AI Engineer

MACHINE LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES LLC; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

MACHINE LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES LLC in Houston is seeking an AI Engineer to design, build, and deploy enterprise Generative AI solutions on Databricks. You will lead RAG architectures, custom AI agents, document intelligence, and model serving in collaboration with data engineers and full-stack developers.

The role emphasizes production deployment, governance, and observability in enterprise environments, with Databricks certifications and cloud-native deployments on Azure/AWS as valuable assets.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience delivering enterprise GenAI solutions.
• Experience deploying GenAI in regulated environments is a plus.
• Databricks certifications (ML, GenAI, Lakehouse Fundamentals) are valued.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement Generative AI and Agentic AI solutions.
• Build and optimize RAG architectures and vector search solutions.
• Develop custom AI agents and agent workflows.
• Implement document parsing, information extraction, and document intelligence capabilities.
• Create and maintain evaluation frameworks to assess AI quality, accuracy, and reliability.
• Design prompts and optimize prompt engineering strategies.
• Deploy and manage models using Databricks Model Serving and related MLOps.
• Integrate AI solutions with enterprise data platforms and applications.
• Collaborate with Data Engineers and Full Stack Developers to deliver end-to-end AI-powered products.

Skills

RAG

Custom AI agents

Prompt engineering

Evaluation frameworks

Information extraction

Vector search

Model serving

AI governance

Tools

Databricks AI/ML Platform

Databricks Model Serving

MLflow

Delta Lake

Vector Search

Unity Catalog

PySpark

Databricks SQL

Lakehouse architecture

Job description

Job Overview

• Job ID: J53501
• Job Title: AI Engineer
• Location: Houston, TX
• Duration: 18 Months + Extension
• Domain Exposure: IT/Software
• Work Authorization: US Citizen,Green Card,OPT-EAD,CPT,H-1B,H4-EAD,L2-EAD,GC-EAD
• Client: To Be Discussed Later
• Employment Type: W-2, 1099, C2C

Job Description

We are seeking an AI Engineer with hands-on experience designing, building, and deploying enterprise Generative AI solutions on Databricks. The ideal candidate will have expertise in RetrievalAugmented Generation (RAG), custom AI agents, document intelligence, vector search, evaluation frameworks, prompt engineering, and model serving. The role involves working closely with business and technical stakeholders to develop scalable AI solutions that support real-world enterprise use cases.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement Generative AI and Agentic AI solutions.
• Build and optimize RAG architectures and vector search solutions.
• Develop custom AI agents and agent workflows.
• Implement document parsing, information extraction, and document intelligence capabilities.
• Create and maintain evaluation frameworks to assess AI solution quality, accuracy, and reliability.
• Design prompts and optimize prompt engineering strategies.
• Deploy and manage models using Databricks Model Serving and related MLOps capabilities.
• Integrate AI solutions with enterprise data platforms and applications.
• Collaborate with Data Engineers and Full Stack Developers to deliver end-to-end AI-powered products.

Required Skills

AI / GenAI

• Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
• Custom AI agents / Agentic workflows
• Prompt engineering
• Evaluation frameworks (LLM-as-a-Judge, RAG evaluation, AI testing)
• Information extraction and AI document parsing
• Vector search
• Model serving and inference APIs
• AI governance and quality assessment

Databricks

• Databricks AI/ML Platform
• Databricks Model Serving
• MLflow
• Delta Lake
• Vector Search
• Unity Catalog
• PySpark
• Databricks SQL
• Lakehouse architecture

Technical Stack

• Python
• SQL
• PySpark
• LangChain / LangGraph / Semantic Kernel (preferred)
• Azure and/or AWS
• REST APIs
• Cloud-native AI deployments

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building production-grade AI solutions.
• Experience deploying GenAI applications in regulated or enterprise environments.
• Databricks certifications (Machine Learning, GenAI, Lakehouse Fundamentals).
• Experience with multi-agent systems and enterprise AI architectures.
• Strong understanding of evaluation, observability, and governance of AI solutions.

Ideal Candidate Profile

• Enterprise AI architecture experience.
• Hands-on RAG and vector search implementation.
• Databricks AI/ML platform expertise.
• Custom AI agent development.
• AI evaluation and governance frameworks.
• Production deployment experience on Azure and/or AWS.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.