Senior Context Engineer, Digital Transformation & Innovation

Role summary

Senior Context Engineer, Digital Transformation & Innovation is a full-time role at BDO USA, P.C. in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States (on-site). Posted 2026-08-24. Experience level: 2-5.

Job title

Senior Context Engineer, Digital Transformation & Innovation

Company

BDO USA, P.C.

Location

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Work arrangement

on-site

Employment type

full-time

Category

Software Engineering

Experience level

2-5

Date posted

2026-08-24

Job description

Job Summary:

The Senior Context Engineer is an individual contributor responsible for building and maintaining the reusable context assets that power BDO Advantage’s AI-native product and process development. This role develops skill files, agent-instruction files (CLAUDE.md and equivalents), prompt and context patterns, and retrieval-grounding corpora following team standards, and encodes assurance domain knowledge into structured, retrievable, governed formats. The Senior Context Engineer works independently on well-scoped problems with general direction, collaborates with AI engineers and product teams, and contributes to the quality and reuse of the firm’s context infrastructure. The role reports to the Context Engineering Manager and operates within the Advantage SDLC, firm policies, and security standards.

Job Duties:

Context & Knowledge Engineering

Builds and maintains reusable context assets—skill files, agent-instruction files (CLAUDE.md and equivalents), and prompt and context patterns—following team standards

Encodes BDO domain knowledge into structured, retrievable formats with appropriate metadata and provenance

Contributes to context-as-code conventions and applies established inheritance and versioning practices

Participates in code and context reviews and incorporates feedback

Retrieval & Grounding Engineering

Implements and maintains retrieval pipelines including chunking, embeddings, indexing, and metadata filtering using Azure AI Search and vector stores

Curates retrieval corpora and helps manage freshness, versioning, and quality

Writes grounding tests and helps measure retrieval accuracy and quality

Context Quality & Collaboration

Runs context and grounding evaluations and helps improve quality across features

Collaborates with AI engineers and product teams to integrate governed context into applications

Contributes to team documentation and supports citizen-engineer enablement

Risk Management

Follows firm security, privacy, and compliance standards (SOC 2, PCAOB AS 2201, QC 1000, ISO 27001) when building context assets

Ensures sensitive or restricted data does not enter prompts or corpora and maintains traceability of grounded knowledge

Performs other duties as assigned

Willingly accepts share of less desirable assignments

Supervisory Responsibilities:

Provides informal guidance to junior engineers, as assigned

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Education:

High School Diploma/GED, required

Bachelor’s degree with a focus in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Information Technology, preferred

Experience:

Three (3) or more years of experience in software, data, or AI engineering, or related technology fields, required

One (1) or more years of experience building LLM context, retrieval (RAG), or knowledge-management systems, or equivalent project experience, required

Experience building reusable components or working within established engineering standards, preferred

Experience in professional services, assurance, or accounting industries, preferred

License/Certifications:

Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals or Azure AI Engineer Associate, or equivalent, preferred

Technology:

Working knowledge of Microsoft Azure AI services including Azure OpenAI and Azure AI Search, required

Understanding of LLM prompting, retrieval, and grounding concepts, required

Experience with retrieval and vector technologies (embeddings, indexing, search), preferred

Familiarity with agent-instruction and skill systems (CLAUDE.md and equivalents) and Markdown-based knowledge structures, preferred

Experience with Git-based workflows and .NET/C# and/or Python, preferred

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

Solid knowledge of context engineering, retrieval, and grounding fundamentals

Ability to work independently on well-scoped problems with general direction

Strong problem-solving skills with attention to accuracy and quality

Good communication skills and willingness to collaborate and give and receive feedback

Ability to manage multiple tasks and meet deadlines

Collaborative mindset with the ability to build relationships across teams

Ability to travel up to 10%, no relocation required

Individual salaries that are offered to a candidate are determined after consideration of numerous factors including but not limited to the candidate’s qualifications, experience, skills, and geography.

National Range: $95,000 - $125,000

Maryland Range: $95,000 - $125,000

NYC/Long Island/Westchester Range: $95,000 - $125,000

At BDO, how we show up matters. We build strong relationships by supporting one another, our clients, and our communities with care, curiosity, and a commitment to helping one another grow and succeed. Here, you’ll find meaningful work, leaders invested in your success, and opportunities to build a career around what matters most to you.

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