Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Boston - Rag/Ai/LLM
Motion Recruitment · Boston, MA · 3 wk ago
HybridContract
About the role
A global provider of data-driven technology solutions is seeking a Senior Machine Learning Engineer to join its Boston-area team in a hybrid capacity. This engineer will guide the design of scalable artificial intelligence platforms and advanced agent-based systems used across a broad suite of enterprise products. The position centers on developing modern AI capabilities for a complex professional-information environment.
Responsibilities
- Create, productionize, and maintain sophisticated AI and ML capabilities for enterprise research applications
- Architect and enhance distributed machine learning services and scalable platform components
- Build agentic applications, semantic retrieval pipelines, and supporting orchestration frameworks
- Partner with software, platform, and security teams to deliver dependable, secure, and high-performing AI systems
Requirements
- Deep knowledge of machine learning systems and autonomous agent design
- Hands-on experience creating LLM applications and retrieval-augmented generation solutions
- Practical experience working with vector search technologies and vector data stores
- Familiarity with production ML operations, monitoring, and deployment practices
- Strong Python development skills
- Working knowledge of AWS infrastructure and Kubernetes environments
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in computer science, engineering, data science, or a related discipline
Qualifications
- At least 12 years of software engineering experience, or 8 or more years combined with a PhD
- Experience delivering software for legal technology, compliance, financial services, or another regulated domain (preferred)
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical coverage
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Paid vacation and personal time
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer match, where offered
Eligible for a performance-based bonus.
Schedule
This position follows a hybrid schedule in Boston, Massachusetts.
Candidates must be authorized to work full-time in the United States both now and in the future.