Lead Gen AI Engineer

Lead Gen AI Engineer

**Job Role:** Lead Gen AI Engineer with Python **Location:** Phoenix AZ (Hybrid) **Job Description:** We are looking for a Lead Gen AI Engineer with strong expertise in Python Generative AI Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and Agentic AI to lead the design and development of enterprise AI solutions. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in preparing and engineering enterprise data for AI use cases building scalable RAG pipelines implementing autonomous AI agents and integrating Large Language Models (LLMs) into production environments. This is a hands-on technical leadership role deep knowledge of AI architecture data preparation prompt engineering vector databases and modern AI frameworks. ** Skills** - 8 years of software development experience with Python. - 3 years of hands-on experience delivering Generative AI solutions. - Strong expertise in Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architecture and implementation. - Hands-on experience building Agentic AI solutions using LangGraph CrewAI AutoGen LangChain LlamaIndex or Semantic Kernel. - Experience preparing processing and engineering structured and unstructured enterprise data for AI use cases. - Strong understanding of document ingestion chunking strategies embeddings metadata enrichment and vector search. - Experience with Vector Databases such as Pinecone FAISS ChromaDB Weaviate or Milvus. - Experience integrating LLMs including OpenAI Azure OpenAI Gemini Claude Llama or Mistral. - Strong knowledge of Prompt Engineering AI orchestration and tool/function calling. - Experience developing APIs using FastAPI Flask or Django. - Experience with Docker Kubernetes Git CI/CD and cloud platforms (AWS Azure or GCP). **Preferred Skills** - Experience with AI evaluation frameworks observability and LLMOps. - Knowledge of MLOps and AI model deployment. - Experience with Databricks Snowflake or enterprise data platforms. - Familiarity with knowledge graphs and enterprise search solutions.