Associate AI Solutions Engineer
Connection, Inc.2 years ago
Merrimack, NH, USAMid Level
Base Salary
$86k - $111k/yr
Responsibilities
- Build, test, integrate, and deploy enterprise AI applications, copilots, agents, and supporting components.
- Develop solution components with Microsoft Foundry, Copilot Studio, Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Agent Builder, Power Platform, Azure services, Power BI, and related Microsoft technologies.
- Create agent actions, tools, APIs, connectors, workflows, integrations, prompts, structured outputs, and tool-use flows using secure interfaces.
- Develop application components and agent backends using Python and/or C#/.NET, Azure Functions, REST APIs, source control, automated testing, and CI/CD practices.
- Integrate AI solutions with enterprise APIs, Dataverse, SharePoint, Microsoft Graph, databases, SaaS applications, and other approved data sources.
- Build grounding and retrieval-augmented generation capabilities using enterprise content, Azure AI Search, embeddings, vector search, and Fabric data assets.
- Support Power Automate flows, Power Apps, custom connectors, Dataverse components, Fabric pipelines, notebooks, lakehouses, warehouses, and semantic models.
- Implement authentication, authorization, managed identities, least-privilege access, secret handling, and data-protection controls using Entra ID and related Azure services.
- Create evaluation datasets and automated tests and apply logging, tracing, monitoring, and telemetry for AI quality, reliability, usage, latency, and failures.
- Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, documentation, customer workshops, implementation sessions, troubleshooting, and production deployments under senior engineering guidance.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, or a related technical field, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
- At least two years of professional experience in software, cloud, data, application, solution, automation, or AI engineering.
- Hands-on experience designing, building, testing, integrating, or deploying AI, generative AI, or agentic applications through professional work, substantial projects, or comparable experience.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft AI and cloud technologies including Microsoft Foundry, Copilot Studio, Microsoft Fabric, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Agent Builder, Power Platform, Azure AI services, Microsoft Graph, Azure AI Search, and GitHub Copilot.
- Experience with Python and/or C#/.NET, REST APIs, GitHub or similar source control, automated testing, and CI/CD practices.
- Experience integrating applications with enterprise APIs, data sources, Dataverse, SharePoint, Microsoft Graph, databases, or SaaS platforms.
- Working knowledge of RAG, embeddings, vector search, grounding, prompt development, structured outputs, and basic agent design concepts.
- Understanding of cloud security and identity practices including Entra ID, least privilege, secure data access, secret handling, and Responsible AI fundamentals.
- Ability to support evaluation datasets, automated testing, logging, tracing, monitoring, and telemetry for AI applications.
- Strong communication, documentation, collaboration, curiosity, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work effectively under technical guidance and incorporate feedback.
- Preferred qualifications include current Microsoft certifications or Applied Skills in Azure AI, Microsoft Fabric, Copilot Studio, Power Platform, Microsoft 365 agent development, or related technologies.
- Preferred experience includes GitHub Copilot coding agents, custom agents, reusable instructions or skills, MCP integrations, Microsoft 365 declarative or custom-engine agents, Microsoft Agent 365 controls, multiple model providers, containerized applications, or infrastructure-as-code.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation, 401(k) plans, medical insurance, and a total rewards package.
- Free therapy visits, mental health coaching and tools, and meditation resources.
- Generous paid time off including vacation, care time, Wellness Time Off, and Volunteer Time Off.
- Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States; the employer cannot sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.
About Connection, Inc.
Connection, Inc. is a public IT solutions provider that sells and integrates enterprise hardware, software, cloud, and lifecycle services for businesses, schools, healthcare, and government. The company combines solution architecture with procurement and supply-chain capabilities across networking, security, virtualization, and multicloud. Founded in 1982 and headquartered in Merrimack, New Hampshire, Connection (NASDAQ: CNXN) operates as a value-added reseller and services partner to U.S. and global customers.