Senior AI Engineering I Voice AI

Immediate need for a talented Senior AI Engineering I Voice AI. This is a 06+ months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Irvine, CA(Remote). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.
Job ID: 25-92134
Pay Range: $55 - $60/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).
Key Responsibilities:

• Prompt Engineering & Agent Design:
• Author and refine prompt instructions, chaining logic, and fallback strategies
• Design and test multi-turn conversation flows aligned to Taco Bell brand voice
• Build and maintain system personas and error handling routines.
• Model Tuning & Evaluation:
• Fine-tune LLMs, ASR models, and embedding systems under supervision
• Assist in running experiments using LoRA, distillation, or pruning methods
• Contribute to agent evaluation metrics, regression tracking, and A/B tests
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Work closely with MLEs on model integration and performance tuning
• Partner with QA and PMs to improve agent usability, reliability, and task success rates
• Help manage RAG components, context retrieval chains, and structured data inputs

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

• Key Skills: AI Engineering/Data Science/ Machine learning, Python/ AI frameworks(LangChain, HuggingFace, OpenAI APIs), LLM tuning/ASR modeling.
• 1 3 years experience in AI Engineering, Data Science, or ML-related roles
• Proficiency in Python and AI frameworks (e.g., LangChain, HuggingFace, OpenAI APIs)
• Understanding of prompt engineering, agent flows, and model evaluation principles
• Interest in LLM tuning, ASR modeling, or speech interaction design
• Experience with RAG, vector search, embeddings, or retrieval-based models
• Exposure to ASR systems or speech pipelines
• Familiarity with LoRA, distillation, or low-latency AI architectures
• This role is remote
• Occasional travel to test markets or pilot sites may be required

Our client is a leading Restaurants Industry, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.

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