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TELUS Digital · Hybrid · St. Louis, MO

Who We Are
Welcome to TELUS Digital — where innovation drives impact at a global scale. As an award-winning digital product consultancy and the digital division of TELUS, one of Canada’s largest telecommunications providers, we design and deliver transformative customer experiences through cutting-edge technology, agile thinking, and a people-first culture.
With a global team across North America, South America, Central America, Europe, Africa, and APAC, we offer end-to-end expertise across various service offerings: Web, Mobile & Digital Marketing | Enterprise AI | Customer Care AI & Technology | Enterprise Technology Modernization
From mobile apps and websites to voice UI, chatbots, AI, customer service, and in-store solutions, TELUS Digital enables seamless, trusted, and digitally powered experiences that meet customers wherever they are — all backed by the secure infrastructure and scale of our multi-billion-dollar parent company.

 

About the Role

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced AI Developer to design, develop, and deploy enterprise-grade AI solutions. The ideal candidate will have strong experience building Generative AI and LLM-based applications, integrating AI services into enterprise platforms, and developing scalable cloud-native applications. This role requires close collaboration with business stakeholders, architects, and engineering teams to deliver secure, production-ready AI solutions.

Required Skills

  • 7+ years of software development experience.

  • 2+ years of hands-on experience with Generative AI/LLM application development.

  • Strong programming skills in Python (preferred) and/or Java.

  • Experience with OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, or similar LLM platforms.

  • Experience building AI applications using frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, or LlamaIndex.

  • Strong understanding of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), prompt engineering, vector databases, and AI agents.

  • Experience developing REST APIs using FastAPI, Flask, Spring Boot, or similar frameworks.

  • Experience with cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud.

  • Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD pipelines, and Git.

  • Familiarity with SQL/NoSQL databases and vector databases (Pinecone, FAISS, ChromaDB, Weaviate, etc.).

  • Strong debugging, analytical, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop AI-powered applications using Large Language Models (LLMs).

  • Build and optimize RAG pipelines and AI agent workflows.

  • Integrate AI services into enterprise applications and APIs.

  • Develop scalable backend services for AI solutions.

  • Collaborate with architects, product owners, and business stakeholders to define AI use cases.

  • Optimize AI model performance, cost, and response quality.

  • Ensure security, governance, and compliance for AI implementations.

  • Participate in code reviews, testing, and production deployments.

  • Document AI solutions and mentor junior developers when needed.

 
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