AI Engineer

Staffingine LLC; New Jersey; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Part time

Job summary

Staffingine LLC is seeking an experienced AI Engineer for contract work in New Jersey. You will design, build, and deploy Python-based AI/LLM applications and implement scalable REST APIs.

The role emphasizes data pipelines, performance optimization, and collaboration with risk stakeholders to deliver AI-driven solutions while providing architectural guidance and mentoring engineering teams.

Qualifications

• Strong Python development with FastAPI or Flask.
• Experience building production-grade AI/LLM applications.
• SQL, data modeling, and data engineering fundamentals.
• Expertise in concurrency, asynchronous programming, and performance optimization.
• Experience with testing, production support, and system reliability.
• Strong architectural design and technical leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy Python-based AI/LLM applications using FastAPI/Flask.
• Develop REST APIs and scalable enterprise solutions.
• Build AI-powered data analytics and self-service platforms.
• Optimize data pipelines for performance and scalability.
• Collaborate with Risk stakeholders to deliver AI-driven solutions.
• Provide technical leadership, architecture guidance, and mentor engineering teams.

Skills

Python

FastAPI/Flask

AI/LLM

SQL/Data modeling

Concurrency/Async

Testing

Tech leadership

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in CS

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

Redis

Grafana/Prometheus

CI/CD

GitHub Actions

Job description

Job Title: AI Engineer
Job Location: NJC, NJ
Job Type: Contract

Job Description:

• Design, build, and deploy Python-based AI/LLM applications using FastAPI/Flask.
• Develop REST APIs and scalable enterprise solutions.
• Build AI-powered data analytics and self-service platforms.
• Optimize data pipelines for performance and scalability.
• Collaborate with Risk stakeholders to deliver AI-driven solutions.
• Provide technical leadership, architecture guidance, and mentor engineering teams.

Required Skills

• Strong Python development with FastAPI or Flask.
• Experience building production-grade AI/LLM applications.
• Solid SQL, data modeling, and data engineering fundamentals.
• Expertise in concurrency, asynchronous programming, and performance optimization.
• Experience with testing, production support, and system reliability.
• Strong architectural design and technical leadership skills.

Preferred Skills

• Agentic AI, RAG, LangChain/LangGraph, or Talk-to-Data solutions.
• Docker, Kubernetes, Kafka, Redis.
• OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Prometheus.
• CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions), DevOps/GitOps.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's/Master's in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 8+ years of software engineering experience.