LAI
AI

Senior AI Engineer

LAI · San Diego, CA, US · $125k - $150k

Actively hiring Posted 4 months ago

Responsibilities

  • Build AI applications such as copilots, search assistants, document intelligence/generation, workflow automation agents, predictive models and decision-support tools.
  • Implement RAG pipelines using enterprise data sources (SharePoint, data lake, document repositories, research systems, etc.)
  • Build and maintain end-to-end AI pipelines: data ingestion, feature engineering, model training, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring
  • Integrate LLMs via APIs and platforms (Azure OpenAI, OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS Bedrock) into business workflows
  • Develop prompt engineering, grounding, and evaluation frameworks to improve accuracy and reliability
  • Translate business use cases (e.g., medical affairs, regulatory, commercial, finance) into working AI prototypes and production apps
  • Collaborate with Data Scientists to translate models into scalable production systems
  • Collaborate with Product Owners and SMEs to refine requirements and success metrics
  • Build reusable **AI components, prompt libraries, and solution patterns
  • Deploy and maintain AI solutions using cloud platforms and modern APIs
  • Implement basic MLOps and LLMOps: versioning, monitoring, logging, performance tracking
  • Integrate with identity, access control, and data-security platforms (RBAC, Purview, etc.)
  • Implement logging, observability, performance tracking, and cost optimization for AI workloads
  • Ensure reliability, scalability, and security of AI systems in production environments
  • Ensure AI solutions follow data classification, privacy, and AI governance policies
  • Support documentation for model usage, data sources, and risk assessments
  • Implement guardrails to prevent data leakage, hallucinations, and misuse

Preferred qualifications

  • Experience with RAG architectures, vector databases, and semantic search
  • Exposure to Azure OpenAI, Copilot Studio, LangChain, LlamaIndex, or similar frameworks
  • Familiarity with MLOps platforms (MLflow, SageMaker, Azure ML, Databricks)
  • Experience in regulated or data-sensitive environments (pharma, healthcare, finance)
  • Familiarity with AI governance, responsible AI, model explainability, and data classification
  • Experience building **enterprise copilots or agentic AI solutions
  • Applied AI/ML & Prompt Engineering
  • Generative AI & LLM Integration
  • Enterprise Data Integration
  • API & Cloud Application Development
  • Security-aware Engineering
  • Business Problem Solving & Systems Thinking
  • Stakeholder Communication & Collaboration

Benefits

  • 401(k)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Dental insurance
  • Health insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Vision insurance
  • Bachelor's (Preferred)
  • AI: 3 years (Required)
  • AI models: 3 years (Required)
  • Python: 3 years (Required)
  • ML frameworks: 3 years (Required)
  • LLM APIs: 3 years (Required)
  • Cloud: 3 years (Required)
  • RAG: 2 years (Required)
  • Azure OpenAI: 1 year (Preferred)
  • San Diego, CA 92130 (Required)

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