Senior Gen AI Engineer to design and develop NLP applications in Python with a major insurance client- 15046

Senior Gen AI Developer to design and develop NLP applications in Python with a major insurance client- 15046

Location Address: Toronto (onsite 3 days per week)

Duration: 1 year (Possibility of extension & conversion to FTE)

Schedule Hours: 9am-5pm Monday-Friday; standard 37.5 hrs/week

Must Have Skills:

• Design, develop, and maintain sophisticated NLP and Generative AI applications in Python.
• Design and implement back-end APIs to deliver Python services to front-end applications using FastAPI and Docker
• Experience and exposure to Azure AI services, Vector databases, LLMs and RAG pipelines.
• Optimize application performance and ensure scalability.
• Collaborate in the database design and management of those systems (MongoDB)
• Proficiency in utilizing Azure services such as Azure App Service, Azure Functions, Azure API Management, Azure Logic Apps, and Azure DevOps for building and deploying API-based solutions
• Strong understanding of Azure architecture and infrastructure, including Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates, Azure Active Directory (AAD), and Azure networking
• Demonstrated expertise in integrating Azure services with other components of the tech stack to create end-to-end solutions
• Ability to optimize performance and scalability of APIs and UI/UX solutions on Azure, including leveraging features like auto-scaling and caching.
• Strong knowledge of Azure DevOps practices for CI/CD pipelines, version control, and automated testing.
• Proficiency in utilizing Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) for containerized deployment and orchestration of API-based solutions.
• Familiarity with Azure Container Registry (ACR) for storing and managing container images securely.
• Stay up to date with emerging trends and technologies in the field of Generative AI.

Nice-To-Have Skills:

• Experience working with Python, particularly in relation to NLP and AI.
• Exposure to modern LLM-based libraries such as LangChain, PyTorch, GPT, Transformers

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Computational Linguistics, Data Science or a related quantitative field (or equivalent experience).