AI Software Engineer III

Job#: 3034704

Job Description:

Job Title: AI Software Engineer III

Location: Farmington Hills, MI + Detroit, MI (Hybrid)

Pay Range: $67-$76

Length: 6 months

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop backend services and APIs that manage and enforce system behavior across multiple services
• Define enforcement, validation, and filtering approaches within distributed system architectures
• Establish reusable cross-service patterns and controls adopted by engineering teams
• Improve observability across systems through structured logging, metrics, and distributed tracing
• Own and maintain shared platform components and internal tooling
• Mentor engineers on defensive programming, safe system design, and failure handling practices

Core Capabilities

• Strong proficiency in Python and TypeScript, with ability to produce production-quality code
• Experience working in cloud environments, particularly AWS
• Expertise in designing and building scalable backend systems and APIs
• Ability to define enforcement patterns and interface contracts used across teams
• Systems-oriented mindset, including understanding of service dependencies and failure scenarios
• Clear communication of technical concepts, particularly around safe and defensive design
• Demonstrated technical curiosity and ability to form well-supported engineering decisions

Role Focus

This position emphasizes building systems that maintain predictable and safe behavior under various conditions, including misuse, failure, or unexpected input. The role involves defining where and how enforcement mechanisms are applied across services, rather than focusing on user-facing feature delivery. Success in this role requires both technical depth and the ability to establish patterns that are broadly adopted by other engineers.
Qualifications

• 5-8 years of software engineering experience
• Strong proficiency in Python and TypeScript
• Experience delivering production systems in AWS environments (e.g., Lambda, Fargate, API Gateway)
• Experience designing enforcement, validation, or filtering logic across multiple services
• Demonstrated ability to define system interfaces, contracts, and reusable patterns
• Experience mentoring engineers on best practices for safe and reliable software development
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing and building agentic or multi-step workflow systems
• Familiarity with large language model (LLM) integration patterns, including guardrails, prompt validation, or output filtering
• Experience with AWS Bedrock or similar AI service platforms
• Background in platform engineering, developer tooling, or shared infrastructure development

EEO Employer

Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Employee Services Department at or .

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Everforth Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.

Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.