Machine Learning Engineer (United States)

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Job Title: AI/ML Engineer

Location: Fully remote within the United States

Role Type: Contract engagement

Must-Have Skills:

• Production AI/ML engineering experience with advanced Python skills and strong machine learning fundamentals
• Hands-on experience with Generative AI, LLMs, RAG, embeddings, and vector databases
• Experience deploying AI/ML solutions on AWS, Azure, or GCP
• MLOps/LLMOps experience, including APIs, model evaluation, monitoring, and production deployment
• Experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, or Scikit-learn
• Experience with LangChain, LlamaIndex, or similar AI application frameworks
• Experience with prompt engineering, fine-tuning, and AI application development
• REST APIs, microservices, Docker, CI/CD, and Git
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to independently own and deliver technical solutions
• Must be authorized to work in the United States

Responsibilities and Job Details:

• Design, develop, test, and deploy production-ready AI/ML models and applications
• Build Generative AI and LLM-powered solutions, including RAG pipelines, embeddings, vector search, and prompt-based applications
• Develop scalable APIs, microservices, backend integrations, and data pipelines supporting model training, evaluation, and inference
• Improve model and application accuracy, performance, reliability, and scalability
• Implement MLOps/LLMOps practices for deployment, monitoring, versioning, evaluation, and model lifecycle management
• Collaborate across engineering, data, product, and business teams to translate requirements into production AI solutions
• Research and evaluate emerging AI technologies, frameworks, models, and development approaches
• Preferred experience with enterprise-scale production AI deployments and platforms such as Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Vertex AI, OpenAI APIs, or Anthropic Claude
• Preferred experience with AI agents, agentic workflows, tool calling, and vector databases such as Pinecone, Weaviate, Milvus, or FAISS
• Familiarity with AI security, responsible AI, model governance, and data privacy is preferred
• Our client is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing employment opportunities without unlawful discrimination.