AI Engineer

Robotics Technologies LLC; Trenton (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Robotics Technologies LLC is seeking a highly experienced Senior AI Software Engineer / Lead AI Engineer to design, develop, and deploy production-grade AI-powered applications and platforms. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in Generative AI, LLMs, RAG, AI Agents, and related technologies, and will guide products from architecture through production deployment.

You will design scalable AI-powered software, work with LLM APIs and open-source models, and build end-to-end data

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering fundamentals with hands-on Generative AI, LLMs, RAG, AI agents, Python, APIs, cloud platforms, databases and scalable distributed systems.
• Experience taking AI solutions from architecture and proof-of-concept through production deployment and optimization.
• Familiarity with LLM APIs and open-source models; ability to design scalable AI-powered applications.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable AI-powered software applications.
• Build and integrate LLM-based applications and AI agents.
• Develop production-grade RAG systems.
• Work with LLM APIs and open-source models.
• Design prompt engineering and evaluation frameworks.
• Develop AI agents capable of tool/function calling and multi-step workflows.
• Build APIs and backend services for AI applications.
• Integrate AI capabilities into existing enterprise applications.
• Design scalable data pipelines for AI/ML applications.
• Implement vector search and semantic search solutions.
• Optimize AI applications for performance, accuracy, scalability, and cost.
• Work with engineering teams to integrate AI into production systems.
• Develop automated testing and evaluation frameworks for AI applications.
• Monitor AI applications in production and troubleshoot performance issues.
• Maintain security, privacy, reliability, and responsible AI practices.
• Participate in architecture discussions and technical design reviews.

Skills

Generative AI

LLMs

RAG

AI Agents

Python

APIs

Cloud platforms

Databases

Distributed systems

Job description

We are looking for a highly experienced Senior AI Software Engineer / Lead AI Engineer to design, develop, and deploy production‑grade AI‑powered applications and platforms.

The ideal candidate should have strong software engineering fundamentals combined with hands‑on experience in Generative AI, LLMs, RAG, AI Agents, Python, APIs, cloud platforms, databases, and scalable distributed systems.

This role is suitable for an experienced engineer who can independently take AI solutions from architecture and proof‑of‑concept through production deployment and optimization.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable AI‑powered software applications.
• Build and integrate LLM‑based applications and AI agents.
• Develop production‑grade RAG (Retrieval‑Augmented Generation) systems.
• Work with LLM APIs and open‑source models.
• Design prompt engineering and evaluation frameworks.
• Develop AI agents capable of tool/function calling and multi‑step workflows.
• Build APIs and backend services for AI applications.
• Integrate AI capabilities into existing enterprise applications.
• Design scalable data pipelines for AI/ML applications.
• Implement vector search and semantic search solutions.
• Optimize AI applications for performance, accuracy, scalability, and cost.
• Work with engineering teams to integrate AI into production systems.
• Develop automated testing and evaluation frameworks for AI applications.
• Monitor AI applications in production and troubleshoot performance issues.
• Maintain security, privacy, reliability, and responsible AI practices.
• Participate in architecture discussions and technical design reviews.

ROBOTICS TECHNOLOGIES LLC is an equal opportunity employer inclusive of female, minority, disability and veterans, (M/F/D/V). Hiring, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, discipline, termination and all other employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, national origin, citizenship/immigration status, veteran status or any other protected status. ROBOTICS TECHNOLOGIES LLC will not make any posting or employment decision that does not comply with applicable laws relating to labor and employment, equal opportunity, employment eligibility requirements or related matters. Nor will ROBOTICS TECHNOLOGIES LLC require in a posting or otherwise U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency in the U.S. as a condition of employment except as necessary to comply with law, regulation, executive order, or federal, state, or local government contract