Senior Applied AI Engineer - Forward-Deployed

VitalEdge Technologies Inc.; Cary (NC); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

VitalEdge Technologies Inc. is seeking a Senior Applied AI Engineer to spearhead the company's AI strike team, bridging business goals with production-ready AI solutions. You will lead a small team and own solutions from discovery to value realization, balancing speed and quality to drive measurable outcomes.

You will design agentic systems, integrate with enterprise data, and establish guardrails, observability, and governance while mentoring engineers for scalable impact.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 6+ years building and deploying production software or AI solutions.
• Strong Python and cloud-native development.
• Experience with agent-based AI, RAG, and multi-agent systems.
• Ability to translate business problems into technical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Translate business priorities into production AI solutions.
• Lead a small team of engineers and set engineering standards.
• Deliver measurable value and adoption for AI deployments.

Skills

Python

AI production

CI/CD

APIs

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/SE/AI or related field

Equivalent practical experience

Tools

LangChain

LangGraph

Semantic Kernel

AutoGen

CrewAI

Job description

VitalEdge Technologies Inc. is seeking a Senior Applied AI Engineer to spearhead the company's AI strike team, bridging business goals with production-ready AI solutions. You will lead a small team and own solutions from discovery to value realization, balancing speed and quality to drive measurable outcomes.

You will design agentic systems, integrate with enterprise data, and establish guardrails, observability, and governance while mentoring engineers for scalable impact.