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Artificial Intelligence Engineer

Hirextra -World's First Staffing Aggregator
San Diego, CA Contractor
POSTED ON 5/30/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/28/2026

Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior AI Engineer to join our team in San Diego, CA. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in AI/ML, Generative AI, LLMs, MLOps, and cloud-native AI deployment. This role requires hands-on experience in building, training, deploying, and optimizing scalable AI/ML solutions in production environments.


Required Skills:

  • Strong experience in AI/ML, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence
  • Expertise in Python and deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch and TensorFlow
  • Hands-on experience with Generative AI, LLMs, and GenAI applications
  • Experience with MLOps tools such as MLflow
  • Strong understanding of Docker and Kubernetes for containerization and orchestration
  • Experience designing and deploying scalable AI solutions in cloud environments
  • Knowledge of model training, fine-tuning, evaluation, and optimization
  • Familiarity with data pipelines, API integration, and production-grade AI systems
  • Excellent problem-solving and communication skills

Responsibilities:

  • Design, develop, and deploy AI/ML and Generative AI solutions
  • Build and optimize LLM-based applications and AI pipelines
  • Implement scalable MLOps workflows and CI/CD practices
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate AI capabilities into products
  • Monitor model performance and improve system reliability and scalability
  • Work with containerized environments using Docker and Kubernetes

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
  • Exposure to RAG, vector databases, LangChain, or AI agents
  • Prior experience in enterprise AI application development

Required Skills: MACHINE LEARNING, PYTHON, PYTORCH, TENSOR FLOW, MLOPS, MLFLOW, DOCKER, KUBERNETES, GENERATIVE AI

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