Gen AI Tech Lead (Westlake, TX - Onsite)

Gen AI Tech Lead (Westlake, TX - Onsite)
We are looking to hire a candidate with the skills sets mentioned and experience for one of our clients within the financial services company. This is a Onsite role in Westlake, TX.
*Candidates who are s are eligible to work on W2 highly preferred. No visa sponsorship or transfers are available at this time.

Job Overview:

We are seeking a Generative AI Tech Lead to spearhead the design, development, and deployment of innovative AI solutions leveraging large language models (LLMs) and generative AI technologies. This role requires a deep understanding of foundational AI models, strong engineering skills, and hands-on experience building production-grade GenAI applications in enterprise environments.

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Execution:

• Architect, design, and fine-tune generative AI models including LLMs (e.g., GPT, LLaMA, Claude).
• Evaluate, integrate, and optimize third-party foundational models and APIs (e.g., OpenAI, Azure OpenAI).
• Build scalable and secure pipelines for data ingestion, model training, evaluation, and deployment.
• Lead development of GenAI applications using cloud platforms such as AWS Bedrock, Azure OpenAI Services, and Microsoft Copilot (GitHub Copilot).
• Apply prompt engineering techniques, fine-tuning, and model optimization strategies to improve model performance.
• Leverage Python and industry-standard AI/ML frameworks to implement robust AI solutions.

Innovation & R&D:

• Stay abreast of emerging trends and research in generative AI, LLMs, multimodal models, and MLOps.
• Drive experimentation with new modeling techniques, prompt strategies, and domain-specific adaptations.
• Develop internal AI tools, copilots, and intelligent agents to enhance employee productivity and customer engagement.

Governance & Ethics:

• Ensure AI implementations are transparent, explainable, and aligned with ethical standards and data privacy regulations.
• Implement monitoring systems for tracking model drift, performance, and real-time user feedback in production environments.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor s or Master s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or related field (Ph.D. preferred).
• 10+ years of professional experience in AI/ML, with at least 3+ years focused on Generative AI or LLM-centric projects.
• Strong hands-on experience with ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow), LLM architectures (e.g., GPT, BERT), and cloud AI platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform).
• In-depth knowledge of transformer models, embedding techniques, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), prompt engineering, and model fine-tuning.
• Proven experience delivering GenAI solutions in enterprise or production settings.
• Experience with IBM Loopback framework is a plus.

Other Job Specifications:

No visa sponsorship or transfers are available at this time.

• Employment Type: W2 only. NO C2C, NO 1099.
• Contracting Period: Long term.
• Job Location: Westlake, TX
• Contract Rate: $60/hr. on W2.
• Interview Process: Phone/Video/In-person Interviews.