Senior AI/ML Embedded Engineer — Production Systems

robotsandpencils; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

robotsandpencils is seeking a senior embedded engineer to lead production AI/ML systems within client environments. You will own architecture from research to scaled production, building scalable platforms and solving integration challenges across cloud environments.

You will mentor engineers, promote responsible AI, and drive adoption of AI-assisted tools while embedding with client teams to translate business problems into effective AI designs.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 4+ years on production AI/ML systems with deep hands-on generative AI work.
• Expert-level proficiency in Python or similar, with strong design instincts for scalable, maintainable systems.
• Deep cloud-platform expertise, including AWS services and AWS GenAI offerings
• Proven track record shipping agentic systems in production, including within client or enterprise constraints
• Mastery of AI frameworks and orchestration tools, plus experience building evaluation and observability for LLM applications
• Strong understanding of AI safety, responsible AI principles, prompt injection defenses, and PII handling

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end design and implementation of complex ML/AI systems within client environments, owning architecture and driving work from research through scaled production
• Build and evolve scalable ML platforms, pipelines, and infrastructure that fit inside existing client constraints
• Diagnose and unblock integration challenges across unfamiliar codebases, cloud environments, and organizational contexts
• Set the standard for AI-forward engineering practice and help both internal and client teams adopt modern AI-assisted tools effectively
• Embed directly with client teams, earning trust quickly and translating business problems into AI system designs that actually work in their environment
• Mentor and grow engineers, drive design reviews, champion responsible AI practices, and lead post-delivery adoption enablement

Skills

Python

AI/ML systems

AWS GenAI

Cloud platforms

LLM observability

AI safety

PII handling

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

robotsandpencils is seeking a senior embedded engineer to lead production AI/ML systems within client environments. You will own architecture from research to scaled production, building scalable platforms and solving integration challenges across cloud environments.

You will mentor engineers, promote responsible AI, and drive adoption of AI-assisted tools while embedding with client teams to translate business problems into effective AI designs.