Senior Applied AI Engineer

Company Overview
At The Intersect Group, we are partnering with an established, innovation driven organization that is investing heavily in AI, advanced engineering, and next generation digital solutions. The company is committed to transforming the way technology supports the business by strengthening automation, modernizing platforms, and shaping new AI capabilities from the ground up. With strong executive sponsorship and a forward leaning vision, the team values curiosity, technical excellence, and impactful problem solving.

Role Summary
We are seeking a Senior AI Engineer to join a highly strategic innovation group responsible for researching, designing, and deploying advanced AI solutions across the enterprise. This role offers the opportunity to influence AI direction from the earliest stages, shape foundational capabilities, and develop production ready models that drive measurable business outcomes.
You will work in a hands on capacity designing models, building pipelines, performing QA, and converting experimental approaches into scalable, enterprise grade solutions. This is a collaborative, business facing role that requires strong communication skills, deep technical expertise, and the ability to translate complex concepts into actionable delivery.

Key Responsibilities
• Design, develop, and deliver AI and machine learning solutions that support enterprise level initiatives
• Serve as a senior technical authority guiding AI strategies, experimentation, and innovation
• Lead research and discovery efforts to identify high value AI opportunities across the organization
• Build and optimize models including deep learning, LLM based solutions, and predictive systems
• Translate research methodologies into deployable, production ready solutions
• Develop end to end pipelines for data preparation, training, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring
• Optimize model performance, scalability, reliability, and operational efficiency
• Embed fairness, transparency, and responsible AI practices into all model development
• Stay current with emerging AI trends, frameworks, and tools and apply them to strategic planning
• Collaborate closely with engineering, product, and business teams to ensure alignment on requirements
• Perform hands on QA and validation to ensure model integrity and performance
• Participate in additional technical projects and initiatives as assigned

Key Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics or Computer Science required advanced degrees preferred
• Minimum five years of engineering experience using Python, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript or similar languages Python is required C# experience preferred
• Two plus years of experience with Python machine learning frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow
• Proven experience applying large language models generative AI or agent based frameworks to real business problems
• Demonstrated success delivering at least one large scale AI or ML solution in Azure AWS or Google Cloud Platform
• Strong understanding of ML algorithms deep learning architectures data structures and optimization techniques
• Familiarity with MLOps and deployment technologies including Docker Kubernetes and MLflow
• Ability to translate experimental research into practical enterprise grade implementations
• Excellent communication critical thinking and stakeholder engagement skills
• Experience with transformers federated learning edge AI or real time inference is a plus
• Contribution to open source research patents or publications is highly valued
• Must be able to work onsite in Irvine CA or Plano TX four to five days per week exceptional candidates may be considered for two to three days onsite

Success Profile
• Strong mathematical foundation comfortable with exponents division and advanced concepts used in AI engineering
• Highly collaborative and eager to work in a fast moving discovery phase environment
• Confident communicator capable of engaging senior leaders and cross functional partners
• Thrives in hands on problem solving and ground level innovation work

Call to Action
If you are an experienced AI Engineer excited to help shape an organization’s AI future from the ground up, apply today by sending your resume and contact information to The Intersect Group. Our team will reach out promptly to discuss next steps.