AWS AI Engineer

Capgemini • New York, NY

12d • $100,000 - $130,000 • Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a Full‑Stack AWS AI Engineer (5+ Years) to design, build, and scale cloud‑native, AI‑powered applications on AWS. This role blends front‑end and back‑end engineering, machine learning / GenAI integration, and AWS cloud architecture, with strong emphasis on security, scalability, and production readiness. The engineer will work closely with product, data science, and platform teams to operationalize AI capabilities into real‑world applications.

Requirements

• Strong experience in full‑stack development (front‑end + back‑end).
• Hands‑on expertise with AWS services and cloud‑native architectures.
• Practical experience building or integrating Agentic or Generative AI solutions.
• Proficiency in at least one backend language (Python preferred).
• Experience with REST APIs, microservices, and asynchronous processing.
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (ECS/EKS).
• Experience building production‑grade systems, not just prototypes.
• Strong understanding of software design patterns, scalability, and resilience.
• Ability to translate business problems into technical AI solutions.
• Experience working in Agile / DevOps teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy Agentic and Generative AI solutions using AWS AI services (Amazon SageMaker, Bedrock, Rekognition, Textract, Transcribe, Translate).
• Integrate foundation models / LLMs into applications using Bedrock or custom model endpoints.
• Build AI pipelines for inference, prompt orchestration, fine‑tuning, and evaluation.
• Implement responsible AI practices including auditability, explainability, bias mitigation, and model governance.
• Architect and deploy cloud‑native solutions using AWS core services: EC2, Lambda, ECS/EKS, API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB, RDS, Aurora, Step Functions.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using CloudFormation, CDK, or Terraform.
• Design CI/CD pipelines leveraging GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, or similar tools.
• Optimize performance, availability, and cost using AWS Well‑Architected Framework principles.
• Enforce AWS security best practices (IAM, KMS, VPC design, encryption at rest/in transit).
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting using CloudWatch, X‑Ray, and OpenSearch.
• Support compliance requirements (SOC2, ISO, financial services governance where applicable).
• Participate in production support, troubleshooting, and performance tuning.

Benefits

• Paid time off based on employee grade (A-F), defined by policy: Vacation: 12-25 days, depending on grade, Company paid holidays, Personal Days, Sick Leave
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage (or provincial healthcare coordination in Canada)
• Retirement savings plans (e.g., 401(k) in the U.S., RRSP in Canada)
• Life and disability insurance
• Employee assistance programs
• Other benefits as provided by local policy and eligibility

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed