Staff AI Engineer

About this role

Apply now: Staff AI Engineer, location is remote The start date is ASAP for this contract to hire position.

Job Title:
Staff AI Engineer

Location-Type:
Hybrid

Start Date Is:
ASAP

Duration:
Contract to Hire

Compensation Range:
$85-105/hr W2

Benefits:
 Eligible for Health, Dental, Vision, 401K

*Must be authorized to work in the U.S. This position is not eligible for sponsorship*
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Job Description:
The client is seeking a Staff AI Engineer to design and deliver scalable, enterprise-grade AI solutions that support connected data initiatives and intelligent business capabilities across cloud-native platforms.

Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

• Design and maintain production-ready AI services using AWS-native technologies
• Build and optimize retrieval augmented generation (RAG) pipelines and vector search solutions
• Develop LLM-powered APIs, workflows, and enterprise integrations
• Create document intelligence and unstructured data processing solutions
• Implement CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and observability practices
• Monitor and improve AI system performance, scalability, security, and cost efficiency
• Collaborate with architecture, data, platform, and product teams on AI initiatives
• Mentor engineering teams on AI engineering best practices and cloud-native development
• Conduct code reviews and provide technical design guidance
• Support governance, compliance, and auditability requirements for AI systems

Requirements:

Must-Haves:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• 10+ years of software engineering experience
• 3-5+ years focused on AI/ML or intelligent systems
• 2-3+ years of hands-on AWS AI/ML engineering experience
• Experience building enterprise-scale LLM and RAG-based systems
• Strong experience with AWS services including Bedrock, SageMaker, Lambda, OpenSearch, S3, and DynamoDB
• Experience with Claude or similar large language model...