AI Foundry Engineer (Tantus)

Position Summary Tantus, a Sikich Subsidiary is seeking a highly skilled AI Foundry Engineer to support our government client. Responsibilities Understand and translate business requirements and problem statements into a set of prompts that direct AI foundry platforms and ecosystems to generate full stack, AI, and agent-based systems. Assess the generated systems code to discover design gaps and inefficiencies, standard and coding style issues; identify and implement fixes in the design and code as necessary. Test, verify, and deploy the end‑to‑end system/application. Qualifications Must be able to obtain and maintain a government‑issued Public Trust. 20+ years of overall software, distributed systems, and cloud‑native system development experience. Experience with coding standards (Google JavaScript/JSON style guide, PEP 8 style guide). Knowledge of design patterns (GOF, others) and architecture frameworks. 2–3+ years of developing and integrating AI, Generative AI, and agentic AI algorithms, models, frameworks, and prompt engineering. Familiarity with emerging standards for AI agent ecosystems. SME/Power user for at least one Generative AI system (Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude, CoPilot). Prompt engineering skills—translating business/user requirements into prompts. 5–7+ years of in‑depth, hands‑on experience with one or more web application frameworks and programming languages. Proficiency with Angular, React, Python, Node.js, Rust. Minimum of 5 years of in‑depth, hands‑on experience with one or more cloud tech stacks, including virtual network architecture, design, implementation, and management. Experience with AWS / Google (preferred) or Azure / Oracle. Minimum one‑year experience with one or more QA frameworks and test automation platforms. Experience testing AI and LLMs using tools to evaluate accuracy, bias, and reliability. Hands‑on experience with tools such as Braintrust and Galileo. Compensation Salary range: $165,000 – $195,000. Final offer may vary based on experience and geographic location. Additional Skills Servant Leader: Hyper‑focused on engaging employees, fostering development, and building a positive culture. Solutions Focused: Sees opportunities in every business problem and can develop, articulate, and implement solutions. Collaboration: Builds relationships across all levels of the organization and all business units. Instills Trust: Acts with integrity, follows through on commitments, and is consistently credible. Impact & Influence Thinking: Gains support for ideas and gets others to act to advance initiatives. Benefits Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy—activated on the first day, available for personal time, mental/physical health, vacation, sick leave, etc. Paid holidays throughout the year and potential time off during the last week of the calendar year if client/project work permits. Comprehensive wellness program with activities tracked through a wellness provider for rewards. Flexible work arrangements. Health, dental, vision, life, and accident/death/disability insurance options. HSA employer contribution. 11 paid holidays annually. Paid Parental Bonding Leave covering birth, adoption, and foster children. 401(k) with employer contributions. Tuition reimbursement. Generous employee referral bonus program. Client referral bonus program. Pet insurance. FORCE community volunteer program—up to four paid hours annually for local volunteer work. Tantus, a Sikich Subsidiary is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V. #J-18808-Ljbffr Sikich LLC