AI Foundry Engineer (Gov't Tech)

Description

AI Foundry Engineer (US- Remote)

What to expect when you join Sikich

Team members at Sikich have a lot in common while also being part of a rich and varied group of contributors, creating a distinct and thriving culture. Chief among our commonalities is a desire for growth and a shared unity of purpose in our professional lives. We believe that through diverse perspectives, challenging the status quo and rewarding action, we accelerate innovation and drive growth - for our clients, for ourselves and for our communities.

The professional services landscape continues to evolve. For Sikich, this means we have an opportunity to furthercement our leadership position in this industry and continue to grow our organization in increasingly exciting ways. This growth is meaningful for every team member at our company because larger companies simply see more interesting client opportunities and can attract impressively talented individuals like you. Through a dedicated focus on key business priorities and intentionally creating a rewardingemployee experience, Sikich has developed into a highly regarded provider of professional services and a sought-after employer of choice.

Do you want to work with other skilled and agile practitioners who thrive on challenge and growth? We believe everyone has untapped potential. That’s why we lead with vision and act fast, pairing deep expertise with practical solutions. Our teams cut through complexity and deliver real impact. It's our hope that you find more than just a job. At Sikich, you'll find optimism, clear insights and genuine warmth, without egos.

Are you ready to grow with us?

Position summary

Sikichis seeking a highly skilled AI Foundry Engineer to support our government client.

What will you do in this role?

• Understand and translate business requirements and problem statements into a set of prompts that direct AI foundry platforms and ecosystems to generate full stack, AI and agent-based systems
• Assess the generated systems code to discover design gaps and inefficiencies, standard and coding style issues. Identify and implement fixes in the design and code as necessary
• Test, verify, and deploy the end-to-end system / application

What do you need to succeed in this role?

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a government issued Public Trust
• 20+ years of overall software, distributed systems, and cloud native system development experience
• Coding standards (Google JavaScript / JSON style guide, PEP 8 style guide)
• Design patterns (GOF, Others)
• Architecture frameworks
• 2-3+ years of developing and integrating AI, Gen AI, and agentic AI algorithms, models, frameworks, and prompt engineering
• Knowledge about emerging standards for AI agent ecosystem
• SME / Power user for at least one Gen AI system (Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude, CoPilot)
• Prompt engineering - translating business / user requirements into prompts
• 5-7+ years of in-depth, hands-on experience with one or more web application frameworks and programming languages
• Angular, React, Python, NodeJS, Rust
• Minimum of 5 years in-depth, hands-on experience with one or more cloud tech stacks, including virtual network architecture, design, implementation and management
• AWS / Google (preferred)
• AZURE / Oracle
• Minimum of one-year in-depth, hands-on experience with one or more QA frameworks and test automation platforms
• Experience in testing AI and LLM’s using tools to evaluate accuracy, bias, and reliability of AI tools and systems
• Hands-on experience in using tools such as Brainstrustand Galileo

In compliance with this state’s pay transparency laws, the base compensation range (25%-50%-75%) for this role is $165,000-- $180,000- $195,000. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on several factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. Compensation ranges for roles in our Government Services pillar are determined by contract with the specific government agency Sikich is servicing.

In addition, specific skills/experience required are as follows:

• ServantLeader- You are hyper focused on engaging employees, fostering their development, and building a positive culture.
• SolutionsFocused- You see opportunities in every business problem and can develop, articulate, and implement solutions.
• Collaboration- You are a relationship builder across all levels of the organization and across all business units.
• InstillsTrust- You do what you say, and you follow through on commitments, you act with integrity, you are consistent and are perceived as credible.
• Impact & Influence Thinking- You gain support for ideas, proposals, and solutions, and get others to act, with or without formal authority, to advance initiatives/objectives.

About Sikich

Sikich offers the public and private sectors a diverse platform of professional services across consulting, technology, and compliance. Highly specialized and hands-on teams deliver integrated solutions rooted in deep industry experience. Our approach is strategically and thoughtfully designed to help our clients, teams and communities accelerate success.

Sikich has approximately 2,000 team members andoperatesacross North America,EMEAandAPAC.

Sikich Total Rewards

Our team members enjoy expansive benefits ranging from competitive compensation and insurance options to wellness programs and a flexible time off policy, to name only a few. Sikich also takes pride in prioritizing team members’ health, total wellbeing and time spent with family, friends and in the pursuit of personal goals, hobbies, and endeavors.

Some examples of our many benefits:

• Sikich maintains a Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy. We encourage every full-time employee, as your role permits, to utilize paid time off (personal time, mental/physical health care, vacation, sick leave, etc.). Waiting for time off to accrue is common at other companies. At Sikich, you do not have to wait for this benefit to kick in. FTO is activated on your first day with our organization.
• Sikich will also recognize paid holidays during the year and strives to permit employees to have time off the last week of the calendar year when client and project work permits.
• Sikich offers a comprehensive wellness program to engage, challenge and empower team members to take responsibility for their wellbeing. Activities can be tracked through our wellness provider to obtain gift cards and other rewards.

We also offer:

• Flexible work arrangements
• Health, dental, vision, life, and accident/death/disability insurance options
• HSA employer contribution
• Eleven (11) paid holidays annually.
• A robust paid Parental Bonding Leave program covering birth, adoption, and foster children.
• 401(k) with employer contributions
• Tuition reimbursement
• Generous employee referral bonus program
• Client referral bonus program
• Pet insurance
• FORCE -Sikich community volunteer program enabling each team member to use up to four hours of paid time annually to volunteer and make a difference in their localcommunities.

Want to learn more? Visit our Careers website or Glassdoor profile.

Sikich is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V

Sikich practices in an alternative practice structure in accordance with the AICPA Professional Code of Conduct and applicable law, regulations, and professional standards. Sikich CPA LLC is a licensed CPA firm that provides audit and attest services to its clients, and Sikich LLC and its subsidiaries provide tax and business advisory services to its clients. Sikich CPA LLC has a contractual arrangement with Sikich LLC under which Sikich LLC supports Sikich CPA LLC’s performance of its professional services. Sikich LLC and its subsidiaries are not licensed CPA firms.

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