Sr .Net/AI Engineer (Washington DC-Baltimore Area)

Senior Application Developer – C#/.NET & AI Solutions

Location : Remote - but not reside in one of the following states: CA, CO, DC, DE, KS, ME, MD, MO, NY, OH, VA

Salary : 140-175k

What You'll Do

• Build scalable, production-ready applications in C# using .NET / .NET Core and current application frameworks
• Drive the design and rollout of AI features and AI agents that automate tasks, work with enterprise data, and support user workflows
• Build and orchestrate AI solutions with tools like Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Services, and agent frameworks such as Semantic Kernel, Microsoft Agent Framework/AutoGen, or the OpenAI/Anthropic SDKs
• Apply retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), prompt engineering, tool/function calling, and vector search to connect AI to enterprise content
• Set engineering standards, review code, and coach junior and mid-level developers
• Work with stakeholders and architects to turn business needs into technical designs and delivery plans
• Build AI features responsibly, factoring in security, privacy, evaluation, and governance at every step

Experience

• Strong, proven experience building production applications in C# with .NET / .NET Core
• Real experience building or integrating AI/LLM solutions, including prompt engineering, function/tool calling, RAG, and working with model APIs like Azure OpenAI, OpenAI, or similar
• Direct experience building AI agents — ones that plan, call tools, hold context, and carry out multi-step tasks — using Semantic Kernel, Microsoft Agent Framework, AutoGen, or LangChain-style orchestration
• Solid Azure development background, including App Services, Azure Functions, Logic Apps, Key Vaults, Storage Accounts, and Azure DevOps pipelines
• Strong Azure SQL and T-SQL skills, including building database objects, stored procedures, user-defined functions, and integrated security; familiarity with vector stores like Azure AI Search or Cosmos DB is a plus
• Comfort with DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and version control (Git), including branching and release strategies
• Experience developing in Visual Studio and/or VS Code
• Command of the full software development life cycle — architecture through deployment and documentation — with security built in throughout
• Experience with Web Services, RESTful APIs, and SOAP APIs for connecting to vendor and enterprise systems
• A track record of technical leadership — mentoring developers, owning architecture calls, and pushing best practices across a team
• Strong problem-solving skills and a genuine interest in keeping up with fast-moving AI technology
• Clear communication skills, written and verbal, with the ability to explain technical ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences, plus strong attention to detail

Preferred

• Experience shipping AI/agentic solutions for real business use cases — document analysis, summarization, intelligent automation, copilots — at production scale
• Background working with legal, financial, or HR systems and databases
• Front-end experience with JavaScript/TypeScript and frameworks like React, along with HTML5 and CSS
• Experience with legal desktop applications, document management systems, or onboarding workflows
• Familiarity with Responsible AI practices — evaluation, guardrails, content safety, and cost/performance tuning for AI workloads

Experience & Education

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
• At least 4 years of professional software development experience with hands-on C#/.NET work; experience building AI/LLM solutions is strongly preferred