AI + AWS Developer

Job Title: AI + AWS Developer (Contract Role) Company: Jolly Type: Contract (4–6 weeks) Location: Remote Start Date: Immediate About Jolly Jolly is an AI‑driven mental wellness platform helping organizations foster healthier, more resilient teams. We deliver personalized mindfulness exercises, mood‑based content recommendations, and proactive burnout alerts—powered by AWS ML services and scalable cloud infrastructure. Role Overview We need a hands‑on AWS & AI Engineer for a short‑term engagement (4–6 weeks) to implement and optimize key AI features on our production platform. You’ll work with our product and data‑science teams to deploy sentiment‑analysis pipelines, recommendation engines, and chatbot integrations using AWS SageMaker, Lex, and Personalize. Key Responsibilities • AI Feature Deployment • Deploy and configure SageMaker endpoints for sentiment analysis and predictive models • Integrate AWS Personalize for mood‑based content recommendations • Extend Lex chatbot flows for guided break reminders and personalized coaching • Infrastructure Configuration • Provision or update IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation) for new AI‑service components • Ensure low‑latency, auto‑scaling inference (Lambda / EKS or ECS) • Testing & Optimization • Load‑test model endpoints; tune instance types and batch settings • Validate end‑to‑end workflows in staging before production rollout • Documentation & Handoff • Produce clear runbooks, architecture diagrams, and deployment guides • Transfer knowledge to the core engineering team for ongoing maintenance Required Qualifications • 3+ years in AWS production environments, including SageMaker, Lambda, and Personalize • Proven track record deploying ML/NLP models end‑to‑end • Strong IaC skills with Terraform or CloudFormation • Experience optimizing inference performance and cost • Excellent collaboration and documentation skills Contract Details • Engagement: 4–6 weeks, full‑time (40 hrs/week) • Location: Remote (US) • Rate: Competitive, based on experience • Start: ASAP