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# GEN AI Developer

- **Company:** Virtusa Corporation
- **Location:** Tampa, FL, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Code Review, Databases, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Open Source Technology, Parsing, Software Engineering, SQL Databases, Systems Integration, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Flask (Web Framework), Prompt Engineering, Model Validation, Generative AI, Backend, Fastapi, Restful APIs
- **Published:** November 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/gen-ai-developer-tampa-fl--4fc53e53-1685-4873-81d0-e2db9388e2ce

## About the Role

Artificial Intelligence (AI), Application Programming Interface (API), Software Development, Open Source, Shallow Parsing, Test Plan/Schedule, Prototyping, Proof of Concept, Testing, Model Review

## Description

* RAG & Search Pipelines: Assist in building and optimizing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures, document chunking strategies, vector searches, and embeddings.
 * Prompt & Context Engineering: Write, test, and refine system prompts, structured outputs, and in-context learning frameworks to improve response accuracy.
 * Prototyping & Testing: Rapidly build proof-of-concept (POC) applications, run evaluation tests, and check model outputs against reference sources to minimize hallucinations.
 * Software Integration & APIs: Write clean, modular Python code to connect AI models with backend services, REST APIs (FastAPI/Flask), and databases (SQL/Vector DBs).
 * Collaboration & Maintenance: Participate in code reviews, maintain documentation via Git/GitHub, and help monitor service reliability and basic guardrails under senior mentorship.