Applied AI Engineer

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/ $135000 - $155000 annum

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Salary

SALARY:

$135000 - $155000

Location

LOCATION

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Permanent

This is an opportunity to work on real-world AI applications from concept through production, leveraging the latest advancements in large language models, conversational AI, retrieval systems, and intelligent automation. The ideal candidate is a hands-on builder with recent experience deploying production-grade GenAI solutions and thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

  • Design, prototype, and deploy Generative AI solutions across customer-facing and internal business applications.
  • Develop and optimize applications powered by large language models (LLMs), vector databases, prompt engineering techniques, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures.
  • Build, deploy, and maintain AI-powered chatbots and virtual assistants, ensuring scalability, reliability, security, and compliance.
  • Lead the development of AI agents for both digital and voice-based experiences, supporting real-time interactions for customers and employees.
  • Evaluate, integrate, and implement third-party AI platforms, APIs, and emerging technologies to accelerate innovation and business value.
  • Create proof-of-concept applications to assess new use cases such as document processing, classification, summarization, knowledge management, and workflow automation.
  • Optimize prompts, model configurations, and orchestration frameworks to improve performance, accuracy, and cost efficiency.
  • Partner closely with data, platform, and MLOps teams to ensure robust deployment processes, monitoring, observability, and governance practices.
  • Collaborate with product managers, engineers, and business stakeholders to translate user needs into scalable AI solutions.
  • Contribute to architectural discussions and establish best practices for enterprise AI adoption and integration.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • 6+ years of experience in AI/ML engineering, software engineering, data engineering, or natural language processing, including recent hands-on work with Generative AI and LLM-based applications.
  • Demonstrated success building and deploying production-grade AI chatbots, assistants, or conversational AI solutions within the last two years.

Required Skills

  • Advanced Python programming skills and experience with modern AI frameworks and libraries such as LangChain, Hugging Face, OpenAI, Transformers, or similar technologies.
  • Experience working with vector databases such as Pinecone, Weaviate, Chroma, FAISS, or equivalent platforms.
  • Strong understanding of RAG architectures, prompt engineering, model evaluation, API orchestration, and LLM optimization techniques.
  • Solid SQL skills and experience working with cloud-based data platforms and large-scale datasets.
  • Ability to operate effectively in cross-functional teams and collaborate with product, engineering, analytics, and external partners.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex AI concepts and outcomes to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience working in highly regulated industries such as financial services, healthcare, insurance, or telecommunications.
  • Hands-on experience developing voice AI, speech-enabled assistants, or conversational systems integrated with telephony platforms.
  • Familiarity with modern data stack technologies, including cloud data warehouses, transformation tools, and data orchestration frameworks.
  • Experience integrating AI solutions with CRM, customer service, or workflow management platforms.
  • Exposure to document intelligence use cases including OCR, information extraction, summarization, semantic search, and personalized recommendations.
  • Experience supporting customer-facing applications, contact center technologies, or enterprise-scale service operations.

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Sasha Hoherchak

Senior Recruitment Consultant

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