AI Scientist / AI Architect (Hands-on) | 75% Travel Required | Irvine, CA | Downtown LA | Contract Role

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Role: AI Scientist / AI Architect (Hands-on)

Location: Irvine, CA and LA, CA(2-3 days / week in the client’s Irvine office, 1 day in their DownTown LA office, 1 day remote) ( Travel Job)

Client: UST

Mandatory Areas

1. AI/ML Solution Architecture

2. LLM & Generative AI Development

3. Agent-Based Systems

4. Retrieval-Augmented Systems (RAG)

5. Enterprise AI Integration

  Must Have Skills

• Python & Backend Development

• LLM / Generative AI Application Development

• Agent-Based AI Systems

• RAG / Vector DB / Embeddings

• API Development & System Integration

• AWS Cloud (Cloud-Native Development)

• CI/CD & DevOps Practices

• Observability (Logging, Monitoring, Tracing)

 Domain Experience (If any)

1. AI-enabled enterprise workflows

2. Marketing / Content generation platforms (nice to have)

3. Financial / Investment domain (preferred based on content use cases)

You Are:

A highly skilled hands-on AI Scientist / Architect with at least 14+ years of experience in AI/ML, Data Science, or Software Engineering. You bring strong expertise in designing and building scalable, production-ready AI solutions, with deep hands-on experience in LLM-enabled applications, agent-based systems, and cloud-native architectures. You are comfortable working closely with business stakeholders and leading AI-driven innovation initiatives in an enterprise environment.

The Opportunity:

• Design and develop scalable AI/ML pipelines and intelligent applications aligned with enterprise standards

• Build agent-based AI workflows, automation systems, and retrieval-based architectures (RAG, vector search, embeddings)

• Architect and implement LLM orchestration layers supporting content ideation, drafting, and editing workflows

• Lead integration of AI solutions with backend systems and enterprise platforms (APIs, internal tools, data platforms)

• Partner with product, marketing, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into AI-driven solutions

• Provide architectural leadership, guide offshore teams, and ensure delivery aligned with scalability, security, and governance standards

What You Need:

• At least 8+ years of experience in AI/ML, Data Science, or Software Engineering

• Strong Python backend development experience

• Hands-on experience with LLM-enabled applications and Generative AI

• Experience building agent-based / agent-oriented AI systems

• Strong expertise in retrieval-based systems (RAG, vector databases, embeddings, indexing)

• Experience with API development and backend system integration

• AWS cloud-native development experience

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and environment management

• Strong understanding of observability (logging, monitoring, tracing)

• Experience deploying ML models in production environments

• Exposure to enterprise AI workflows, automation, and governance models

Thanks & Regards

 

Shruteesh Kumar A

Senior Recruitment Specialist

Email: shrutee...@stiorg.com | Web: www.stiorg.com

LinkedIn:  linkedin.com/in/shruteesh

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