AI / ML Engineering

Title: Data Science / ML Engineering
Location: Raleigh, NC (Hybrid) – locals preferred relocation open
Visa: H1B/ H4 EAD/ L2S only 
Interview: Video
Duration: 6 months contract

PLEASE REVIEW IN DETAILS AS CANDIDATES WILL NEED TO HAVE THE FOLLOWING SKILLS (NO EXCEPTIONS):

- Education: Master's or PhD Preferred

-Agentic AI
12+ years in Data Science / ML Engineering, with deep experience in LLM‑based systems.
Proven experience building multi-agent architectures (planner‑executor, tool‑use agents, ReAct‑style reasoning).
Strong background in RAG, embeddings, retrieval optimization, and evaluation.
Expertise in NLP, transformers, deep learning, and model fine‑tuning.
Proficiency with PyTorch, Hugging Face, LangChain/LlamaIndex, RAG, Kubernetes, and vector databases.
Experience designing production‑grade ML systems with monitoring, evaluation, and observability.

Nice to haves:
- Lead Experience

Core Responsibilities
Architect and implement multi‑agent systems capable of planning, tool use, and coordinated task execution.
Design and optimize RAG pipelines including embeddings, hybrid retrieval, reranking, and context‑window strategies.
Fine‑tune and evaluate small, medium, and large language models for domain‑specific reasoning and summarization.
Develop prompt engineering frameworks, guardrails, and automated evaluation suites for agent reliability.
Build scalable ML services and APIs for production deployment in distributed environments.
Collaborate with product, engineering, and domain experts to translate complex workflows into agentic AI solutions.
Establish best practices for model evaluation, observability, safety, and compliance.
Mentor DS/ML engineers and contribute to long‑term AI strategy and architecture.

Preferred Qualifications
Experience in enterprise search, knowledge management, or high‑compliance domains.
Experience with model distillation, LoRA/QLoRA, PEFT, and model compression.
Experience building evaluation frameworks for hallucination, grounding, and agent reliability.
Familiarity with knowledge graphs, symbolic reasoning, or hybrid neuro‑symbolic systems.
Publications, patents, or open‑source contributions in LLMs or agent systems.
Strong coding skills in Python 7+ years
Be a natural problem solver, able to take a lead in collaborating to resolve issues
Proficiency in IDE debugging : VSCODE and PYCHARM
Have communication skills
5+ years of experience in AI and machine learning
Deep understanding of machine learning algorithms, classification models, diagnostic testing of models
Experience working directly and Transformer based architectures including BERT, RoBERTa, T5 etc. Nd familiarity with large language models and fine tuning
Experience with conversational search / semantic search, reinforcement learning, prompt engineering, hallucination mitigation
Working understanding of the business risks associated with applying LLM (LangChain) in a business
Experience working with AWS, RAG, SageMaker, SQL