AI/ML Engineer – Prompt Engineering | cAIdence Innovations | Remote

cAIdence Innovations; United States; Remote; USD 96,000 - 165,000; Part time

Job summary

cAIdence Innovations is seeking an experienced AI/ML Engineer for a remote contract role. You will own prompt architecture, model optimization, data curation, and cross-functional collaboration with founders and product managers.

The ideal candidate has 3+ years in AI/ML, strong skills in prompt engineering, LLM tuning, and engineering robust evaluation metrics. This role offers a high-visibility enterprise environment and flexible remote work.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, or related field.
• Minimum of 3+ years hands-on AI/ML engineering experience.
• Strong operational expertise in prompt engineering and LLM tuning.
• Proficiency with ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow) and related tools.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and optimize prompt engineering workflows for large language models.
• Build data preprocessing pipelines and test harnesses for prompt validation.
• Research and refine prompt templates, few-shot learning, chain-of-thought, and retrieval-augmented prompts.
• Evaluate model outputs, mitigate hallucinations, reduce latency, and optimize token usage.
• Collaborate with AI researchers, data scientists, and software architects.
• Ensure compliance with AI ethics, privacy, and security standards.
• Scale inference and evaluation infrastructure for high-frequency workloads.
• Maintain documentation, prompt libraries, experiment logs, and release plans.

Skills

Prompt engineering

LLM tuning

Generative AI

English communication

Model deployment

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/AI/Data Science

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

LangChain

LlamaIndex

Job description

Position Summary

Driving advanced artificial intelligence, machine learning model development, and prompt engineering innovation across remote operations, cAIdence Innovations is actively seeking experienced AI/ML Engineers for a premier remote contract professional engagement. In this vital technical leadership role, you will take full operational, tactical, and technical ownership of prompt engineering optimization, large language model alignment, fine‑tuning workflows, and production‑ready AI deployment. Bringing 3+ years of progressive professional hands‑on experience in artificial intelligence and machine learning, you will empower an elite AI‑driven technology enterprise to achieve uncompromised model accuracy, secure inference, and superior automated intelligence workflows. This prestigious career opportunity offers competitive remuneration, high‑visibility enterprise exposure, and professional growth within a leading global artificial intelligence and software engineering enterprise.

Detailed Job Description

As an AI/ML Engineer supporting cAIdence Innovations on a remote professional contract basis (open exclusively to immediate joiners), you will take full operational, tactical, and technical ownership of prompt architecture design, model optimization, dataset curation, and cross‑functional engineering collaboration. Your day‑to‑day responsibilities include designing, developing, testing, and refining advanced prompt engineering frameworks for large language models, collaborating proactively with founders and product managers during agile sprint cycles, analyzing model output quality, latency, and token efficiency, implementing robust evaluation metrics and guardrails, and interacting directly with co‑founders and CPOs like Monika D.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, design, develop, test, and optimize advanced prompt engineering workflows for state‑of‑the‑art large language models.
• Build robust data preprocessing pipelines, evaluation datasets, and test harnesses for systematic prompt validation.
• Research, implement, and refine prompt templates, few‑shot learning strategies, chain‑of‑thought reasoning, and retrieval‑augmented prompt structures.
• Conduct rigorous model output evaluation, hallucination mitigation, latency reduction, and token optimization profiling.
• Collaborate proactively with cross‑functional artificial intelligence research teams, data scientists, and software architects.
• Ensure strict adherence to AI ethics, data privacy regulations, model security standards, and code quality benchmarks.
• Scale machine learning inference and prompt evaluation infrastructure to handle high‑frequency transaction volumes.
• Maintain meticulous technical documentation, prompt libraries, experiment tracking logs, and release runbooks.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, or related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 3+ years of progressive professional hands‑on experience in artificial intelligence and machine learning engineering.
• Strong, demonstrable operational expertise in prompt engineering, large language model tuning, and generative AI systems.
• Comprehensive working knowledge and practical proficiency in machine learning frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, LangChain, LlamaIndex).
• Deep practical experience with data structures, algorithmic optimization, and scalable backend system architecture.
• Excellent English communication skills (mandatory for international team coordination and client reporting).
• Mandatory legal work authorization and physical availability for remote professional operations (immediate joiners only).

Nice‑to‑Have Skills

• Professional cloud certifications such as AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty or Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate.
• Prior professional working experience supporting fast‑growing artificial intelligence startups or enterprise software product companies.
• Hands‑on familiarity with vector databases (Pinecone, Chroma, Milvus) and MLOps platforms (MLflow, Weights & Biases).
• Experience utilizing enterprise agile tracking and collaboration platforms (Jira, Confluence, GitHub Enterprise).
• Active participation in AI research open‑source communities, developer meetups, or machine learning hackathons.

Application Information

• Salary/Rate: Market Competitive / Enterprise AI Consulting Package
• Work Schedule: Remote Professional Operations
• Deadline: Open until filled (Urgent Remote Contract AI/ML Openings – 15 Positions)
• Notice Period: Immediate Joiners Only (Mandatory Requirement)
• Contract Duration: Contract Role (Remote AI/ML Engagement)
• Company Website: https://www.caidence.in