Associate AI Developer

iSoftStone; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 22,730 - 32,373; Full time

Job summary

iSoftStone is looking for an Associate AI/ML Developer to join our team in Seattle, WA, New York, NY, or Dallas, TX. This hybrid opportunity is perfect for recent graduates eager to grow their skills in AI engineering.

In this role, you will help develop production-grade AI services, working with senior developers on real client projects. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in Python and cloud services, and a desire to learn in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Recently graduated from a degree/certificate program in Computer Science, AI/ML, Data Science, or Engineering.
• Up to 2 years of practical experience (internships, co‑ops).
• Solid foundational knowledge of Python and software engineering.

Responsibilities

• Develop services integrating LLMs and classical ML.
• Contribute to agent workflows using frameworks like LangChain.
• Monitor service quality and performance metrics.

Skills

Cloud-agnostic development

Problem-solving

Python programming

Exposure to AI services

Education

Degree in Computer Science, AI/ML, Data Science, or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

iSoftStone , Inc. is seeking an Associate AI/ML Developer to join our Team

In New York, NY, Seattle, WA or Dallas, TX (Hybrid opportunity)

Summary

iSoftStone, Inc. is seeking an Associate AI Developer to help build and ship production‑grade AI services. This training‑based, early‑career role is ideal for recent graduates eager to grow into hands‑on AI engineers, working alongside senior developers on real client projects spanning agentic applications, orchestration, observability, and computer vision—across a cloud‑agnostic stack.

Responsibilities

• Build AI services: Develop and help deploy services and microservices that integrate LLMs and classical ML (real‑time APIs, batch, and event‑driven workloads).
• Agentic & orchestration: Contribute to agent workflows and tool‑use orchestration using frameworks such as LangChain, with structured I/O via Pydantic.
• Vision & deep learning: Help develop and integrate CNNs and vision models (classification, detection, OCR) into production pipelines.
• Observability: Instrument services with logging, tracing, and evaluation hooks; help monitor quality, latency, cost, and drift.
• Cloud‑agnostic delivery: Build AI integrations on AWS, Azure, or NVIDIA tooling—and with open‑source models—favoring portable, well‑tested code.
• Quality & collaboration: Write tests from specs, join code reviews and design discussions, and respond constructively to feedback.

Qualifications

• Education: Recently graduated from a degree/certificate program in Computer Science, AI/ML, Data Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience: Up to 2 years of practical experience (internships, co‑ops, or substantial academic/personal projects) developing software or AI applications.
• AI cloud services: Hands‑on exposure building AI services and integrations with one or more of: AWS (Bedrock, SageMaker), Azure (AI Foundry/AI Studio, Azure OpenAI), NVIDIA (CUDA, NIM, Triton), or open‑source (LangChain, Pydantic, Python).
• Programming: Solid Python foundation plus software engineering fundamentals (version control, testing, APIs, clean code).
• Mindset: Cloud‑agnostic and portability‑minded; strong problem‑solver; open to learning and feedback in a fast‑paced environment.

Preferred Skills

• Familiarity with agentic patterns, tool‑use orchestration, or the Model Context Protocol (MCP); RAG and vector search (Pinecone, Weaviate, FAISS).
• Exposure to deep learning frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow), MLOps /observability (MLflow, OpenTelemetry), containers (Docker, Kubernetes), or CI/CD.
• Prior internship, capstone, or project work involving AI, data, or cloud services.
• Education: BS/MS/certificate program in Computer Science, Engineering, AI/ML, Data Science or related field; equivalent experience considered.

Primary Location Pay Range : $20 per hour

iSoftStone is committed to the practice of equal opportunity for all its employees and applicants in employment, and does not discriminate on the basis of race or ethnicity, color, age, national origin, religion, creed, marital status, sex, pregnancy, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, status as an honorably discharged veteran or disabled veteran or military status, political affiliation or belief, citizenship/status as a lawfully admitted immigrant authorized to work in the United States, or presence of any physical, sensory, or mental disability. In addition, reasonable accommodation will be made for known physical or mental limitations for all otherwise qualified persons with disabilities.