Senior AI Platform Engineer

Kiewit; Lenexa (KS); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Top-tier medical, dental and vision

Voluntary wellness programs

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Retirement plans with matching

Generous paid time off

Job summary

Kiewit seeks an AI Engineer 3 to design, develop, and operate the enterprise AI platform powering intelligent applications. Build scalable backend AI services, reusable capabilities, and platform APIs integrated by app teams.

The role requires cloud-native backend experience, MCP, RAG, and collaboration with architects, PMs, and engineers. In-office roles in LaVista, NE or Lenexa, KS with a strong focus on security and governance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor-level degree or equivalent experience in CS/Engineering.
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 2+ years building production AI services or platforms.
• Experience with LLM integrations, MCP, AI workflows, and RAG.
• Cloud-native backend APIs and distributed services experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy reusable AI platform services and backend APIs.
• Build scalable backend services that orchestrate enterprise AI capabilities.
• Develop integrations with Azure AI Foundry, Claude SDK, Azure OpenAI.
• Design and optimize RAG services and agent workflows.
• Mentor junior engineers and collaborate with architects and product teams.

Skills

C#

Python

Node.js

RESTful APIs

SQL

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent

Tools

Azure AI Foundry

Anthropic Claude SDK

Azure OpenAI

Docker

LangFuse

Prisma

Drizzle

Express/ Fastify

Job description

Kiewit seeks an AI Engineer 3 to design, develop, and operate the enterprise AI platform powering intelligent applications. Build scalable backend AI services, reusable capabilities, and platform APIs integrated by app teams.

The role requires cloud-native backend experience, MCP, RAG, and collaboration with architects, PMs, and engineers. In-office roles in LaVista, NE or Lenexa, KS with a strong focus on security and governance.