Lead AI/ML Engineer — Production AI & RAG Expert

Marlabs Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Marlabs Inc. is seeking a Lead AI/ML Engineer to design, build, and scale enterprise AI solutions powering strategic decisions.

You will lead production systems, including RAG, model serving, and governance controls, partnering with data and platform teams to deliver measurable business value. The ideal candidate brings 6+ years in software engineering, deep AI/ML expertise, and experience deploying generative AI in regulated environments.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of software engineering experience in enterprise settings.
• Strong Python and AI/ML framework expertise.
• Experience deploying production-grade AI and NLP solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimize enterprise AI solutions, including RAG and AI-powered decision support.
• Develop and maintain model serving infrastructure, embeddings, and inference pipelines for scalable production workloads.
• Build AI evaluation frameworks to measure accuracy, groundedness, and reliability.
• Implement governance, security, and guardrail controls, including PII protection and prompt injection defenses.

Skills

Software engineering

Python

AI frameworks

Production AI

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulated environments

Tools

Qdrant

pgvector

LlamaIndex

Haystack

Vector databases

Job description

Marlabs Inc. is seeking a Lead AI/ML Engineer to design, build, and scale enterprise AI solutions powering strategic decisions.

You will lead production systems, including RAG, model serving, and governance controls, partnering with data and platform teams to deliver measurable business value. The ideal candidate brings 6+ years in software engineering, deep AI/ML expertise, and experience deploying generative AI in regulated environments.