Senior API Engineer (AI)

Location: 100% remote within the United States; U.S. citizenship required

Company

hirify.global is hiring for work supporting a federal client and an enterprise Semantic Layer.

What you will do

• Develop, maintain, and enhance an enterprise Semantic Layer for data access, analytics, and AI-enabled applications.
• Design and implement secure, scalable APIs and integrate enterprise data sources.
• Support cloud-based services and AWS-based data platforms.
• Collaborate with data architects, AI engineers, and business stakeholders to provide reliable, consistent, and governed access to enterprise information.
• Implement LLM, RAG, AI agent, MCP, and AI evaluation solutions.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship and the ability to obtain and maintain a government suitability clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of experience in data architecture, data engineering, or enterprise data management.
• Experience developing and maintaining secure APIs within AWS API Gateway.
• Expertise in data modeling, data integration, metadata management, governance, and AWS-based data platforms.
• Strong hands-on experience with Python, SQL, APIs, and serverless architectures.
• Experience implementing LLMs, RAG solutions, AI agents, MCP integrations, and AI evaluation methodologies.
• Knowledge of vector databases, embeddings, semantic search, and enterprise knowledge retrieval.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting federal agencies.
• Experience with vector databases such as pgvector.
• AWS certification in Data Engineering, Solutions Architecture, Machine Learning, or Generative AI.
• Experience with Agile, DevSecOps, and CI/CD practices.

Culture & Benefits

• 100% remote work.
• Full-time employment supporting a federal client.