W2 ONLY Job Title: Voice AI Engineer – Voice virtual assistants Location: Overland Park, KS - On Site Duration: 12+ Months Position Summary We are seeking a Voice AI Engineer with strong expertise in developing voice virtual assistants, building intelligent workflows using Large Language Models (LLMs), and deep familiarity with modern cloud-native technologies. Key Responsibilities • Design, develop, and deploy voice-based virtual assistants integrated with natural language understanding and speech recognition systems. • Create and maintain LLM-powered playbooks to enable contextual, multi-turn, and task-oriented conversations. • Implement and maintain microservices and backend infrastructure using Python, Kubernetes, Kafka, and AWS Cloud. Required Skills & Qualifications • 5+ years of experience developing voice assistants or conversational AI applications. • Hands-on experience with LLMs (e.g., OpenAI, Cohere, Anthropic) and prompt engineering for building task automation and knowledge playbooks. • Proficiency in Python for backend/API development and orchestration of ML pipelines. • Experience with Kubernetes for container orchestration and Kafka for building scalable event-driven systems. • Strong understanding of AWS services, including Lambda, ECS/EKS, S3, and CloudFormation/Terraform. • Solid knowledge of REST APIs, authentication protocols (OAuth2), and secure cloud architectures. • Familiarity with NLU/NLP platforms (e.g., Alexa, Rasa, or custom-built engines) is a plus.