Senior AI Platform Developer Houston, TX (Onsite)
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Job Location:
Houston, MS - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
4 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Role: Senior AI Platform Developer
Location: Houston TX (Onsite)
Duration: Long Term
Job Summary:
We are seeking an experienced Senior AI Platform Developer to take ownership of our enterprise-grade conversational AI system that powers multiple specialized bots for different business functions. This is a hands-on technical role that combines cutting-edge AI/ML development with enterprise integration and business stakeholder engagement.
Technology Stack:
- Backend: Python 3.10 FastAPI Async/Await patterns
- AI/ML: Azure OpenAI (GPT-5) prompt engineering RAG patterns
- Frontend: Vanilla JavaScript authentication Server-Sent Events
- Databases: Snowflake SQL Server Azure Cosmos DB
- Search: Azure AI Search with semantic ranking
- Infrastructure: Ubuntu Linux Nginx Docker Systemd
- Cloud: Azure (OpenAI Cosmos DB Blob Storage AI Search)
- Auth: Azure AD with OAuth 2.0/OIDC
Key Responsibilities
1. Platform Development & Maintenance
- Maintain and enhance the existing AI platform
- Implement bug fixes and performance optimizations
- Ensure 99.9% uptime for production services
- Manage streaming responses conversation history and document exports
- Handle natural language to SQL generation for database queries
- Maintain authentication flow with Azure AD and token management
2. New Bot Development
- Work with business stakeholders to identify AI automation opportunities
- Design and implement new specialized bots following established patterns
- Create intelligent system prompts with context injection
- Integrate with enterprise data sources (databases APIs documents)
- Implement RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) patterns
- Build natural language interfaces for complex business queries
Partnership
- Meet with department heads to understand pain points
- Translate business requirements into technical solutions
- Demo capabilities and gather feedback
- Create documentation for end users
- Provide training and support for new features
- Measure and report on bot usage and value delivered
4. Technical Excellence
- Optimize Azure OpenAI token usage and costs
- Improve response accuracy and relevance
- Enhance error handling and user experience
- Document code changes and architectural decisions Senior AI Platform Developer
- Participate in code reviews and knowledge sharing
- Stay current with AI/ML best practices
Required Technical Skills
Must-Have Experience
- 5 years of Python development with strong async/await experience
- 2 years working with LLMs (GPT-4 Claude etc.) and prompt engineering
- Production experience with FastAPI or similar async frameworks
- SQL expertise including complex queries and database design
- Cloud platforms - Azure preferred AWS/GCP acceptable
- Linux/Unix administration and shell scripting
- Git version control and collaborative development
Required Knowledge Areas
- Natural Language Processing: Understanding of embeddings RAG semantic search
- Streaming architectures: SSE WebSockets async generators
- Authentication: OAuth 2.0 JWT tokens session management
- Database systems: Both SQL and NoSQL paradigms
- RESTful APIs: Design implementation and consumption
- Infrastructure as Code: Docker systemd services nginx configuration
Preferred Technologies
- Snowflake or similar cloud data warehouse
- Azure AI Search or Elasticsearch
- Cosmos DB or similar NoSQL databases
- or similar authentication libraries
- Markdown processing and rendering
- Document generation (PDF DOCX XLSX)
Required Soft Skills
Business Acumen
- Ability to understand business processes and identify automation opportunities
- Experience translating technical capabilities into business value
- Strong presentation skills for stakeholder meetings
- Comfort working with non-technical users
Problem-Solving Approach
- Systematic debugging of complex async/streaming issues
- Creative solutions for natural language understanding challenges
- Ability to optimize for both accuracy and performance
- Experience with incremental improvement methodologies
Communication Style
- Clear technical documentation writing
- Patient explanation of AI capabilities and limitations
- Proactive communication about risks and timelines
- Collaborative approach to requirement gathering
Nice-to-Have Qualifications
- Experience with ChromaDB or vector databases
- Knowledge of HSE (Health Safety Environment) regulations
- Financial services or energy sector experience Senior AI Platform Developer
- Contributions to open-source AI/ML projects
- Experience with multi-modal AI (images documents)
- Background in building conversational AI systems
Key Skills
- Experience Working With Students
- Google Docs
- Organizational skills
- Classroom Experience
- Data Collection
- Materials Handling
- Workers' Compensation Law
- OSHA
- Special Operations
- Team Management
- Experience with Children
- Supervising Experience
