[Remote] Senior AI & Cloud Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Starcom is the world's first standalone media agency, known for its innovative approach to marketing. They are seeking a Senior AI & Cloud Engineer to design, build, and operate intelligent data and AI systems on Azure, bridging cloud infrastructure, data engineering, and applied AI to create measurable business value.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy scalable data and AI pipelines on Azure using Databricks, Azure Data Factory, and related services
• Build Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems and AI-assisted workflows that integrate with internal data sources and APIs
• Develop and maintain Python-based applications, microservices, and Azure Container Apps
• Apply prompt engineering techniques and work with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI) to deliver reliable, production-ready AI features
• Implement and maintain MCP (Model Context Protocol) integrations to connect AI models with enterprise tools and data sources
• Participate in fine-tuning and evaluation of models; contribute to model training workflows where applicable
• Establish best practices for AI observability, evaluation, safety guardrails, and responsible deployment
• Collaborate closely with data scientists, product managers, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into engineering solutions
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to architectural decisions

Skills

• 3+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, with at least 1 year focused on AI/ML systems in production
• Strong Python proficiency — data manipulation, API development, async patterns, testing
• Solid experience with Azure cloud services: Azure Data Lake, Azure Container Apps, Azure Blob Storage, Azure OpenAI Service, and related tooling
• Experience with Databricks for large-scale data processing and ML workflows (Delta Lake, Spark, MLflow)
• Practical experience with RAG architectures, vector databases (e.g. Azure AI Search, Chroma, Weaviate, pgvector), and embedding models
• Working knowledge of prompt engineering — few-shot prompting, chain-of-thought, system prompt design, output parsing
• Familiarity with Model Context Protocol (MCP) or equivalent tool-use / function-calling patterns in LLM applications
• Experience with Git-based version control and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps)

Benefits

• Paid Family Care for parents and caregivers for 12 weeks or more
• Monetary assistance and support for Adoption, Surrogacy and Fertility
• Monetary assistance and support for pet adoption
• Employee Assistance Programs and Health/Wellness/Comfort reimbursements to help you invest in your future and work/life balance
• Tuition Assistance
• Paid time off that includes Flexible Time off Vacation, Annual Sick Days, Volunteer Days, Holiday and Identity days, and more
• Matching Gifts programs
• Flexible working arrangements
• 'Work Your World’ Program encouraging employees to work from anywhere Publicis Groupe has an office for up to 6 weeks a year (based upon eligibility)
• Business Resource Groups that support multiple affinities and alliances
• Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met
• Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met
• For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off

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