AI Application Engineer

Role Summary

Key Responsibilities

• Build prototypes and pilot-ready services implementing AI use cases on Amazon Bedrock, including RAG and Bedrock Agents.
  

• Develop APIs, UI components, and workflow integrations connecting AI capabilities to enterprise applications and data sources.
  

• Build document intake, classification, and extraction workflows using services such as Amazon Textract and Step Functions where relevant.
  

• Configure and integrate MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers, and work within Kiro spec-driven development workflows, hooks, and steering rules.
  

• Implement integrations with the Microsoft 365 ecosystem (SharePoint, Outlook/Exchange, Teams, OneDrive) and delivery/observability tools such as ServiceNow, Jira, GitHub, Dynatrace, or Wiz where approved.
  

• Pair with customer developers in joint build sessions, demonstrating implementation techniques and helping them become self-sufficient.
  

• Implement guardrails, evaluation tests, and grounding/citation behavior according to the architect's designs.
  

• Write clean, tested, documented code following reusable development standards, and contribute reusable templates and playbook material.
  

Required Qualifications

• Strong software engineering skills in a common language such as Python, TypeScript/Node.js, or Java.
  

• Hands-on experience integrating with LLM or generative AI APIs (Amazon Bedrock preferred) and building RAG or agent-style features.
  

• Working knowledge of core AWS services for compute, storage, APIs, and identity, including security fundamentals beyond the AI stack.
  

• Comfort building REST/serverless services, integrations, and automation.
  

• Experience integrating with enterprise systems via APIs (e.g., Microsoft 365 / Graph, ServiceNow, Jira, GitHub) and handling authentication and access controls.
  

• Ability to work directly with a customer's developers in a collaborative, pairing-oriented way and contribute to knowledge transfer.
  

• Good written and verbal communication.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with MCP server configuration and with Kiro or other spec-driven development tooling.
  

• Experience with vector databases, embeddings, and search/retrieval tooling.
  

• Familiarity with CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and testing best practices on AWS.
  

• Exposure to regulated or public-sector environments and responsible-AI / PHI-PII handling.
  

• AWS associate-level certification.
  

Location & Travel

• This is a US-only position; candidates must be authorized to work in and based in the United States.
  

• The role is primarily remote but may require travel up to 10% to 15% during the engagement for on-site workshops and customer sessions.
  

Experience Level

5 to 10 years experience with at least 2 years of relevant technical stack experience.