Lead AI/ML Engineer @ Remote

Position: Lead AI/ML Engineer Location: Remote Duration: Full Time Experience Required: 10+ Years 
 

We are looking for an experienced contractor who is highly proficient in Python and has practical experience developing AI-powered systems. The preferred candidate should have worked with AI agents, Model Context Protocol (MCP), modern data management techniques, and cloud platforms to create scalable, production-ready solutions.
 Core Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain Python based services and automation workflows

• Implement MCP for agent communication, control, and observability

• Build, transform, and manage data pipelines supporting AI and analytics use cases

• Deploy, monitor, and optimize solutions in cloud environments

• Collaborate with product, data, and engineering teams to deliver end-to-end solutions

• Ensure code quality, performance, security, and maintainability

Required Technical Skills

• Python: Advanced proficiency; production experience with APIs, async processing, and testing

• AI / LLM Agents: Experience designing and implementing autonomous or semiautonomous AI agents (e.g., tool using agents, planners, orchestrators)

• MCP (Model Context Protocols): Experience with agent communication, coordination frameworks, or protocol driven AI architectures

Data Management:

• Data modeling and data pipelines

• Working with SQL and NoSQL databases

• Experience with data quality, governance, and largescale datasets

Cloud Experience:

• Hands on work in at least one major cloud platform (Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform)

• Experience with cloud storage, compute, and managed services

• Familiarity with CI/CD and cloud native deployment patterns

Preferred / Nice to Have

• Experience with vector databases and embeddings

• Familiarity with MLOps or LLMOps practices

• Experience with streaming data or event driven architectures

• Knowledge of security and compliance considerations for AI systems

• Prior work in enterprise or large-scale data management

• Healthcare or other data regulated experience preferred

Engagement Characteristics

• Contractor is expected to work independently with minimal supervision

• Comfortable operating in fast moving, evolving technical environments

• Strong documentation and communication skills

• Experience collaborating with remote and cross functional teams

Technical Skills

• AI/LLM Agent and MCP (Model Control Protocols)   Google ADK, Copilot Studio

• Cloud Experience   Google Cloud or Azure preferred.

• Database Knowledge   Big Query, Fire store, Cloud SQL, etc.

• Data pipeline   Dataflow

• Power Automate

• Automation Tooling   UI Path, etc.

• CI/CD Pipeline   Azure DevOps Pipeline

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) - Terraform