What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Engineer II - AI position at Amergis?
Amergis, formerly known as Maxim Healthcare Staffing, has served our clients and communities by connecting people to the work that matters since 1988. We provide meaningful opportunities to our extensive network of healthcare and school-based professionals, ready to work in any hospital, government facility, or school. Through partnership and innovation, Amergis creates unmatched staffing experiences to deliver the best workforce solutions.
The Software Engineer II - AI collaborates with the System Architect to drive innovation and shape the organization's future by delivering artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. The Software Engineer II - AI utilizes their proficiency in object-oriented programming and their fundamental understanding of distributed systems, along with an extensive AI toolchain, data-driven practices, and agile methodologies to develop generative AI solutions, chatbots, autonomous AI agents, and recommendation systems that will revolutionize the organization.
The Software Engineer II - AI will apply strong analytical and critical thinking skills, combined with their DevOps background and deep passion for artificial intelligence to address complex business challenges and deliver comprehensive AI solutions. In this role, the Software Engineer II – AI will significantly contribute to the advancement of the organization’s AI technologies, supporting its AI transformation.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities :
Collaborates with the Systems Architect throughout the lifecycle of AI projects, participating in brainstorming, refining design proposals, and iterating on prototypes
Develops, maintains, and enhances software applications, including back-end, front-end, and APIs, ensuring clean, efficient, and well-documented code. Develops user-friendly applications using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and frameworks such as ASP.NET and .NET Blazor, while ensuring a seamless user experience and gathering user feedback for continual improvement
Utilizes Azure API Management and serverless platforms (e.g., Azure Functions, Azure Logic Apps, Azure AI) to develop and maintain high-quality, well-documented APIs, monitoring their performance and troubleshooting issues
Adheres to coding standards and best practices through code reviews, writing clean, maintainable, and well-documented code
Ensures compliance with security, privacy, safety, and accessibility standards, leveraging developer tools for code creation and debugging, and contributing to automation in production and deployment
Utilizes Microsoft and Azure platforms, tools, and services (e.g., Azure Functions, Azure AI Studio, Document Intelligence) as well as AI frameworks (e.g., Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Reason Action (ReAct)) and open-source projects (e.g., LangChain and AutoGen) to build and run sophisticated AI workloads
Collaborates with data engineers to enrich and model enterprise data using data lakehouse architecture and graph databases for AI and ML purposes
Collaborates with data scientists to manage and preprocess large datasets, integrate machine learning models into applications, and develop and maintain APIs to serve AI models
Evaluates AI technologies and frameworks, developing solutions using autonomous AI frameworks
Designs, plans, and implements machine learning operations (MLOps), including active learning and human-in-the-loop processes to reinforce AI services and models
Participates in code reviews, sprint planning, and other agile development activities, performing system requirements analysis, and elaborating user stories and acceptance criteria in an Agile format
Makes key design considerations for repository, branching, and deployment strategies, contributing to the development of the DevOps toolchain and processes for deploying repeatable infrastructure. Automates processes and ensures continuous integration and delivery (CI / CD) through multiple delivery environments
Minimum Requirements :
A Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent business experience in Information Services
Two or more years of experience in developing, building, and deploying software solutions, using Visual Studio or Visual Studio Code and Azure DevOps or another DevOps lifecycle management tool
Two or more years of direct experience with object-oriented programming languages, particularly C# and / or Python, as well as experience with frameworks and tools like .NET framework, ASP.NET, .NET Blazor, and Entity Framework is required
Direct experience with web design and development using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is desired. This includes the ability to create and manage simple, responsive web front ends, ensuring a seamless user experience
Proficiency in Python and any experience with related AI / ML libraries, including NumPy, pandas, and scikit-learn is highly desired
Knowledge of building solutions and running workloads in Azure is desired
Experience in designing, developing, and integrating RESTful APIs
The candidate should be well-versed in version control systems like GitHub or Azure DevOps, as well as Agile methodologies such as Scrum and Kanban is required
Experience with Azure AI services and tools
A strong understanding of relational database concepts, T-SQL is desired
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, effective communication, and an initiative-taking, quick-learning attitude are required for this position
Proficiency in the English language is required
At Amergis, we firmly believe that our employees are the heartbeat of our organization and we are happy to offer the following benefits :
Medical / Prescription, Dental, Vision, Health Advocacy (company paid if enrolled Medical), Health Advocate Employee Assistance Program, Health Savings Account , 401(k), 401(k) Company Match, Profit Sharing, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Primary Caregiver Leave, Parental Leave, Life and Basic Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance, Voluntary Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance, Hospital Expense Protection Plan, Critical Illness Insurance, Accident Insurance, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, Home and Auto Insurance, Pet Insurance, MilkStork, Transportation Benefit, Educational Assistance Program, College Partnership Program, Paid Time Off / Company Holidays
- Benefit eligibility is dependent on employment status.
Amergis is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.
This posting will remain active on job boards for 5 days from date of posting unless there is a good faith basis to extend the posting date.
Please note that this pay range represents a good faith estimate of the compensation that will be offered for this position based on the circumstances. The actual pay offered to a successful candidate will take into account a wide range of factors, including but not limited to location, experience, and other variable factors.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Initiative, Amergis will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records"
