Senior AI Dotnet Engineer

Our client, a rapidly scaling organisation in Dublin's IT sector, is seeking a Senior AI/.NET Engineer to lead the design and deployment of production-grade AI systems, with a strong focus on RAG architecture and AI safety. This is a hands-on engineering role working on real-world AI applications used at scale, where performance, accuracy, and reliability are critical.

The Role

You will work closely with senior leadership to evolve an existing AI platform. moving from managed services to a custom RAG orchestration layer, while also strengthening AI safety, compliance, and system robustness.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and build a production .NET Core API for AI/LLM orchestration
• Develop and optimise RAG pipelines (retrieval, grounding, generation)
• Integrate Azure AI Search and LLM services into scalable systems
• Improve performance, latency, and response quality in production
• Implement CI/CD pipelines and automated evaluation frameworks
• Lead AI safety improvements, ensuring grounded, reliable outputs
• Support live system migration with minimal disruption

Required Experience

• Strong expertise in C#/.NET Core and Back End engineering
• Proven experience with Azure OpenAI/LLMs in production
• Hands-on experience with Azure AI Search/vector retrieval
• Deep understanding of RAG pipelines end-to-end
• Experience deploying and scaling production-grade systems
• Familiarity with CI/CD (Azure DevOps) and cloud environments

Desirable

• Experience with Semantic Kernel or similar frameworks
• Background in regulated environments or AI safety
• Experience with prompt engineering and evaluation frameworks
• Interest in building practical, real-world AI systems at scale

Why This Role

• Work on high-impact AI systems used in real-world scenarios
• Strong technical ownership and influence on architecture
• Opportunity to shape AI safety and production AI standards
• Join a high-growth Dublin-based technology environment

HOW TO APPLY:

If you are interested in this role, please apply for this role with your updated CV

• Strong expertise in C#/.NET Core and Back End engineering
• Proven experience with Azure OpenAI/LLMs in production
• Hands-on experience with Azure AI Search/vector retrieval
• Deep understanding of RAG pipelines end-to-end
• Experience deploying and scaling production-grade systems
• Familiarity with CI/CD (Azure DevOps) and cloud environments

Desirable

• Experience with Semantic Kernel or similar frameworks
• Background in regulated environments or AI safety
• Experience with prompt engineering and evaluation frameworks
• Interest in building practical, real-world AI systems at scale

Our client, a rapidly scaling organisation in Dublin's IT sector, is seeking a Senior AI/.NET Engineer to lead the design and deployment of production-grade AI systems, with a strong focus on RAG architecture and AI safety. This is a hands-on engineering role working on real-world AI applications used at scale, where performance, accuracy, and reliability are critical.