RAG Platform Architect & Lead ML Engineer

Compunnel, Inc.; Mason (OH); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Compunnel, Inc. is seeking a Lead Engineer to oversee the architecture and delivery of a production-grade RAG platform. The ideal candidate will have experience integrating data from AWS Aurora MySQL and DocumentDB, and optimizing responses using OpenAI models.

This role requires strong leadership skills and experience in Python, with responsibilities including technical design, implementation, and mentoring. The position promotes best practices in engineering and tool integration.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of strong hands-on Python backend/data engineering experience.
• Prior experience as a Lead/Tech Lead owning architecture and delivery of production systems.
• Proven experience shipping RAG/LLM applications in production.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end architecture for ingestion, indexing, retrieval, and LLM orchestration (RAG).
• Lead implementation in Python, including hands-on coding, design reviews, and establishing standards.
• Provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, set coding standards, and conduct design/code reviews.

Skills

Python backend/data engineering

OpenAI APIs

MongoDB Atlas Vector Search

API/service development

Engineering excellence practices

Tools

Docker

CI/CD

FastAPI

Job description

Compunnel, Inc. is seeking a Lead Engineer to oversee the architecture and delivery of a production-grade RAG platform. The ideal candidate will have experience integrating data from AWS Aurora MySQL and DocumentDB, and optimizing responses using OpenAI models.

This role requires strong leadership skills and experience in Python, with responsibilities including technical design, implementation, and mentoring. The position promotes best practices in engineering and tool integration.