Senior Software Engineer, AI

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Houston / $80 - $100 hour

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Salary

RATE:

$80 - $100

Location

LOCATION

Houston

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Contract

This role is focused on building production AI features rather than research. You will design and develop backend services that integrate LLMs into real applications, helping teams leverage AI in meaningful ways. The work centers on scalability, reliability, and real-world performance challenges such as latency, cost, and response quality.
Key Responsibilities:
  • Design and build backend APIs that power AI-driven features
  • Develop applications using retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) techniques
  • Architect scalable systems using async processing, queues, and microservices
  • Integrate AI functionality into existing products and workflows
  • Own solutions end-to-end including deployment, monitoring, and optimization
  • Improve performance across latency, cost efficiency, and output quality
Requirements: Must have
  • 6 plus years of software engineering experience or equivalent
  • Strong backend programming in Python, Java, or similar
  • Experience building APIs, microservices, or distributed systems
  • Hands-on experience integrating LLMs or AI APIs into production
  • Experience with RAG or similar retrieval-based methods
  • Cloud deployment experience (AWS, Azure, or similar)
Requirements: Nice to have
  • Experience building internal AI tools or copilots
  • Familiarity with vector databases, embeddings, or semantic search
  • Experience improving retrieval quality (chunking, ranking, filtering)

**NO THIRD PARTIES**

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Michael DeVita

Recruitment Consultant

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