AI Developer/Engineer

Summary

Connect for Health Colorado is a public, non-profit entity established to create a health insurance Marketplace. They are seeking an AI Developer/Engineer to support the Senior AI Developer/Engineer in designing and enhancing AI and machine learning capabilities to improve internal operations and staff productivity.

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

Skills

• 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)

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 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

Nice to Haves

• bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience)

Benefits

• Employees are offered a robust benefits package and may elect from various offerings to tailor a package best suited to their individual needs.
• Eligible to participate in the organization’s 403(b) plan.
• Additionally provided with paid time off.
• Short-term disability.
• Long-term disability.
• Life insurance.
• Currently working remotely.
• Core office hours are typically 8 am-5 pm with some flexibility.