Senior AI Engineer - Contract
Verticalmove, Inc
Location
🇺🇸 Baltimore, United States
Type
contractor
Salary
Undisclosed
Posted
3w ago
Job Description
About the Opportunity Our client is a leading $50B+ global enterprise undergoing significant investment in AI and digital transformation initiatives. They are seeking a Senior AI Engineer to help design and deploy enterprise-scale AI solutions that drive measurable business outcomes. Position Type: Contract-to-Hire Work Authorization
Requirements
: • U.S. Citizen or Green Card Holder • Must be able to work directly on our W2 • No sponsorship available • No C2C, third-party vendors, or subcontracting arrangements Join a growing AI engineering team focused on designing, building, and deploying enterprise AI solutions that drive operational efficiency, improve decision-making, and unlock value across a global organization. You will be part of a hands-on team that builds AI products and ships them into production. We transform fragmented data and unstructured information into reliable systems that generate measurable outcomes. In this role, you will design and deliver end-to-end AI solutions, establish the engineering rigor required for production deployment, and collaborate closely with business and technical stakeholders to bring the latest AI capabilities into real-world use. With a competitive salary and
benefits
package, you will have the autonomy to take solutions from concept through deployment, supported by modern platforms, strong executive sponsorship, and a culture that values innovation, ownership, and engineering excellence.
Key Responsibilities
Agentic AI Development Design, implement, and optimize agentic workflows that orchestrate tools, sub-agents, and multi-step reasoning processes to deliver reliable, auditable outcomes for business users. Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Build robust RAG pipelines and context-engineering strategies that ground large language model outputs in enterprise knowledge, improving accuracy and reducing hallucinations. Evaluation & Quality Develop evaluation frameworks, ground-truth datasets, regression suites, and LLM-based evaluation systems that ensure consistent performance and measurable improvements over time. Production Software Engineering Transform prototypes into reliable production services with structured outputs, well-defined interfaces, testing frameworks, monitoring, and traceability. Platform Integration & Observability Integrate AI solutions with cloud-native platforms and enterprise systems. Implement CI/CD practices and establish observability for cost, latency, caching, usage, and evaluation metrics. Cross-Functional Collaboration Partner with subject matter experts, product leaders, and technical teams to translate ambiguous business challenges into scalable AI solutions. Secure & Scalable Deployment Design and implement secure, scalable AI architectures using modern inference platforms, governance frameworks, and deployment best practices. Continuous Innovation Stay current with advancements in AI, evaluate emerging techniques and tooling, and continuously improve systems through experimentation and applied research.