Senior Python/GenAI Engineer

Job Title: Senior Python/GenAI Engineer

Location: Jersey City, NJ

Duration: Contract - 10 months

Pay Range: $73.67/hr (W2)

Job ID: 408593

About BCforward

BCforward is a leading global IT consulting and workforce solutions firm providing services and support to Fortune 500 and government clients. Founded in 1998, BCforward has grown with our customers needs into a full-service business solutions provider. With delivery centers and offices across North America and India, we take pride in building long-term relationships and delivering excellence through innovation, collaboration, and integrity.

Job Description

We are seeking a Site Reliability Engineer III to join our dynamic team supporting a pioneering Generative AI initiative for a Global Markets environment. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Python software engineering, AI/ML lifecycle and MLOps, and building secure, scalable, and compliant platforms for Generative AI and RAG and a proven ability to design, implement, and operate reusable AI tooling that meets functional, non-functional, and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and manage reusable tools and services for Generative AI and Retrieval-Augmented Generation.
• Develop and maintain automation frameworks, utilities, and shared data science platforms for AI/ML and GenAI teams.
• Implement end-to-end MLOps for model training, fine-tuning, inference, and monitoring with CI/CD and testing.
• Build API-based applications and inference services using FastAPI, API gateways, JWT, and containerization.
• Engineer and operate RAG pipelines including chunking, embedding, retrieval, reranking, and summarization.
• Establish observability, policy enforcement, and reliability for AI gateways and inference platforms.
• Collaborate across large cross-functional teams using shared multi-repo workflows and modern IDE-based development.
• Research and prototype new tools that improve developer experience, UI/UX, and analytics platform capabilities.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure and platform issues with root-cause analysis.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• 3+ years of object-oriented Python development with expert-level coding, testing, and troubleshooting.
• Hands-on experience across AI/ML and GenAI lifecycle management, including MLOps, fine-tuning, and inference frameworks.
• Practical knowledge of RAG processes such as chunking, embeddings, retrieval, reranking, and summarization.
• Application development experience with one or more of MongoDB, Redis, Angular or React, containerization, FastAPI services, JWT, and API gateways.
• Strong DevOps background with Git or Bitbucket, Jenkins, SonarQube, pytest, Artifactory, and Ansible.
• Experience building and deploying GenAI inference platforms with observability, policy stores, and AI gateways.
• Ability to work in large collaborative teams using multi-repo codebases and CI/CD pipelines in IDE-first environments.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, interpersonal, presentation, and communication skills.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience implementing policy enforcement and observability for RAG and model-serving platforms.
• Background in UI/UX improvements for analytics platforms and rapid prototyping of developer tools.

Why BCforward?

At BCforward, we believe in advancing lives and careers. When you join our team, you gain access to:

• Competitive compensation and benefits.
• Opportunities for growth with global clients.
• A supportive, inclusive culture that values innovation and people.
• Exposure to cutting-edge technologies and projects.

About Our Commitment

BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.

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