Senior AI Engineer (Contract & FTE both)

Job Title : Senior AI Engineer

Location : Houston, TX (Hybrid - 4days ONSITE)

FTE ONLY

Job Description


As an AI Engineer, you will:
• Partner with business and technical stakeholders to identify and implement agentic AI and machine learning solutions that improve decision making, workflows, and automation
• Design and implement cloud native AI architectures using Microsoft Azure services and established AI design patterns
• Collaborate with Data Scientists and other AI Engineers to transform prototypes into production ready, scalable solutions
• Build, deploy, and operate enterprise scale machine learning pipelines, emphasizing reliability, performance, and security
• Orchestrate and configure infrastructure that enables low latency, resilient AI workloads, leveraging infrastructure as code and automation
• Contribute to reusable accelerators, templates, and patterns that improve delivery speed and consistency across teams
• Support CI/CD, monitoring, and operational practices for AI and ML systems in production environments


Required Technical Skills
• Strong experience with Microsoft Azure, including AI/ML services and cloud native architecture
• Hands on experience deploying and operating ML pipelines using Azure Machine Learning
• Proficiency in Python and modern software engineering practices
• Experience with automation and configuration management, including Ansible
• Solid understanding of MLOps, model lifecycle management, and CI/CD for AI systems
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Working knowledge of security, identity, and access control in enterprise cloud environments


Preferred Skills
• Experience with Microsoft Foundry
• Experience implementing or operating agentic AI systems
• Familiarity with data engineering tools such as Databricks, Spark, Azure Data Factory
• Experience integrating AI services (e.g., cognitive services, computer vision, unstructured data processing)


Experience Requirements
• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, AI engineering, or machine learning engineering roles
• Proven experience delivering production AI or ML solutions in a cloud environment
• Experience collaborating with cross functional teams across data science, engineering, and architecture


Ways of Working
• Ability to work independently as a contractor while integrating effectively with existing teams
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly
• Results oriented mind-set with a focus on delivering business value quickly and reliably