Senior AI Engineer: Scalable AI Apps & RAG Pipelines

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

Benefits offered by this job

Time Off: 13 paid holidays

Retirement plan with full vesting

Tuition Assistance Program

Wellness resources

Job summary

Boston University in Boston, MA seeks a Senior AI Engineer to join the IS&T AI Engineering team. You will design secure, scalable AI applications and agents, integrate LLMs, RAG pipelines, vector databases, and MCP, and collaborate with frontend, backend, data, and infrastructure teams to deliver impactful solutions.

With 5+ years of full-stack AI development and strong prompt engineering, you will help propel cutting-edge AI initiatives across the university.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of applicable work experience.
• Proficiency in full-stack AI development - front-end and back-end (e.g., Python, React, Vue, Node.js, Typescript, API's, databases, Git/GitHub, CI/CD, AI Coding Assistants, Infrastructure as Code, containerization).

Responsibilities

• Design and develop secure, scalable AI applications and agents across front-end and back-end environments.
• Integrate AI technologies and frameworks, including LLMs, RAG pipelines, vector databases, and MCP.
• Design and optimize prompts and AI workflows to support effective agent performance and accurate task execution.
• Collaborate with technical teams to integrate AI solutions with data, infrastructure, systems, and operational workflows.
• Test and troubleshoot AI applications and agents to ensure accuracy, reliability, and functional performance.
• Research and evaluate emerging AI technologies, frameworks, and tools to improve solutions and development practices.

Skills

CS degree

5+ years exp

Full-stack AI dev

Prompt engineering

MCP/A2A frameworks

Frontend/backend stack

Education

Bachelors in CS or related

Tools

Git/GitHub

CI/CD

Containerization

Infrastructure as Code

Vector databases

Job description

Boston University in Boston, MA seeks a Senior AI Engineer to join the IS&T AI Engineering team. You will design secure, scalable AI applications and agents, integrate LLMs, RAG pipelines, vector databases, and MCP, and collaborate with frontend, backend, data, and infrastructure teams to deliver impactful solutions.

With 5+ years of full-stack AI development and strong prompt engineering, you will help propel cutting-edge AI initiatives across the university.