Artificial Intelligence Engineer

Lead AI Engineer (Agentic AI Applications) – Contract We’re looking for a hands-on Lead AI Engineer who can drive delivery, guide teams, and build production-grade AI applications using LLMs, SMLs, and modern distributed systems. What you’ll do: • Lead delivery of AI engineering projects and guide offshore/onshore teams • Architect and build Agentic AI applications using LLMs/SMLs • Design microservices, distributed systems, and event-driven architectures • Work with Python, FastAPI, Azure, Kafka, Kubernetes • Partner with product, program, and platform teams to define scope and deliverables • Ensure reliability, observability, and production readiness of AI systems • Stay current with LLMs, RAG, Agentic AI tools, and bring innovation into the work What we’re looking for: • 7+ years in software/AI engineering with experience leading teams • Strong system design, architectural thinking, and ability to break down complex work • Experience with offshore collaboration • Solid coding and problem-solving skills (LeetCode medium level) • Deep experience with distributed systems, microservices, REST APIs, Kafka • Familiarity with LLMs/GenAI; Python experience is a strong plus • Understanding of non-functional requirements like scaling, monitoring, performance • Clear communicator who can work in fast-paced, cross-functional environments