulated environments.
• Optimize AI solutions for reliability, latency, and token cost.
• Participate in design reviews and contribute to technical design decisions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver production-ready AI applications.

Skills

C#/.NET

Python

Azure

Azure AI Foundry

Generative AI

LLMs

RAG

Agentic AI

API Management

Azure Container Apps

Tools

Azure Container Apps

Cosmos DB

Redis

Microsoft Fabric

Job description

Job Title: Senior AI Application Engineer

Key Skills: C#/.NET, Python, Azure, Azure AI Foundry, Generative AI, LLMs, RAG, Agentic AI, API Management, Azure Container Apps

Experience: +5 years of experience.

Location: Costa Rica, Peru, Colombia, Bolivia

Work Mode: Remote

At Coforge, we are hiring Senior AI Application Engineer (#006fu00000amGqXAAU-2) with the following skill set.

Key Responsibilities

• Build AI-enabled capabilities, including agent tool surfaces, workflow orchestration, retrieval, and document intelligence.
• Integrate Azure AI Foundry models through API Management and implement tool and function calling.
• Contribute to the connector surface and develop cloud-native services using Azure Container Apps.
• Implement observability and tracing, including token attribution and AI usage monitoring.
• Implement auditing and traceability appropriate for regulated environments.
• Optimize AI solutions for reliability, latency, and token cost.
• Participate in design reviews and contribute to technical design decisions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver production-ready AI applications.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software development.
• Strong hands-on experience with C#/.NET and familiarity with Python.
• Experience developing solutions on Azure Cloud.
• Hands-on experience with Large Language Models beyond prompting, including API integration, tool calling, and workflow orchestration.
• Experience with API-driven and distributed systems.
• Experience with CI/CD and automated testing.
• Strong understanding of production AI application development and operational challenges.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Strong working proficiency in English.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Azure AI Foundry.
• Hands-on experience implementing RAG solutions, including retrieval-quality tuning.
• Experience developing Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers.
• Experience with document intelligence, extraction, or classification, including accuracy measurement.
• Experience using agentic coding tools in real-world development environments.
• Experience with Azure Container Apps, API Management, Cosmos DB, Redis, or Microsoft Fabric.
• Experience operating AI features in production and troubleshooting issues related to extraction, retrieval quality, latency, reliability, or cost.

At Coforge, we hire professionals solely based on their skills and qualifications, and we do not discriminate based on age, disability, religion, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, or nationality.