Senior Applied AI-Machine Learning Engineer

We are seeking a Senior Applied AI/ML Engineer to design, build, and operationalize advanced AI/ML solutions that solve high-impact mission, operational, and business problems. This role blends deep technical expertise with practical, hands-on engineering, building AI enabled applications, deploying them into production systems, and working closely with product, engineering, and domain teams to deliver measurable value. You will play a lead role in shaping solution architectures, selecting the right models and frameworks, developing experiments, and translating complex concepts into working capabilities that end users can rely on. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable in research, prototyping, and applied engineering environments. Key Responsibilities Design, build, and deploy scalable AI/ML tools for generative AI use casesDevelop end-to-end ML pipelines, including LLM tool integration, data ingestion, feature engineering, model training, evaluation, and monitoringImplement production-grade inference systems and integrate ML models into applications, APIs, and microservicesLead experimentation, define hypotheses, run evaluations, assess model performance, and identify improvement strategiesWork closely with engineering teams to build robust, secure, and maintainable AI-enabled architecturesProvide periodic instruction and prompt fine-tuning to resolve newly discovered hallucination vectors, user-reported biases, or changes in operational terminology. Partner with domain SMEs to translate real-world constraints into effective features, labels, and model requirementsEvaluate emerging AI technologies, frameworks, and foundation models and recommend their use in mission-relevant applicationsMentor junior engineers and contribute to internal standards, coding practices, and reusable componentsEnsure responsible AI practices, bias evaluation, data governance, model explainability, and ethical use of automated systemsPrepare demos, prototypes, and proof-of-concept integrations that clearly illustrate feasibility and value Required Qualifications Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, Engineering, or related field3+ years of experience in applied AI/ML engineering, including production deploymentsExperience with LLMs, fine-tuning, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), prompt engineering, or custom model trainingExperience with vector databases, high-dimensional embeddings, and semantic searchExperience applying LoRA adapters for efficient fine - tuning of foundation models, including training, evaluation, and integration into production pipelinesStrong proficiency in Python and ML libraries such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, Hugging Face, LangChain, or similarExperience building and operating AI/ML systems in air-gapped environmentsDeep understanding of model development: supervised/unsupervised learning, neural networks, transformers, time-series, embeddingsFamiliarity with modern AI/ML ops tooling: MLflow, SageMaker, Vertex AI, Databricks, or equivalentStrong understanding of API design, microservices, containers, and CI/CD for MLAbility to connect technical solutions to business value and communicate effectively with executives and non-technical stakeholders Preferred Qualifications Experience with Azure AI Foundry environmentsExposure to reinforcement learning or agentic systemsExperience building real-time or low-latency ML inference systemsExperience in mission-driven, regulated, or national security-oriented environments (if applicable)Strong UI/UX or front-end awareness for integrated model experiences (optional) What We’re Looking For A senior engineer who is: Curious and experimental, but also practical and groundedCapable of taking a loosely defined problem and creating a working solutionComfortable presenting concepts, demoing prototypes, and explaining tradeoffsPassionate about building AI systems that deliver measurable, real-world impact Want to hear more? 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