Generative AI Engineer

BCforward is currently seeking a highly motivated GEN AI Engineer for an opportunity in Phoenix, AZ.

Location: Phoenix, AZ,
85027

Anticipated

Start Date:

ASAP

Please note this is the target date and is subject to change. BCforward will send official notice ahead of a confirmed start date.

Job Type
: FULL TIME, CONTRACT, HYBRID

Please note that actual compensation may vary within this range due to factors such as location, experience, and job responsibilities, and does not encompass additional non-standard compensation (e.g., benefits, paid time off, per diem, etc.).

seeking Senior Engineer-Generative AI Automation with proven strong technical competence and leadership capability to contribute towards the success of enterprise-wide Security initiatives. Senior Engineer-Generative AI Automation serves as a subject matter expert in Generative AI, automates integrations and plays an integral role in managing, monitoring & reporting on Generative AI, Agentic AI security risk reduction, design, build, and operationalize autonomous AI agents that drive secure, scalable, and intelligent automation across the enterprise and supports the security champion practice by evangelizing security principles and controls.

• Experience building automation tooling for security or developer efficiency
• Experience with Git Hub automation and API integrations.
• Strong Experience of CI/CD pipelines and how to integrate security into development workflows.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across security and engineering teams.
• Conduct research on emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and technologies to stay updated on the evolving security landscape.
• Develop and maintain security automation tooling to enhance visibility, enforce security best practices, and streamline processes.
• Automate secure design reviews and integrate security checks into pull request workflows and CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with development and security teams to ensure seamless adoption of security automation.
• Continuously refine automation strategies to optimize security effectiveness and reduce manual overhead.
• Support on-going vulnerability management efforts to ensure proper attack surface management.
• Proficiency in Python, with experience building automation tools for security or engineering teams
• A strong foundation in software engineering principles, including debugging, testing, and system design. An eagerness to learn about AI/ML, with opportunities to explore the intersection of AI and security.
• Work closely with our Engineering and Data science teams to securely design and implement new features and products.
• Design and develop agentic AI systems that autonomously plan, execute, and adapt tasks across complex workflows
• Integrate agents with enterprise systems, APIs, data sources, and security platforms
• Operate as an integral member of Engineering team and advocate for security best practices across the organization.
• Strong understanding, experience with OWASP Top
  10 and industry best practices within Generative AI security.
• Security and Technical Experience
• Strong experience in Python and/or Java, with hands‑on AI/ML development
• Knowledge of agent frameworks (e.g., Lang Graph, Auto Gen, CrewAI, custom orchestration)
• Understanding of AI lifecycle management, including model integration, evaluation, and observability
• Experience with APIs, microservices, and cloud-native architectures
• This role will focus on building internal security tools, automating secure design reviews, and integrating security guidance directly into pull requests.
• Your work will empower both the security and development teams by reducing friction in the security review process and ensuring best practices are embedded seamlessly into the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• Develop and maintain security automation tooling to enhance visibility, enforce security best practices, and streamline processes
• Experience building automation tooling for security or developer efficiency.
• Experience with Git Hub automation and API integrations.
• Strong Experience of CI/CD pipelines and how to integrate security into development workflows.
• Experience performing POC’s regarding security…