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Senior AI Engineer
Required Skills & Experience: Skill sets: Ability to develop prototypes, PoCs, MVPs using one or more of the following:
  • AI/ML Knowledge: Strong foundation in AI, deep learning, and machine learning principles.
  • Programming Skills: Expertise in Python and tools like Hugging Face, Langchain, and OpenAI API.Large Language Model Expertise: Hands on experience building, fine tuning, evaluating, and deploying LLMs (open source and commercial).Agentic AI & Workflow
  • Orchestration: Experience building agent based systems using tools like LangGraph, CrewAI, OpenAI agents, or similar frameworks.
Multi-Modal Data and AI Tools: Experience with multi-modal data and intelligent agent-based tools. Mindset: Self-motivated individual with a passion for solving hard problems using AI/GenAI. Must have collaborative and an innovative mindset.*MUST HAVE a github page or work examples to preset in first interview Nice to Have Skills & Experience
Additional Details: Independent, hands-on AI engineer who can navigate ambiguity and deliver with minimal oversight. Confident and self-sufficient; able to take ownership of an assignment and execute quickly. Strong communicator who can engage stakeholders, ask questions, and drive initiatives forward. Team environment is focused on multiple fast-moving prototypes and innovation projects, not large long-term initiatives. Strong experience with agentic AI, multi-agent systems, and autonomous AI workflows; RAG is now table stakes. Highly technical builder who can advise the team on next steps after a POC is delivered. Candidates who can demonstrate their work stand out immediately. Want to see GitHub projects, hackathons, competitions, and personal AI experimentation. Passion for AI extends beyond day-to-day job responsibilities. Demonstrates complex problem-solving, creative thinking, and solutioning. Preference for more senior candidates with a proven track record of building and innovating.
Job Description: The Innovation Lab is expanding and seeking Senior AI Engineers to design and build prototypes, POCs, and MVPs focused on emerging technologies. This team operates as a shared service across four organizations, incubating experimental solutions that are later handed off to domain-specific engineering teams for scaling and production.
What You'll Do:
  • Design and build prototypes, POCs, and MVPs across emerging technology initiatives
  • Focus heavily on AI / GenAI solutions, including LLM-based applications
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to translate ideas into working prototypes
  • Hand off validated solutions to downstream engineering teams (dev, UAT, production)
  • Rapidly experiment, iterate, and validate ideas in a lab-style environment
Required Skills:
  • Strong Python development experience
  • Hands-on experience building LLM-based applications
  • Familiarity with LangChain
  • Experience generating and accelerating development using AI tools (e.g., Claude)
  • Cloud experience -they are primarily in GCP/Azure so those are preferred
  • Proven ability to build fast, functional prototypes

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