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    "description": "<h2>Overview</h2>\n<p>We are looking for a highly skilled <strong>C3 AI Engineer</strong> to design, build, and optimize advanced AI solutions across predictive, generative, and autonomous system domains using the C3 AI Platform. 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As an <strong>employee owned company</strong>, we focus on investing in our employees to enable them to do the greatest work of their careers – and rewarding them for outstanding contributions to our growth. If you want to learn more about our story, visit http://www.steampunk.com.</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p> </p>",
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