AI/ML Consultant

Job Title: AI/ML Consultant.

Location: Irvine, CA (3 days onsite/week)

Duration: FTE.

Job Description:

We are seeking an experienced AIML Engineer to drive the design development deployment and scaling of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning solutions across enterprise applications. The ideal candidate will possess strong expertise in Machine Learning Generative AI MLOps and Cloud based AI platforms along with proven experience leading technical teams and delivering business focused AI solutions.

Key Responsibilities

End to end AIML solution development from problem definition to production deployment

Design develop and optimize Machine Learning Deep Learning and Generative AI models

Build scalable AI applications utilizing LLMs RAG architectures Vector Databases and Agentic AI frameworks

Collaborate with business stakeholders to translate requirements into AI driven solutions

Drive AI architecture decisions model selection feature engineering and performance optimization

Establish MLOps practices for model deployment monitoring retraining and governance

Mentor AIML engineers data scientists and junior team members

Ensure adherence to Responsible AI model governance privacy and security standards

Lead technical discussions client engagements estimations and solution proposals

Stay current with emerging AI technologies and recommend innovation opportunities

Required Technical Skills:

AIML Data Science

Machine Learning algorithms Classification Regression Clustering Forecasting

Deep Learning using TensorFlow PyTorch or Keras

NLP Computer Vision and Predictive Analytics

Feature Engineering and Model Optimization

Generative AI

Handson experience with OpenAI Azure OpenAI Claude Gemini or similar models

Prompt Engineering

Retrieval Augmented Generation RAG

Embeddings and Semantic Search

Vector Databases Pinecone Chroma FAISS Weaviate

LangChain LangGraph AutoGen CrewAI or equivalent frameworks

AI Agents and Agent Orchestration

MLOps Cloud

ML lifecycle management and model monitoring

CICD pipelines for AI applications

Azure ML AWS SageMaker Databricks or Vertex AI

Docker Kubernetes GitHub Actions Jenkins

Model deployment version control and observability

Programming Data Engineering

Python Mandatory

SQL and NoSQL Databases

Pandas NumPy ScikitLearn

Spark, PySpark preferred

API development using FastAPI or Flask

Leadership Expectations:

Lead and mentor teams of AIML engineers and data scientists

Conduct technical reviews and solution governance

Drive best practices for AI development and deployment

Manage stakeholder expectations and project delivery

Support presales estimations and solution workshops