Senior Applied AI Engineer - SFD

Job ID: SRJ_8843Posted: 2026-05-28Location: Sunnyvale, CA; Austin, TXEmployment Type: Full Time, W-2Industry: Computer SoftwareClient: WiproContact: Meghana GorusuCompany: SRI Tech SolutionsRole: Senior Applied AI Engineer – SFDLocation: Austin, TX or Sunnyvale, CA Fulltime or W2 contracting (standard rate)Required Skills & QualificationsCore Technical SkillsStrong experience in DevOps / SRE rolesStrong Python programming experience(FastAPI/Flask etc.) Hands-on expertise with Linux, shell scripting, and system internalsStrong experience with Kubernetes & Docker in productionCloud expertise in AWS (EKS, EC2, IAM, S3, Lambda, networking); GCP/Azure is a plusCI/CD tooling: GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, ArgoCD, etc.AI/ML & Data Platform ExposurePractical experience supporting AI/ML or data engineering platforms.Experience with LLMs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI, or open-source models).Strong understanding of RAG patterns including vector search, embeddings, and document pipelines.Familiarity with MLOps concepts and tools (MLflow, Kubeflow, SageMaker, Airflow, Ray, Spark – any).Understanding of model lifecycle management, deployment strategies, and monitoring.SRI Tech Solutions is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, national origin or citizenship status or ethnic origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria.