Senior AI Engineer - Enterprise Automation & AI Solutions

Summit Tech Partners LLC; Washington (District of Columbia, MD); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Summit Tech Partners LLC is seeking a Senior AI Software Engineer to design, develop, and deploy advanced AI solutions that drive business innovation and operational efficiency. You will join cross-functional teams including engineering, product, and business leaders to build scalable AI-powered applications and intelligent automation platforms.

The role emphasizes hands-on development, architecture decisions, and mentoring teammates as you help scale AI capabilities across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS/Engineering/IT or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years in software engineering delivering enterprise apps.
• Strong proficiency in Python, Java, TypeScript or similar OO languages.
• Hands-on AI-enabled products, automation platforms, or intelligent solutions.
• Familiar with agent-based architectures, RAG, function/API integrations, prompt design, output validation, monitoring/observability, AI governance and safety.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise AI applications and automation solutions through full software lifecycle.
• Build AI workflows using orchestration, RAG, tool integrations, contextual reasoning, and human oversight when appropriate.
• Gather requirements with stakeholders and deliver scalable tech outcomes aligned with business goals.
• Lead technical initiatives from PoC to production and operation support.
• Develop testing strategies, metrics, monitoring, and quality controls for AI systems.
• Evaluate model choices, performance, scalability, security, and maintainability.
• Contribute reusable frameworks and best practices across teams.
• Participate in architecture discussions, reviews, and mentorship.
• Improve application performance, reliability, and maintainability.
• Research new AI tech and apply practically within the org.

Skills

Python

Java

TypeScript

OO programming

AI development

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/Eng/IT or equivalent

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

APIs & microservices

Job description

Summit Tech Partners LLC is seeking a Senior AI Software Engineer to design, develop, and deploy advanced AI solutions that drive business innovation and operational efficiency. You will join cross-functional teams including engineering, product, and business leaders to build scalable AI-powered applications and intelligent automation platforms.

The role emphasizes hands-on development, architecture decisions, and mentoring teammates as you help scale AI capabilities across the organization.