Senior AI Engineer: LLMs, RAG & Scalable AI Systems

Boston University; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 211,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time Off policy

Retirement plan with vesting

Tuition Assistance Program

Wellness resources

Job summary

Boston University is assembling a world-class AI Engineering team to transform operations and deliver innovative AI applications. We are seeking a Senior AI Engineer to work on Agentic AI frameworks, LLMs, RAG, MCP, A2A, and scalable architectures alongside faculty, students, and industry partners.

In this role you will tackle high-priority initiatives, develop transformative AI solutions, and help shape the future of higher education through cutting-edge technology.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of applicable work experience; full-stack AI development.
• Experience with prompt engineering, RAG, embeddings, and modern AI frameworks.

Skills

CS/Software degree

Full-stack AI dev

Python

Frontend frameworks

APIs and databases

Prompt engineering

RAG and embeddings

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

Git/GitHub

CI/CD

Containerization

Infrastructure as Code

APIs

Job description

Boston University is assembling a world-class AI Engineering team to transform operations and deliver innovative AI applications. We are seeking a Senior AI Engineer to work on Agentic AI frameworks, LLMs, RAG, MCP, A2A, and scalable architectures alongside faculty, students, and industry partners.

In this role you will tackle high-priority initiatives, develop transformative AI solutions, and help shape the future of higher education through cutting-edge technology.