AI/ML Engineer

Our client is seeking a AI/ML Engineer to build AI-powered search and agentic experiences that help guests, customers, and internal teams find information, complete tasks, and make better decisions faster. This role would focus on designing, building, and deploying enterprise search, retrieval, and data agent solutions that connect large-scale data assets with practical business workflows. Like the more senior GenAI engineering role, it would sit at the intersection of ML engineering, MLOps, data engineering, and product delivery, but with less emphasis on people management and organizational leadership and more emphasis on hands-on technical execution.

Position Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and deploy enterprise search and information retrieval systems across structured and unstructured data sources.
• Develop data agents and AI-powered workflows that can reason over enterprise knowledge, retrieve relevant context, and support downstream user actions.
• Build and maintain real-time and batch data pipelines that power search indexing, retrieval, ranking, and agent orchestration.
• Partner closely with data scientists, product owners, architects, and data engineers to deliver end-to-end AI products.
• Contribute to scalable ML/AI infrastructure using AWS-native services and MLOps best practices including CI/CD, monitoring, reproducibility, governance, and observability.
• Help evaluate and improve search relevance, retrieval quality, latency, reliability, and responsible AI guardrail s in production environments
• Flexible and adaptable to learning and understanding new technologies
• Highly self-motivated and directed
• Demonstrate a commitment to core values

Experience And Qualifications:

• You are a hands-on ML engineer with experience building production AI/ML systems and a strong interest in search, retrieval, LLM-powered applications, and agentic workflows.
• You are comfortable working across Python, SQL, data pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and model deployment, and you thrive in collaborative environments where business impact matters. This mirrors the current role s focus on enterprise-grade AI/ML platforms, experimentation, and business alignment, but removes the management expectations.

Education:

• Ph.D. or Master s degree in computer science, Machine Learning, Software Engineering, or a related field
• 5-6 years of experience in machine learning, search, information retrieval, MLOps, or applied AI engineering.
• 3-4 years of experience in Gen AI systems especially relevant applications of decoder LLMs in agentic implementations in the last 2 years
• Experience with NLP/NLU, retrieval systems, vector search, ranking, or LLM-based applications in production.
• Strong programming skills in Python, plus experience with SQL, PySpark, APIs, and containerization such as Docker
• Experience in frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph and fast inference implementations like vLLM, SGLang, TensorRT-LLM, ONNX Runtime etc.
• Familiarity with AWS services such as SageMaker, Lambda, ECS/EKS, Step Functions, or Glue.
• Experience building scalable data pipelines and production systems for low-latency and batch workloads.

Salary/Rate: $80/HR (depends on experience level). This is a contract position with candidates expected to work 40 hours/ week.

About The Company

Peterson Technology Partners (PTP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating a transparent, inclusive, and human-centered hiring experience.

For more than 28 years, PTP has operated as one of the top IT staffing and recruiting firms in the USA built on trust, long-term partnerships, and technical excellence.

Based in the Chicago suburb of Park Ridge, IL, our team of more than 500 employees and consultants is dedicated to:

Helping every client make the best hiring decisions possible

Matching professionals with the right IT jobs and career opportunities

As part of that commitment, we believe in providing clear information about how our hiring technologies work and how your data is used. The following section outlines our AI-assisted interview process and your rights as a candidate.

AI-Assisted Interview Experience (Pete & Gabi Rebecca)

To provide a consistent, fair, and flexible experience for all candidates, we use AI-assisted tools to support parts of the interview process. This includes our proprietary AI platform Pete & Gabi, which includes AI recruiter Rebecca.

These AI hiring tools help us:

• Conduct recorded video interviews
• Transcribe interviews
• Summarize candidate responses
• Generate job-related insights
• Streamline communication and scheduling

Please note that:

The AI does NOT make hiring decisions; all decisions are made by our human recruiters, hiring managers, or client partners.

The AI does not evaluate facial expressions, emotions, or physical traits; it is used only to support fairness, consistency, and efficiency.

If you prefer a non-AI interview format, we will gladly provide an alternative.

Technical or Case Interviews (Role-Dependent):

When applying for certain tech jobs, you may participate in:

• A technical interview
• A coding challenge
• A case study
• A client-specific assessment

We will always explain what to expect in advance so you can prepare with confidence.

Human Review & Selection:

Every candidate's profile including interviews, conversations, and assessments is reviewed by experienced recruiters and hiring leaders.

AI insights may assist with organization and evaluation, but final decisions are always human-driven.

Your Rights as a Candidate:

At PTP, every candidate has the right to:

Request a non-AI interview path

Ask how your data is being used

Request access to transcripts or interview recordings

Request deletion of your AI-recorded interview

Receive clear, timely communication

Our goal is to ensure you feel respected, informed, and supported throughout your experience.

Our Commitment:

For more than 28 years, PTP has focused on putting people first candidates, consultants, employees, and clients.

We're committed to a hiring process that is:

• Transparent
• Compliant
• Equitable
• Powered by innovative technology that enhances not replaces human judgment

Welcome to the future of hiring at Peterson Technology Partners.

We're excited to learn more about you.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Peterson Technology Partners is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.