Senior AI Application Developer

Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH)On-siteFull-timeSenior, 5–8 yearsListed 5 months ago

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About this role

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

The Senior AI Application Developer is responsible for designing, developing, testing, and supporting modern software solutions that leverage AI, web, mobile, and distributed microservices technologies, as well as cloud platforms. This role focuses on building advanced AI-enabled applications, intelligent agents, automated data processing workflows, and maintaining or modernizing legacy applications built in Java and .NET. The role also requires providing effective peer support, mentorship, and collaboration across development teams to troubleshoot complex issues and promote best practices in AI application development.

Job Description:

Essential Duties & Responsibilities  including but not limited to:

1. Leverages   expertise   in AI application development,   cloud - native   architectures, modern web frameworks, and secure development practices to deliver scalable, reliable, and secure enterprise solutions.

2. Designs, develops, and integrates AI - enabled applications, cloud - based APIs, microservices, automation workflows, and data services across hybrid and   cloud - native   environments (Azure,   AWS   and   GCP ).

3. Leads the design and implementation of   proof - of - concepts   (POCs) to evaluate emerging AI models, cloud services, and automation technologies, providing recommendations that guide technology adoption and architecture decisions.

4. Collaborates with cross - functional teams   including product, data engineering, cloud engineering, and clinical/operational stakeholders   to design and deliver cloud   native,   AI - augmented   application features aligned with business goals.

5. Participates in gathering, analyzing, refining, and   validating   technical and functional requirements, ensuring alignment between business   objectives , technical feasibility, and AI   responsible   use   principles.

6. Creates development estimates, plans, and schedules to support predictable delivery and meet project deadlines.

7. Troubleshoots and debugs modern web, cloud, and AI ‑ enabled applications; ensure code quality; and   maintain   clear, up ‑ to ‑ date documentation for application, data, and cloud components.

8. Provides mentorship and technical guidance to junior developers, promoting strong engineering practices in AI agent integration, cloud services, microservice architecture, and application development.

9. Collaborates   in code reviews and architecture discussions to ensure solutions are secure, scalable, and operationally reliable

10. Provides operational and   on-call   support for critical applications, ensuring system reliability, monitoring, incident response, and continuous improvement across AI and cloud workloads.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education:

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, or related field   required .

Licensure, Certification & Registration:

N/A

Experience:

5+ years of relevant professional experience   in software engineering or related technical fields.

3–5+ years of hands-on software development experience , including building cloud - native and   AI - enabled   applications.

1+ years of technical leadership experience , such a   s mentoring developers, leading small project teams, or guiding architecture decisions.

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities:

Strong   hands - on   experience designing, building, and deploying applications in cloud environments   (AWS, Azure, or GCP), including   computing , storage, networking, identity, and security services.

Practical   expertise   integrating or developing AI/GenAI solutions , including use of cloud AI services, LLM - based capabilities, AI agents, or machine   learning   assisted features.

Advanced programming and systems skills , with experience building APIs, automation workflows, microservices, and   high-performance   application components.

Deep understanding of   secure   by   design and cloud security best practices , including identity management, encryption,   secrets   management, and compliance considerations.

Operational leadership experience , including monitoring, observability, incident response, performance tuning, and reliability engineering for cloud and   AI - enabled   applications.

Strong familiarity with DevOps and platform engineering practices , such as Git workflows, CI/CD pipelines,   infrastructure   as   code, automated testing, and container orchestration.

Experience working across hybrid Windows and Linux environments , including automated deployments, system troubleshooting, and   cloud - integrated   operations.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

Knowledge with Microsoft Power Platform, Azure DevOps, and AWS Bedrock for building, integrating, and automating cloud-based and AI-enabled solutions.

Knowledge   of   containerization and orchestration technologies such as AWS ECS and Kubernetes.

Knowledge   of   deploying, monitoring, and operating AI applications in production environments.

Pay Range:
$118,000.00 USD - $160,000.00 USD

The pay range listed for this position is the annual base salary range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.

More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled