Crossing Hurdles
AI

Generative AI Engineer

Crossing Hurdles · Richardson, TX

Actively hiring Posted 6 months ago

Crossing Hurdles is a global recruitment firm that partners with
US-based companies
to help them hire high-quality talent across technology and business functions. We work closely with fast-growing teams to identify professionals who can deliver impact in complex, high-ownership roles.

Location:
Richardson, TX / Remote

Employment Type:
Contract

Seniority:
Mid-Senior to Senior

Experience:
8+ years overall (2–3+ years in GenAI/AI systems)

About the Role

As a
Generative AI Engineer
, you will be a core member of a high-impact engineering pod, responsible for building and integrating
agentic AI systems
powered by advanced
LLM and Generative AI technologies
. You will collaborate closely with Tech Leads and Full Stack Engineers to convert AI capabilities into
production-ready, enterprise-grade solutions
.

What You’ll Be Working On

  • Designing, developing, and deploying agentic AI systems using modern LLM frameworks
  • Integrating Generative AI models into full-stack applications and internal workflows
  • Collaborating on prompt engineering, model fine-tuning, and evaluation
  • Building reusable components for multi-agent orchestration and task automation
  • Optimizing AI inference pipelines for scalability, latency, and cost efficiency
  • Participating in architectural discussions and contributing to the **technical roadmap

Must-Have Experience**

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience
  • 2–3+ years of hands-on experience with AI/ML or Generative AI systems in production
  • Strong experience using Python for AI/ML integration
  • Hands-on with LangChain and LlamaIndex
  • Experience with agentic frameworks such as LangGraph or Google ADK
  • Understanding of Git, CI/CD, DevOps , and production-grade AI deployment
  • Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform (Vertex AI, Cloud Run, GKE)

Nice to Have

  • Experience with embeddings, vector databases, and AI APIs
  • Fine-tuning open-source LLMs (LLaMA, Mistral) or working with OpenAI APIs
  • Exposure to multimodal AI systems (text, image, voice)
  • Familiarity with low-code/no-code workflow tools

Why This Role

  • Work on real-world, production AI systems
  • High ownership and hands-on technical impact
  • Opportunity to build and scale enterprise-grade GenAI solutions
  • Collaborate with senior engineers on complex AI problems

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