Senior AI Engineer — End-to-End Production ML

Robots-&-Pencils-; Puerto Bogotá; Hybrid; COP 318,279,000 - 413,762,000; Full time

Job summary

Robots & Pencils is seeking a Senior AI Engineer to design, build, and deliver production AI/ML systems. You’ll own features end‑to‑end, contribute to architectural decisions, and bring strong technical judgment to cross‑functional work.

You’ll join a team delivering reliable, scalable AI in production, shaping how AI integrates with enterprise operations and client solutions. Expect high velocity, craft, and ownership in a senior context.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience, with 2+ years focused on AI/ML systems in production and hands‑on experience with generative AI development
• Strong Python background
• Working knowledge of cloud platforms, preferably with in‑depth understanding of AWS services and AWS GenAI offerings
• Proven ability to design and ship agentic systems
• Experience with AI frameworks and orchestration tools
• Experience with evaluation frameworks, and observability tools for LLM apps
• Understanding of AI safety, responsible AI principles, prompt injection defenses, and PII handling
• API development experience, including designing and integrating with internal and third‑party services
• Working knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes for containerized deployments
• Demonstrable, day‑to‑day usage and knowledge of AI‑forward coding tools such as Claude Code and Cursor
• Strong problem‑solving skills and the ability to navigate ambiguous technical challenges with sound judgment

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and deploy ML/AI models end‑to‑end, including data pipelines and training workflows
• Maintain and evolve AI systems in production with monitoring for drift and reliability improvements
• Apply AI‑forward coding practices to ship high‑quality work quickly
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and data teams to align AI work with business goals
• Translate technical tradeoffs and model behavior into actionable terms for non‑experts
• Participate in code reviews and design discussions, raising concerns and offering constructive feedback
• Contribute to AI architecture decisions with long‑term implications
• Take ownership of meaningful work end‑to‑end, including getting AI into production
• Support junior engineers and raise the bar on engineering practices

Skills

Python

ML systems

AWS

Docker/Kubernetes

API design

LLM tooling

Observability

AI safety

Code reviews

Tools

Claude

Cursor

AWS GenAI

Docker

Kubernetes

Python tooling

Job description

Robots & Pencils is seeking a Senior AI Engineer to design, build, and deliver production AI/ML systems. You’ll own features end‑to‑end, contribute to architectural decisions, and bring strong technical judgment to cross‑functional work.

You’ll join a team delivering reliable, scalable AI in production, shaping how AI integrates with enterprise operations and client solutions. Expect high velocity, craft, and ownership in a senior context.