Lead AI Engineer: Search & RAG Systems

Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.; Charlotte (NC); Remote; USD 145,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401k retirement plan

Flexible vacation

Paid family leave

Job summary

A leading energy research organization seeks a Lead Search and AI Engineer to design and support AI-driven document processing solutions. This role involves building AI systems with Azure AI Search, optimizing query performance, and deploying applications on Kubernetes. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in AI/ML and cloud technologies, along with strong Python skills. This position offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits, including medical and retirement plans.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience providing solutions to complex program/system problems.
• 5+ years in AI/ML, cloud-based search, and document processing.
• Strong knowledge of RAG architectures for AI-powered search.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement AI-driven document processing solutions.
• Develop strategies for query orchestration across multiple systems.
• Deploy and manage AI applications using Kubernetes.

Skills

AI/ML expertise

Cloud-based search proficiency

Kubernetes experience

Python development skills

Query orchestration knowledge

Education

Bachelors or Masters Degree in Computer Science

Tools

Azure AI Search

Tesseract OCR

PyMuPDF

Pillow

Job description

A leading energy research organization seeks a Lead Search and AI Engineer to design and support AI-driven document processing solutions. This role involves building AI systems with Azure AI Search, optimizing query performance, and deploying applications on Kubernetes. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in AI/ML and cloud technologies, along with strong Python skills. This position offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits, including medical and retirement plans.