AI Technical Consultant

Crowe•Chicago, IL

3d•$62,000 - $100,000

About The Position

Your Journey at Crowe Starts Here: At Crowe, you can build a meaningful and rewarding career. With real flexibility to balance work with life moments, you’re trusted to deliver results and make an impact. We embrace you for who you are, care for your well-being, and nurture your career. Everyone has equitable access to opportunities for career growth and leadership. Over our 80-year history, delivering excellent service through innovation has been a core part of our DNA across our audit, tax, and consulting groups. That’s why we continuously invest in innovative ideas, such as AI-enabled insights and technology-powered solutions, to enhance our services. Join us at Crowe and embark on a career where you can help shape the future of our industry. Job Description: Responsibilities Engage in the exploration and evaluation of early-stage data, ensuring the integrity and applicability for model development. Crowe Technical Developers are project team members responsible for executing tasks as part of the AI Transformation team that is embedded with business experts in Crowe’s AI team Document findings and provide strategic recommendations to business stakeholders, outlining potential paths forward, technological capabilities, and relevant limitations. You demonstrate the viability of potential solutions and seek to disprove assumptions through data exploration, experimentation, and lightweight Proof of Concept buildout. Actively engage in professional learning within the constantly evolving AI landscape, with an emphasis on the Microsoft ecosystem Engage with your team to derive realistic effort estimates, embracing the iterative nature of early-stage AI development. Participate in ethical, risk, and security discussions to ensure all solutions meet Crowe’s high standards. Facilitate meetings with business stakeholders to refine project objectives and demonstrate preliminary results. Ensure a seamless transition of validated concepts to the AI Development team for full-scale implementation. Actively contribute to the professional growth and development of your team members via code review and coaching. You support your team members' growth through pair programming, code review, and/or knowledge sharing.

Requirements

Proficiency in Microsoft Power Platform, including Power Apps and Power Automate
Proficiency in .NET, C#, SQL, Python and JavaScript
You are comfortable executing assigned tasks when provided guidance by your Technical Lead and/or team members; you proactively request help when needed and collaborate effectively.
Knowledge of AI/ML frameworks and tools
You can communicate technical concepts clearly to non-technical or unfamiliar audiences, both written and verbal; you support the creation of client-facing deliverables and documentation.
Conduct thorough testing and debugging of applications to ensure they meet the required performance and quality standards.
Create and maintain technical documentation for developed solutions, including user guides, technical specifications, and process documentation.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Azure services, particularly Azure AI, Machine Learning, and Cognitive Services.
Certifications in Microsoft technologies (e.g., Azure AI Engineer Associate, Power Platform Solution Architect).
Hands-on experience with Dynamics 365 and its integration with Power Platform.
Expertise in prompt engineering and familiarity with tools like Enterprise ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, and Azure AI Studio
Experience with DevOps practices and tools within the Microsoft environment.
You want to stay fresh in AI. You aren't afraid to take a stab at Large Language Model papers before they become blog posts (even if you don't have experience in it quite yet) or try out the latest tools. You’re probably subscribed to several newsletters or podcasts about AI topics.
Background in business analysis, with a knack for translating business needs into technical requirements.
Familiarity with Agile methodologies and tools.
You’re familiar with the software development lifecycle and AI Ops best practices
You enjoy sharing what you learn, whether by offering cross-training opportunities, giving internal team “lightning talks,” or by writing detailed comments on tickets when you close them.

Responsibilities

Engage in the exploration and evaluation of early-stage data, ensuring the integrity and applicability for model development.
Document findings and provide strategic recommendations to business stakeholders, outlining potential paths forward, technological capabilities, and relevant limitations.
Actively engage in professional learning within the constantly evolving AI landscape, with an emphasis on the Microsoft ecosystem
Engage with your team to derive realistic effort estimates, embracing the iterative nature of early-stage AI development.
Participate in ethical, risk, and security discussions to ensure all solutions meet Crowe’s high standards.
Facilitate meetings with business stakeholders to refine project objectives and demonstrate preliminary results.
Ensure a seamless transition of validated concepts to the AI Development team for full-scale implementation.
Actively contribute to the professional growth and development of your team members via code review and coaching.