Senior AI Engineer: GenAI, RAG & Cloud-native Systems

HCL Global Systems Inc; Covington (KY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

HCL Global Systems Inc. is seeking a hands-on Senior AI Engineer in Covington, KY, to drive AI-powered software and data platforms across the tech stack.

The role focuses on designing scalable production systems, leveraging LLMs and retrieval-augmented generation, and delivering end-to-end solutions in cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP). Strong full-stack skills and DevOps experience are essential for collaboration across engineering, data, product, and business teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent with 5+ years software engineering experience.
• Proven experience delivering scalable, production-grade software and distributed systems.
• Expertise building AI-powered applications using large language models (LLMs), agent frameworks, and orchestration platforms (e.g., OpenAI, Claude, Bedrock, LangChain, LangGraph).
• Experience developing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions, semantic search capabilities, and enterprise knowledge systems leveraging vector databases and retrieval frameworks.
• Strong full-stack engineering background with Python, TypeScript, Node.js, APIs, React, and Next.js.
• Hands-on experience deploying and scaling applications in cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Experience with modern platform engineering and DevOps practices, including containers, Kubernetes, Infrastructure-as-Code, and cloud-native architectures.
• Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, security, and reliability for enterprise-scale applications.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, sound technical judgment, and a passion for building innovative solutions.
• Ability to collaborate across engineering, data, product, and business teams from concept to production.

Responsibilities

• Translate business needs into practical AI applications with cross-functional teams.
• Build production-ready AI-powered software and scalable data platforms.
• Design and deploy cloud-native architectures with security and reliability in mind.
• Develop and optimize retrieval and semantic search capabilities using vector databases.
• Deliver end-to-end solutions from concept to production in collaboration with data, product, and business teams.

Skills

Data Engineering

AI Data Foundations

Cloud Platforms

Security & Scalability

Full-stack Development

LLMs

OpenAI

LangChain

Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Python

TypeScript

Node.js

React

Next.js

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Job description

HCL Global Systems Inc. is seeking a hands-on Senior AI Engineer in Covington, KY, to drive AI-powered software and data platforms across the tech stack.

The role focuses on designing scalable production systems, leveraging LLMs and retrieval-augmented generation, and delivering end-to-end solutions in cloud environments (AWS/Azure/GCP). Strong full-stack skills and DevOps experience are essential for collaboration across engineering, data, product, and business teams.