Senior AI Engineer The Department of AI and Health at Augusta University seeks an experienced Senior AI Engineer to lead the design, development, deployment, and operationalization of artificial intelligence systems supporting healthcare research, clinical innovation, education, and enterprise initiatives. The Senior AI Engineer serves as a senior technical contributor and provides technical leadership across AI engineering projects. This position combines expertise in software engineering, machine learning, generative AI, data engineering, and AI infrastructure with the ability to translate research, clinical, and operational requirements into secure, scalable, reliable, and maintainable AI solutions. Working collaboratively with AI engineers, data scientists, faculty, researchers, clinicians, analysts, and institutional technology teams, the Senior AI Engineer will lead solution architecture, establish engineering standards, support production AI platforms, mentor technical staff, and guide projects from prototype through production deployment. This is not a telework position; on-site presence is required.
Responsibilities include:
AI systems architecture & engineering, MLOps and AI platform development, software engineering and AI integration, generative AI and engineering technologies, technical leadership and collaboration, research, innovation, and strategic growth, and professional development. Required qualifications include a master's degree from an accredited college or university and five years of professional experience in software engineering, machine learning, artificial intelligence, data engineering, cloud computing, or related field. Preferred qualifications include a PhD from an accredited college or university in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field. Knowledge, skills, and abilities include advanced knowledge of software engineering principles, system architecture, and AI application development, strong proficiency in Python and relevant AI and machine learning frameworks and libraries, strong understanding of machine learning and generative AI application architectures, strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills, and the ability to design scalable, maintainable, secure, and reliable technical solutions.
Shift: Days; M-F (Work outside of the standard business hours may be required)
Pay Band:
B17 Salary: $109,500/annually-$139,600/annually Salary to be commensurate with qualifications of the selected candidate within the established range (generally minimum-midpoint) of the position Recruitment Period: 10/7/26 - Until Filled Augusta University offers a variety of benefits to full-time benefits-eligible employees and some of our half-time (or more) employees. Benefits that may be elected could include health insurance, dental insurance, life insurance, Teachers Retirement System (or Optional Retirement Plan), as well as earned vacation time, sick leave, and 13 paid holidays. Also, our full-time employees who have been employed with us successfully for more than 6 months can be considered for the Tuition Assistance Program. All selected candidates are required to successfully pass a Background Check review prior to starting with Augusta University. If applicable for the specific position based on the duties: the candidate will also need to have a credit check completed for Positions of Trust and or approved departmental Purchase Card usage. Motor vehicle reports are required for positions that are required to drive an Augusta University vehicle. For Faculty Hires: Final candidates will be required to provide proof of completed academic degree(s) as well as post-secondary coursework in the form of original transcript(s). Those candidates trained by a foreign institution will also be required to provide an educational/credential evaluation. All employees are responsible for ensuring the confidentiality, availability, and integrity of sensitive [patient, student, employee, financial, business, etc.] information by exercising sound judgment and adhering to cybersecurity and privacy policies during their employment and beyond. Augusta University is proud to be an equal opportunity employer welcoming applicants from underrepresented groups, including individuals with disabilities and veterans.
