Lead AI Engineer (Agent Orchestration / Azure / Data Systems)

Empower Associates is a nationally recognized organization working at the intersection of healthcare, data, and quality improvement. They are seeking a Lead AI Engineer to build practical internal AI solutions in a regulated, data-rich environment, focusing on AI agents, workflow automation, and data-connected AI tools to improve internal productivity and decision support.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and deploy internal AI agents and agent workflows
• Develop AI solutions for document review, extraction, summarization, validation, and decision support
• Build backend orchestration and supporting services using Python and cloud tools
• Partner with data, analytics, and business teams to connect AI solutions to real workflows
• Help establish reusable patterns and infrastructure for future AI use cases
• Improve quality, reliability, and usability of AI solutions over time
• Support secure AI deployment in environments with strict privacy and contractual requirements

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, AI/ML engineering, data engineering, or similar roles
• 1+ year of hands-on experience building and deploying AI agents, agentic workflows, or LLM-based applications
• Strong Python experience
• Experience with structured and unstructured data
• Experience with data pipelines, ETL, workflow orchestration, or related systems
• Experience designing production AI solutions tied to business workflows
• Strong understanding of LLM orchestration, evaluation, and reliability
• Ability to work across technical and business stakeholders
• Experience with Azure AI, Azure OpenAI, Azure Bot Services, Copilot Studio, Azure Functions, or Logic Apps
• Experience in regulated environments
• Experience handling sensitive data such as PII or PHI
• Experience working closely with data and analytics teams