GenAI Platform Lead / Senior Python AI Engineer

Quick Facts

• Role: GenAI Platform Lead / Senior Python AI Engineer (LLM, RAG & FastAPI)

• Location: New York, NY or Jersey City, NJ

• Duration: Contract (12 months)

Description

Lead the end-to-end design and implementation of a new GenAI platform and its business use cases. The role focuses on building scalable, resilient LLM/RAG-enabled services using modern Python application architecture, while meeting performance and regulatory requirements. Start is expected within 2–4 weeks after the offer.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and oversee end-to-end implementation of the GenAI platform and business use cases

• Create architectural approaches for AI software and hardware integration with quality, performance, resiliency, and reusability

• Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders to fulfill objectives

• Lead cross-disciplinary teams to deliver solutions aligned with priorities and expectations

• Identify, prioritize, and execute tasks across the software development life cycle

• Establish SDLC standards and drive automation to improve end-to-end efficiency

• Mentor team members in technical design and development best practices

• Drive platform performance, scalability, and resiliency testing

• Implement hardware upgrades and software enhancements to meet global performance expectations

• Address regulatory and performance-driven requirements for regional and localized infrastructure and platform needs

• Conduct research and prototyping to evaluate solutions that enhance platform and team capabilities

• Monitor AI industry trends and advancements to inform continuous improvement

Requirements

• 7+ years of hands-on Python development, including Unix scripting

• 1+ year of experience with Large Language Models (LLMs)

• Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) experience

• Extensive experience designing and implementing multi-tier and microservices-based application platforms

• Proficiency with FastAPI for building services and APIs

• Knowledge of relational databases such as Oracle or MySQL and NoSQL databases such as MongoDB, including processing large structured and unstructured datasets

• Ability to plan and lead delivery for diverse, geographically dispersed teams with on-time, on-budget outcomes

• Strong communication, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills

• Must be able to start within 2–4 weeks of the offer

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits

• Opportunities for growth with global clients

• Supportive, inclusive culture focused on innovation and people

• Exposure to cutting-edge technologies and projects