[Hiring] Senior Engineer @Ekman Associates

Role Description

We are seeking a Senior Engineer specializing in enterprise AI development, strategy, and operational transformation.

• Senior Engineer level experience building and operating production software systems.
• Ability to develop enterprise applications (Azure, Container Services, web Hosting, API calls, etc.).
• Implement AI tools.
• Develop and build LLM-powered applications, including prompt engineering, model integration, and AI workflow design.
• Integrate external APIs, enterprise platforms, and Microsoft 365 ecosystems.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years' experience.
• Strong Python development skills with backend and/or full-stack application experience.
• Azure experience required, including Azure-native services and enterprise integrations.
• Experience building LLM-powered applications, including prompt engineering, model integration, and AI workflow design.
• Hands-on RAG experience required, including retrieval patterns, vector search, knowledge grounding, and evaluation.
• Experience integrating external APIs, enterprise platforms, and Microsoft 365 ecosystems.
• Familiarity with modern AI application frameworks and tooling (e.g. MCP/tool integrations, multi-agent architectures).
• Strong database and SQL experience, with the ability to design scalable data models and services.
• Proven systems thinker who can take ambiguous business problems from concept through production deployment.
• Cloud AI fundamentals (Azure) Certification; nice to have.
• Digital Transformation Leadership Certification; nice to have.
• Familiar with enterprise AI tools including Microsoft Copilot and other generative AI productivity platforms.

Requirements

• Ability to be independent to build applications.

Company Description

Ekman Associates, Inc. is a Southern California based company focused on the following services:

• Management Consulting
• Professional Staffing Solutions
• Executive Recruiting
• Managed Services