Lead the design, build, and deployment of production-grade AI solutions on Microsoft Azure. Own end-to-end delivery—from data pipelines to model deployment, ensuring security, reliability, and compliance. Responsibilities Design and implement AI solutions using Azure AI services (OpenAI, AI Search, Machine Learning). Develop secure APIs and integrate with enterprise systems using Azure API Management and Event Hub. Containerize workloads and deploy to AKS, App Service, or Functions with CI/CD. Ensure observability, performance tuning, and cost optimization for AI workloads. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and document architecture, runbooks, and best practices. Core Tech Stack Data & Integration: Data Lake Storage, Synapse/Fabric, Data Factory, Event Hub, API Management. Compute & Hosting: AKS, Azure Functions, App Service; IaC with Bicep/ARM/Terraform. DevOps/MLOps: Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions, MLflow integration, telemetry. Required Experience 7+ years in software/ML engineering, with 3+ years delivering production AI solutions on. Proven track record of shipped solutions with architecture diagrams and runbooks. Expertise in RAG system design, prompt engineering, and performance optimization. Strong data engineering skills and secure integration patterns. Applied knowledge of Responsible AI principles and compliance requirements. Core Competencies Outcome-oriented with strong problem-solving skills. Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities. Collaborative leadership and mentoring capability. Adaptability to ambiguity and incremental delivery approaches. Nice-to-Have Experience with Microsoft Fabric and Databricks on Azure. Domain experience in financial services. Azure AI Engineer Associate certification or equivalent. Qualifications Degree in Computer Science/Engineering/Math or equivalent industry experience. Skills Azure OpenAI Service AI Studio AI Search Azure Machine Learning Data Lake Storage Synapse Fabric data factory Event Hub API Management AKS Azure Functions App service IaC Bicep ARM Terraform Azure DevOps GitHub Actions MLflow Python C# .Net TypeScript Node.js langchain Semantic Kernel Software Engineering ML Engineering RAG system design prompt engineering Performance Optimization Data Engineering Secure Integration Patterns Responsible AI principles microsoft fabric Databricks financial services #J-18808-Ljbffr