Senior AI Applications Lead (Hybrid) | RAG & LLM Expert

S R International Inc; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The State of Arizona – AZDES, Division of Technology Services (DTS) seeks a Senior/Lead AI Applications Developer to design and implement AI solutions that cut administrative workload and boost efficiency. You will collaborate with business and tech teams to translate requirements into technical specs and evaluate tools like Gemini and NotebookLM within a secure, closed environment.

Hands‑on AI/LLMs work, prompt engineering, and RAG architectures are required, with documentation of code,

Qualifications

• Master's degree in AI or at least 2 years of AI development experience.
• Experience gathering and translating business requirements into technical specifications.
• Hands‑on experience with AI/LLMs, Generative AI, prompt engineering, and RAG architectures.
• Experience designing, prototyping, and deploying custom AI applications.
• Understanding of LLMs, embeddings, vector databases, and AI agents.

Responsibilities

• Identify and implement AI solutions to reduce administrative workload and improve operational efficiency.
• Gather business requirements and translate operational processes into technical specifications.
• Evaluate existing enterprise AI tools, including Gemini and NotebookLM, versus custom AI development.
• Architect, prototype, and deploy custom AI applications within the DTS closed environment.
• Develop secure AI solutions using Python and approved enterprise AI platforms such as Vertex AI.
• Build and optimize RAG pipelines, implement advanced prompt engineering, and integrate AI agents.
• Maintain technical documentation covering code, architecture, prompts, and workflows.

Skills

AI/LLMs experience

Prompt engineering

RAG architectures

Python

C# / .NET

AI governance

Education

Bachelor's degree + 10+ years

Tools

Azure OpenAI

Vertex AI

Google Cloud

Python

C#

SQL

Job description

The State of Arizona – AZDES, Division of Technology Services (DTS) seeks a Senior/Lead AI Applications Developer to design and implement AI solutions that cut administrative workload and boost efficiency. You will collaborate with business and tech teams to translate requirements into technical specs and evaluate tools like Gemini and NotebookLM within a secure, closed environment.

Hands‑on AI/LLMs work, prompt engineering, and RAG architectures are required, with documentation of code,