AI Foundry Engineer

Team members at Sikich have a lot in common while also being part of a rich and varied group of contributors, creating a distinct and thriving culture. Chief among our commonalities is a desire for growth and a shared unity of purpose in our professional lives. We believe that through diverse perspectives, challenging the status quo and rewarding action, we accelerate innovation and drive growth – for our clients, for ourselves and for our communities.

The professional services landscape continues to evolve. For Sikich, this means we have an opportunity to further cement our leadership position in this industry and continue to grow our organization in increasingly exciting ways. This growth is meaningful for every team member at our company because larger companies simply see more interesting client opportunities and can attract impressively talented individuals like you. Through a dedicated focus on key business priorities and intentionally creating a rewarding employee experience, Sikich has developed into a highly regarded provider of professional services and a sought-after employer of choice.

Do you want to work with other skilled and agile practitioners who thrive on challenge and growth? We believe everyone has untapped potential. That’s why we lead with vision and act fast, pairing deep expertise with practical solutions. Our teams cut through complexity and deliver real impact. It's our hope that you find more than just a job. At Sikich, you'll find optimism, clear insights and genuine warmth, without egos.

Are you ready to grow with us?

Position summary

Sikich is seeking a highly skilled AI Foundry Engineer to support our government client.

What will you do in this role?

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

What do you need to succeed in this role?

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

Coding standards (Google JavaScript / JSON style guide, PEP 8 style guide)

Design patterns (GOF, Others)

Architecture frameworks

2-3+ years of developing and integrating AI, Gen AI, and agentic AI algorithms, models, frameworks, and prompt engineering

Knowledge about emerging standards for AI agent ecosystem

SME / Power user for at least one Gen AI system (Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude, CoPilot)

Prompt engineering - 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

Angular, React, Python, NodeJS, Rust

Minimum of 5 years in-depth, hands-on experience with one or more cloud tech stacks, including virtual network architecture, design, implementation and management

AWS / Google (preferred)

AZURE / Oracle

Minimum of one-year in-depth, hands-on experience with one or more QA frameworks and test automation platforms

Experience in testing AI and LLM’s using tools to evaluate accuracy, bias, and reliability of AI tools and systems

Hands-on experience in using tools such as Brainstrust and Galileo

In compliance with this state’s pay transparency laws, the salary range for this role is $165,000-- $180,000- $195,000. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location.

In addition, specific skills/experience required are as follows

Servant Leader – You are hyper focused on engaging employees, fostering their development, and building a positive culture.

Solutions Focused – You see opportunities in every business problem and can develop, articulate, and implement solutions.

Collaboration – You are a relationship builder across all levels of the organization and across all business units.

Instills Trust - You do what you say, and you follow through on commitments, you act with integrity, you are consistent and are perceived as credible.

Impact & Influence Thinking – You gain support for ideas, proposals, and solutions, and get others to act, with or without formal authority, to advance initiatives/objectives.

About Sikich

Sikich offers the public and private sectors a diverse platform of professional services across consulting, technology, and compliance. Highly specialized and hands-on teams deliver integrated solutions rooted in deep industry experience. Our approach is strategically and thoughtfully designed to help our clients, teams and communities accelerate success.

Sikich has approximately 2,000 team members and operates across North America, EMEA and APAC.

Sikich Total Rewards

Our team members enjoy expansive benefits ranging from competitive compensation and insurance options to wellness programs and a flexible time off policy, to name only a few. Sikich also takes pride in prioritizing team members’ health, total wellbeing and time spent with family, friends and in the pursuit of personal goals, hobbies, and endeavors.

Some examples of our many benefits

Sikich maintains a Flexible Time Off (FTO) Policy. We encourage every full-time employee, as your role permits, to utilize paid time off (personal time, mental/physical health care, vacation, sick leave, etc.). Waiting for time off to accrue is common at other companies. At Sikich, you do not have to wait for this benefit to kick in. FTO is activated on your first day with our organization.

Sikich will also recognize paid holidays during the year and strives to permit employees to have time off the last week of the calendar year when client and project work permits.

Sikich offers a comprehensive wellness program to engage, challenge and empower team members to take responsibility for their wellbeing. Activities can be tracked through our wellness provider to obtain gift cards and other rewards.

We also offer

Flexible work arrangements

Health, dental, vision, life, and accident/death/disability insurance options

HSA employer contribution

Eleven (11) paid holidays annually.

A robust paid Parental Bonding Leave program 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 –Sikich community volunteer program enabling each team member to use up to four hours of paid time annually to volunteer and make a difference in their local communities.

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Sikich is an Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V

Sikich practices in an alternative practice structure in accordance with the AICPA Professional Code of Conduct and applicable law, regulations, and professional standards. Sikich CPA LLC is a licensed CPA firm that provides audit and attest services to its clients, and Sikich LLC and its subsidiaries provide tax and business advisory services to its clients. Sikich CPA LLC has a contractual arrangement with Sikich LLC under which Sikich LLC supports Sikich CPA LLC’s performance of its professional services. Sikich LLC and its subsidiaries are not licensed CPA firms.

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