Our client seeks a highly qualified hands-on Sr. AI /ML Engineer for a full time/direct hire opportunity with our client; this position is hybrid (2-3 days) in their Washington, DC office.

**This position is not available to candidates who require visa sponsorship to work in the U.S.*

***C2C is not availabl

e
Interviews: MS Teams video interviews (two); followed by an assessment and an onsite intervi

ew
-Position is 98% hands on implementation — minimal focus on roadmap or high-level strate

gy.-Senior level, deep technical role focused on deploying real AI systems at sca

le.-Must be comfortable in a startup environment (approx. 80 employee

s).
Responsibili

ties-Build, tune, and deploy LLMs, SLMs, and custom models at sc

ale.-Perform large model and small model tuning, optimization, and evaluat

ion.-Hands-on coding (primarily Python) to implement AI workflows and production syst

ems.-Utilize Agentic AI design to automate workforce decision-making at scale—replicating manager level decisions with

AI.-Design, build, and deploy AI driven products end-to-

end.-Collaborate with the existing technical team to tune existing models and integrate new o

nes.-Drive model performance improvements and ensure strong production outco

mes.-Bring customers along the AI adoption journey through clear explanation and implementation supp

ort.
MUST HA

VE - -Hands-on production experience deploying AI/ML solutions (not theoretical experi

ence)-Model tuning (LLMs &

SLMs)- Running models at

scale-Performance measurement and optimiz

ation-Strong AI/ML and DevOps found

ation-Experience with large and small model tuning at production s

cale.-Understanding and optimizing model performance outc

omes.

OTHER:AWS

stackMicrosoft stack AI tools (pref

erred)Demonstrable success building reasoning based or autonomous/agentic outcomes usi

ng AI.Ability to develop AI systems that automate complex decision

logic.