Senior AI Engineer (Python,MSFT Foundry)

Ascent is hiring a Senior AI Engineer to turn a Claude-based multi-agent prototype for clinical study data into production-grade software suitable for regulated environments. The role owns architecture and engineering standards while delivering and operating the system, including its testing, data layer, and collaboration with clinical domain experts.

Responsibilities:

• Own the production architecture: decide how the multi-agent system is structured (orchestrator, parallel workers, independent checkers, repair loops) and defend those choices with measurements
• Take systems from prototype to live: harden the deterministic backbone around the agents (step orchestration, status tracking, caching, validation gates, resumable runs), including failure handling, cost and latency control
• Make quality provable: build evaluation harnesses and test layers so every change is scored against reference results before release
• Operate what you ship: monitoring, per-step cost and token accounting, incident handling and release notes
• Build the data layer: move run state, metadata and outputs to Postgres and Azure Data Lake Storage, with access control and audit trails
• Set the standards: code review, CI/CD, branching, pre-commit and secret scanning, reproducible environments, validation documentation. Raise the bar for the engineers around you
• Work with domain experts: turn the rules clinical programmers and statisticians write into precise, testable specifications