[Hiring] AI Developer/Engineer @Connect for Health Colorado

Role Description

Connect for Health has a great opportunity for an AI Developer/Engineer.

As a member of the Architecture team, the AI Developer/Engineer supports the Senior AI Developer/Engineer and partners with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and enhance AI and machine learning capabilities that improve internal operations and staff productivity. This role focuses on delivering incremental improvements, prototypes, and staff-facing tools (including Streamlit-based applications), implementing retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) patterns, and integrating solutions with AWS services, Amazon Q (as applicable), and Snowflake (including Cortex where appropriate). The AI Developer/Engineer contributes to secure, responsible, and maintainable AI-enabled applications through documentation, testing, monitoring, and continuous optimization.

Position Responsibilities

• Support the Senior AI Developer/Engineer and CIO-sponsored initiatives by delivering enhancements, prototypes, and internal tools that improve staff efficiency and consumer support.
• Collaborate with business owners and technical teams to gather requirements, document user stories/acceptance criteria, and translate needs into implementable AI/ML solutions.
• Develop and enhance internal AI-enabled applications and demos using Streamlit and related web frameworks for knowledge assistance, workflow automation, and analytics.
• Implement and maintain retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) solutions, including document ingestion, chunking, embeddings, vector search, and prompt orchestration.
• Integrate AI applications with AWS services and data platforms, including Amazon Aurora/RDS PostgreSQL, S3, and approved AI services; follow security and access control standards.
• Use Snowflake (including Snowflake Cortex where appropriate) to support AI/ML workloads, data preparation, and secure data access patterns.
• Leverage Amazon Q (as applicable) and related enterprise assistant patterns to support internal users and knowledge discovery.
• Contribute to semantic/domain models (taxonomies, metadata, reference data) that improve retrieval quality and reporting.
• Write clean, testable Java code; build APIs/services; and contribute to CI/CD pipelines and automated testing.
• Monitor AI application performance (quality, latency, cost) and assist with troubleshooting, incident response, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure responsible AI practices: privacy, PII/PHI handling, bias awareness, auditability, and documentation; follow SOPs and security policies.
• Participate in IT operations activities (standups, change management, documentation, knowledge transfer) and support end users with training and adoption.

Qualifications

• Colorado resident.
• 3+ years of software engineering or data engineering experience, including building production Java applications.
• Hands-on experience with AI/ML or generative AI (LLMs, embeddings, RAG) through professional work, projects, or equivalent experience.
• Experience building lightweight web apps or APIs using Streamlit, FastAPI/Flask, or similar frameworks.
• Working knowledge of AWS (IAM, S3, logging/monitoring, and common deployment patterns); experience with PostgreSQL/Aurora/RDS preferred.
• Experience with SQL and data platforms; familiarity with Snowflake and Snowflake Cortex is a plus.
• Familiarity with version control (Git), CI/CD, and automated testing practices.
• Understanding of secure software development and handling sensitive data; ability to follow organizational security/privacy requirements.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work with stakeholders to refine requirements and support user adoption; bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) preferred.

Work Environment

• Currently working remotely.
• The Connect for Health Colorado office is in the North Tech Center area of Denver, near the intersection of I-25 and I-225.
• Work schedule may include some non-traditional hours, weekends, and evening events.
• Core office hours are typically 8 am-5 pm with some flexibility.

Benefits

• Connect for Health Colorado offers a competitive benefits package.
• Employees are offered a robust benefits package and may elect from various offerings to tailor a package best suited to their individual needs.
• Employees are eligible to participate in the organization’s 403(b) plan.
• Paid time off, short-term and long-term disability, and life insurance are provided.
• The salary range for this position is $111,240 - $145,230 yearly.

To Apply

Please apply on our Career page at https://connectforhealthco.com/about-us/employment/ .

Connect for Health Colorado is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). Connect for Health Colorado may, at its discretion, conduct a background check on any workforce member and/or require job candidates to successfully complete a background check as a condition of employment.

Application Deadline

This will be posted for a minimum of 30 business days or until a sufficient candidate pool has been collected. Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants. *Post date: 03/27/2026