Senior AI Platform Engineer - Backend & LLM Integrations

Kiewit; Omaha (NE); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Kiewit is seeking an AI Engineer 3 to design, develop, and operate the enterprise AI platform that powers intelligent applications across the organization. This role focuses on building scalable, secure backend AI services, reusable AI capabilities, and platform APIs that application development teams integrate into their solutions.

The ideal candidate has experience building cloud-native backend services and production AI systems using MCP, RAG, and enterprise LLM platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• 2+ years building production AI services, AI platforms, or reusable AI infrastructure.
• Experience building scalable backend APIs and distributed services.
• Experience with LLM integrations, MCP, AI workflows, and RAG.
• Experience with Docker and cloud-native container platforms.
• Experience building and deploying cloud-native applications.
• Strong SQL and relational database design skills.
• Experience mentoring engineers and delivering complex production software.

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, Anthropic Claude SDK, Azure OpenAI, and other approved AI providers.
• Design and optimize Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) services and agent-based workflows.
• Integrate AI platform services with enterprise data platforms and cloud infrastructure.
• Implement observability, monitoring, logging, and troubleshooting for AI services.
• Mentor junior engineers through code reviews and technical guidance.
• Collaborate with architects and application teams on solution implementation.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience

Tools

LangFuse

Cursor IDE

Git

Job description

Kiewit is seeking an AI Engineer 3 to design, develop, and operate the enterprise AI platform that powers intelligent applications across the organization. This role focuses on building scalable, secure backend AI services, reusable AI capabilities, and platform APIs that application development teams integrate into their solutions.

The ideal candidate has experience building cloud-native backend services and production AI systems using MCP, RAG, and enterprise LLM platforms.