Immediate need for a talented Gen ai Engineer. This is a 12+months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Washington, DC(Onsite). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested. Job ID: 25-60665 Pay Range: $48 - $50/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location). Key Responsibilities: • Design methods, tools, and infrastructure to deliver Generative AI solutions using state of the art in large language models and their applications. • Apply AI technologies to develop and optimize the Fund’s IT services. • Contribute to experiments, including designing experimental details, writing reusable code, running evaluations, and organizing results. • Stay up-to-date with the latest developments in the field of generative AI. • Implementing server-side logic, connecting to SQL services, Microsoft Graph, SharePoint online and other API services, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the frontend. • Developing Azure Functions and API Management strategies. • Designing and developing robust APIs (both REST and GraphQL). • Writing efficient, maintainable code following best practices (testing, source control, continuous integration, etc.). • Using Azure AI Studio to design and implement Custom GPT’s using Promptflows. • Working closely with front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements and server-side logic. • Collaborating with other team members and stakeholders to solve problems and improve functionality Key Requirements and Technology Experience: • 5- 10 years of professional experience in the field of Software Engineering. • A minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in .NET Core/6+, Typescript, App service, API Development • Experience with Azure Services such as API, SQL DB, Cognitive Services, Logic Apps, AI Studio is preferred • A strong background in Software engineering and cloud native solution development. Microsoft Azure Cloud experience is strongly preferred. • Proficiency in declarative, imperative, dynamic, and/or functional programming languages, including TSQL, XML, Python, C/C++/C#, F#, JavaScript, Typescript. Experience in complex Typescript and Python codebases is a plus. • Demonstrated knowledge of machine learning techniques such as decision trees, logistic regression, supervised and unsupervised learning, etc. • Experience in the use of LLM APIs and GenAI Tooling including Azure AI Studio, OpenAI APIs, Llama, Mistral, and other Large and Small Language Model APIs. • Demonstrated work experience with extract, transform, and load (ETL) for large-scale, complex data sets. Experience with data analytics and database design. • Demonstrated knowledge of systems engineering, object-oriented design, and defensive programming. • Knowledge of distributed version controls systems, software configuration management and Application Lifecycle Management tools. • Demonstrable experience with Azure DevOps and Git. • Experience in data architecture and application architecture, target state design and strategy. • Experience with system integration, cloud native architecture and design using Microsoft Azure is a plus. • Experience in developing and deploying AI solutions, with a focus on text analytics and natural language processing. Including but not limited to solutions using Azure AI Studio/Foundry, Open AI Models, LangChain and Bot Frameworks. • Experience with developing solutions with structured and unstructured data and NoSQL Databases, such as MongoDb/CosmosDB. • Ability to use different CLIs and scripting languages, understanding their nuances and benefits. • Typescript, Powershell, Azure CLI and related tools and languages are a plus. • Ability to apply knowledge, skills, tools, or techniques to complex programs and project activities to meet the specific business and technical program or project requirements (including security). Our client is a leading IT Industry, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration. 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