Senior AI Engineer (Freelance) — Growth & Mentorship

Newmark; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 64,000 - 92,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Growth plan

Mentor

Benefits tailored for life beyond the…

Job summary

Newmark in Buffalo, NY is seeking an AI Engineer to tackle hard LightGBM problems in a freelance capacity. If you thrive in fast-paced, deadline-driven settings and bring 4+ years of experience, this role offers a meaningful growth path and competitive compensation.

You’ll collaborate with product and design, own release milestones, and work with MLOps models tuned for real-world behavior, with a growth plan, mentor, and benefits tailored for life beyond the Buffalo office.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of AI/ML engineering experience.
• Experience delivering in a freelance structure.
• Strong instincts and deadline-driven work style.
• Located near Buffalo, NY or willing to work on-site.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product and design teams to ship features end to end
• Own the Hypothesis Testing release that Buffalo leadership has circled on the calendar
• Pair with technology analysts so MLOps models match real behavior
• Monitor system health and set up alerting for production environments
• Refactor the technology module Newmark has been afraid to touch
• Write MLOps integration tests to catch regressions before Buffalo, NY ships them

Skills

MLOps

Freelance delivery

Team collaboration

Buffalo proximity

Job description

Newmark in Buffalo, NY is seeking an AI Engineer to tackle hard LightGBM problems in a freelance capacity. If you thrive in fast-paced, deadline-driven settings and bring 4+ years of experience, this role offers a meaningful growth path and competitive compensation.

You’ll collaborate with product and design, own release milestones, and work with MLOps models tuned for real-world behavior, with a growth plan, mentor, and benefits tailored for life beyond the Buffalo office.