AI Sr. Developer

Role: AI Sr. Developer

Location: Mountlake Terrace, WA (Remote) - West Coast candidates only.

Duration: Contract

Mandatory: Strong background developing deep learning models using modern frameworks eg TensorFlow PyTorch ML

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Job Descriptio

n:As an AI Engineer IV you’ll provide technical leadership to a team building AIML solutions that tackle complex business problems from early concept and experimentation through secure scalable production deployment You’ll help shape AI strategy guide solution design and lead the delivery of high impact capabilities across data pipelines model development and AI enabled servic

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This role blends deep hands-on engineering with leadership you’ll drive prototypes into production influence architecture decisions for multifaceted AI systems mentor other engineers and elevate best practices for responsible AI in a highly regulated environm

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Architect and deliver AI systems end-to-end Recommend and develop comprehensive systems and frameworks for AI applications and products balancing speed to value with reliability and maintainabi

lityLead ideation and rapid validation Pitch concepts to leadership then lead the design and build of prototypes and minimum viable products to validate AIML solutions before scaling invest

mentShape cloud architecture for complex AI platforms Contribute to designing and implementing cloud architecture for large multifaceted AI systems compute storage security deployment monito

ringEnable robust data foundations Assist in the design and scaffolding of scalable data pipelines that power advanced AI systems and enable model lifecycle improvem

entsOperationalize AI via services and APIs Define specifications for lowlatency APIsservices that deploy models and integrate AI into enterprise applicat

ionsBuild monitoring and reliability into production Develop code and approaches for monitoring models and AI systems to ensure consistent performance accuracy and reliability in produc

tionDriving engineering excellence Participate in principled agilelike development practices ensure peer review for all assigned work and conduct reviews for others as ne

ededDocument with production discipline Create and maintain thorough documentation aligned with team procedures SDLC expectations and corporate poli

ciesMentor and raise the bar Guide AI engineers on AIML best practices and help grow team capability through feedback coaching and knowledge sha

ringInfluence strategy and roadmaps Advise team and division leadership on enterprise AI strategy AI technology roadmaps and AI infrastructure direc

tionPartner with stakeholders and uphold governance Collaborate with external stakeholders to conceptualize AI solutions that deliver business value while adhering to AI governance best practices and data qualitysecurity stand

ardsProvide thought leadership Contribute to the broader AI community through bestpractice sharing patterns reusable frameworks and technical leader

shipPerform other duties as assi

gned
Required Qualifica

tionsBachelors degree in computer science Information Systems Statistics Mathematics or a related field or equivalent exper

ienceAt a minimum combined expertise of 8 years of relevant experience in software development including knowledge of the software development lifecycle and proficiency in multiple programming languages and industry experience developing deploying and maintaining AIML sy

stems
Preferred Qualific

ationsExperience building AI solutions using cloud platforms and services eg Azure AI services or similar in a highly regulated environment healthcare experience pre

ferredExperience successfully productionizing AI models including scalable pipelines and robust monitoring s

ystemsStrong background developing deep learning models using modern frameworks eg TensorFlow PyTor

ch MLXExperience with software design patterns microservices distributed systems and container orchest

rationKnowledge of ethical AI practices explainability fairness bias mitigation and applying them in real sol

utionsExperience implementing advanced LLM solution patterns eg retrievalaugmented generation and structured reasoning approaches and setting team best practices through reviews and sta

ndards
Knowledge Skills and Ab

ilitiesProven experience developing deep learning architectures eg transformers CNNs GANs LSTMs GNNs autoencoders diffusion model

s NODEsProven ability to debug and optimize AI systems including performance analysis and tuning app

roachesStrong software engineering skills and the ability to build secure stable systems a

t scaleExpertise in AI system design and deployment patterns pipelines lowlatency services mon

itoringStrong communication and stakeholder influenceable to explain technical tradeoffs clearly to nontechnical au

diencesMentorship and leadership mindset with a commitment to knowledge sharing and raising team cap