Generative AI Engineer – RAG Systems & Governance

Calance, Inc.; Plano (TX); Hybrid; USD 69,000 - 117,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Plan

Dental programs

Vision care

Job summary

Calance, Inc. in Plano, TX, is seeking an AI Engineer - DS&ML for a 6‑month contract. The hybrid role requires 4 days in the office, starting ASAP with a schedule through March 31, 2027.

The position focuses on building governed generative AI systems, RAG pipelines, and multi‑agent workflows, collaborating with Data Scientists, ML Engineers, Business Analysts, and SMEs to deliver production‑grade AI solutions in an enterprise context.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, ML, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years in software, data science, ML, or AI engineering with production‑quality Python development.
• Hands‑on experience building LLM applications, RAG systems, or agentic workflows using APIs.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement retrieval pipelines, metadata tagging, and quality checks for a governed knowledge base
• Build secure multi‑agent workflows combining LLM reasoning with deterministic logic and safe tool orchestration
• Define agent roles, validation checkpoints, error handling, and human‑in‑the‑loop review points
• Create evaluation datasets and metrics covering relevance, grounding, correctness, and traceability
• Develop reusable prompt, workflow, and orchestration patterns for cross‑functional teams
• Instrument agent performance tracking including latency, cost‑to‑serve, and revision effort
• Deliver working increments each sprint and maintain a prioritized enhancement backlog
• Apply secure development, Responsible AI, and data‑governance practices throughout

Skills

Python

LLM

RAG systems

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, ML, or equivalent

Tools

APIs

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Calance, Inc. in Plano, TX, is seeking an AI Engineer - DS&ML for a 6‑month contract. The hybrid role requires 4 days in the office, starting ASAP with a schedule through March 31, 2027.

The position focuses on building governed generative AI systems, RAG pipelines, and multi‑agent workflows, collaborating with Data Scientists, ML Engineers, Business Analysts, and SMEs to deliver production‑grade AI solutions in an enterprise context.