Job DescriptionWe are hiring for a Job Role : AI Scientist / AI Architect (Hands-on)Location: Irvine, CA and LA, CA (2-3 days / week in the client's Irvine office, 1 day in their downtown LA office, 1 day remote)Type: Contract-W2You Are:A highly skilled hands-on AI Scientist / Architect with at least 8+ years of experience in AI/ML, Data Science, or Software Engineering. You bring strong expertise in designing and building scalable, production-ready AI solutions, with deep hands-on experience in LLM-enabled applications, agent-based systems, and cloud-native architectures. You are comfortable working closely with business stakeholders and leading AI-driven innovation initiatives in an enterprise environment.
What You Need:- At least 8+ years of experience in AI/ML, Data Science, or Software Engineering
- Strong Python backend development experience
- Hands-on experience with LLM-enabled applications and Generative AI
- Experience building agent-based / agent-oriented AI systems
- Strong expertise in retrieval-based systems (RAG, vector databases, embeddings, indexing)
- Experience with API development and backend system integration
- AWS cloud-native development experience
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and environment management
- Strong understanding of observability (logging, monitoring, tracing)
- Experience deploying ML models in production environments
- Exposure to enterprise AI workflows, automation, and governance models
Mandatory Areas AI/ML Solution Architecture
LLM & Generative AI Development
Agent-Based Systems
Retrieval-Augmented Systems (RAG)
Enterprise AI Integration
Must Have Skills Skill 1 - Python & Backend Development
Skill 2 - LLM / Generative AI Application Development
Skill 3 - Agent-Based AI Systems
Skill 4 - RAG / Vector DB / Embeddings
Skill 5 - API Development & System Integration
Skill 6 - AWS Cloud (Cloud-Native Development)
Skill 7 - CI/CD & DevOps Practices
Skill 8 - Observability (Logging, Monitoring, Tracing)