[Remote] AI Software Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Blu Omega is a Woman-Owned Small Business delivering technology and cybersecurity solutions to federal agencies and enterprise clients. They are seeking an Agentic AI & LLM Platforms Engineer to support the GRACE AI platform, responsible for building and maintaining backend infrastructure and agentic AI systems in a remote environment.

Responsibilities

• Implement and iterate on agentic workflows, including tool-calling, multi-step reasoning, planning, memory, and agent-to-agent communication patterns
• Build and maintain MCP (Model Context Protocol) client-side integrations for tool discovery and invocation
• Develop tool definitions, input/output schemas, error handling, retry logic, and result formatting for the tool library
• Contribute to multi-agent orchestration patterns that are reliable and debuggable in production
• Implement LLM orchestration logic, including prompt construction, context management, model selection, and response parsing across OpenAI GPT, Anthropic Claude, and Google Gemini
• Build and maintain RAG pipeline components such as query formulation, result ranking, citation grounding, and hallucination mitigation
• Develop prompt engineering patterns and system prompts to ensure quality and consistency across models
• Manage context window budgets through truncation, summarization, and pagination logic
• Build LLM evaluation components for grounding, regression testing, safety, and quality metrics
• Write prompts and pipelines considering token economics and cost constraints
• Build secure, well-tested backend features, including API integrations with internal and external data sources and APIs
• Contribute to monitoring, logging, distributed tracing, and fallback patterns for AI service dependencies
• Work within Azure infrastructure, including Azure Functions, Azure API Management, Azure Container Apps, and Azure OpenAI Service
• Support CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and infrastructure as code

Skills

• Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating production systems
• Proven experience in high-velocity environments shipping complex products end-to-end
• Strong proficiency in Python and at least one other backend language
• Familiarity with modern backend frameworks and async patterns
• Solid understanding of algorithms, data structures, APIs, and software design patterns
• Experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
• Experience with containerization and CI/CD pipelines

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage through national providers
• 401(k) with company match (eligible after 6 months; vesting applies)
• Company-paid Life and AD&D insurance with additional voluntary options
• Short-term disability (company-paid) and long-term disability options
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with 24/7 confidential support and mental health resources
• Telehealth and virtual care options available through medical plans
• Pet insurance, legal services, and identity theft protection options
• Paid Time Off (PTO) for eligible employees
• Paid federal holidays for salaried employees
• Access to wellness programs, discounts, and lifestyle benefits
• Benefits eligibility and offerings may vary based on role, employment status, and program requirements.

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