Software Engineer, AI at cologix

About Our Company: Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Cologix is a leading North America network-neutral interconnection and hyperscale edge data center company. Our platform gives customers access to 45+ digital edge and Scalelogix℠ hyperscale edge data centers in 13 markets across the United States and Canada along with a carrier-dense ecosystem of 710+ networks, 360+ cloud providers, 35+ onramps and seven Internet exchanges. We provide our nearly 2,000 customers with direct access to our local operations teams, resulting in strong partnerships enabled by exceptional operational support and unparalleled customer service. Backed by one of the largest North American infrastructure funds, Cologix's experienced leadership team, certified staff and commitment to ESG initiatives help form a culture that values our people, our environment and our clients. What you do daily: • Design and build Generative AI applications, including LLM integrations, prompt engineering, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines • Develop clean, efficient, and reusable code across off-the-shelf, semi-custom, and fully custom AI platforms • Integrate AI capabilities into internal systems and customer-facing applications • Evaluate and optimize AI system performance, ensuring accuracy, reliability, and responsible usage • Implement monitoring, logging, and feedback loops for AI systems in production • Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions • Contribute to system design and architecture with a focus on performance, scalability, and security • Troubleshoot issues, resolve bugs, and support escalated production incidents as needed • Participate in code reviews and promote engineering best practices across the team • Contribute to sprint planning, backlog refinement, and retrospectives to continuously improve team delivery • Document code, systems, and processes to ensure maintainability and knowledge sharing • Demo and communicate solutions effectively to technical and non-technical stakeholders • This role is primarily focused on development (approximately 70–80%), with some responsibility for production support during high-priority or escalated events. What makes you a good fit: (Qualifications) • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience • Strong programming experience in Python • Experience building and integrating APIs (REST) and testing them using tools such as Postman or similar • Solid experience with Linux environments, including CLI usage, bash scripting, and log analysis • Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure • Proven experience working with databases and Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) tools • Familiarity with software development best practices, including testing, code reviews, and secure coding • Hands-on experience working with large language models (LLMs), including prompting, API integration, or fine-tuning • Familiarity with retrieval techniques, embeddings, and vector databases • Experience with AI orchestration frameworks • Understanding of model evaluation, hallucination mitigation, and responsible AI practices • Experience with containerization and deployment technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices • Experience with observability tools for monitoring and logging distributed systems ***Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or transfer sponsorship of an employment visa at this time, including CPT/OPT.*** NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as assigned to meet the ongoing needs of the organization. Cologix is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status.  If you need assistance in applying for any of our open positions, please contact us at [Upgrade to PRO to see contact] or call 720-940-2551.  The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) creates privacy rights relating to the collection, sale, disclosure, and deletion of consumers’ personal information. The CCPA requires businesses to provide consumers, including job applicants and employees, with information about their rights, including a description of the categories of personal information to be collected and the purpose for which the information will be used. For additional information regarding your rights, including a description of the categories of personal information to be collected and the purpose for which the information will be used, please see [Upgrade to PRO to see link] Cologix’ data centers are ISO 27001:2022 and ISO 14001:2015 certified. These certifications demonstrate Cologix’s commitment to both information security and environmental stewardship. At Cologix, protecting information assets and minimizing environmental impacts are everyone’s responsibility. Cologix employees are responsible for: • Understanding and following Cologix’s information security, cybersecurity, privacy, and environmental management policies, procedures, and standards. • Ensuring conformance with the requirements of both the Information Security Management System (ISMS) and the Environmental Management System (EMS). • Remaining vigilant and reporting any information security or environmental incidents, vulnerabilities, risks, or non-conformities to the appropriate teams. • Actively participating in Cologix’s efforts to maintain and improve information security and environmental performance.