Senior AI/ML Engineer

Apex Systems; Dearborn (MI); On-site; USD 145,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Everforth Apex Systems is seeking a Senior AI/ML Engineer to lead model fine-tuning, orchestration, and evaluation for our Dearborn, MI-based client project. The role emphasizes building a robust AI/ML capability with scalable pipelines and governance.

The position is 4 days onsite in Dearborn, MI, offering a competitive hourly pay rate and a 12-month contract. You will collaborate with GCP engineers and data teams to deliver production-ready AI systems and contribute to insourcing roadmaps.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field.
• 5+ years in ML engineering, AI systems development, or applied AI research.
• Hands-on experience fine-tuning LLMs in a cloud environment (Vertex AI preferred).
• Experience building agentic AI systems with LangChain or Google Agent Builder.
• Strong MLOps practices on GCP in IP-sensitive environments.

Responsibilities

• Support AI/ML capability within TOP platform: model fine‑tuning, agentic orchestration, LLM evaluation.
• Oversee vendor fine-tuning on Vertex AI with diagnostic data, ensuring IP protection and storage architecture.
• Design and build the Orchestration Layer to connect external and internal AI engines and services.
• Evaluate AI outputs against metrics; drive iterative improvements via feedback loops.
• Define evaluation frameworks and acceptance criteria for AI triage recommendations.
• Build tooling for model monitoring, drift detection, and retraining triggers in GCP.

Skills

Vertex AI

LangChain

Python

TensorFlow

LLMs

MLOps

Data governance

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

BigQuery

GCS

Dataflow

Cloud Composer

Job description

Contract Duration - 12 Months Contract

Note: We are not able to consider C2C or third-party submissions

Role Overview

Job#: 3049319

Job Description:

Job Title: Senior AI/ML Engineer

Location: Dearborn, MI (4 days onsite)

Pay rate: $70/hr - $77/hr

Contract Duration - 12 Months Contract

Note: We are not able to consider C2C or third-party submissions

Role Overview

This position supports the client's AI and ML engineering capability, focusing on model fine-tuning, agentic orchestration architecture, and LLM evaluation. The role involves overseeing vendor activities, designing integration frameworks, and ensuring the accuracy and performance of AI systems. The successful candidate will contribute to the development of internal tooling, collaborate with engineering teams, and help define the long-term roadmap for insourcing AI/ML capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the client's AI and ML engineering capability within the TOP platform, including model fine-tuning oversight, agentic orchestration architecture, and LLM evaluation.
• Oversee vendor fine-tuning of Google Cloud Vertex AI using proprietary diagnostic data, ensuring compliance with IP protection requirements and model weight storage architecture.
• Design and build the client's Orchestration Layer, the integration framework that connects the external AI engine with other internal AI engines and platform services.
• Evaluate AI engine outputs against defined accuracy, latency, and first-time fix rate metrics; drive iterative improvement through structured feedback loops.
• Define model evaluation frameworks and acceptance criteria for AI-generated triage recommendations, ensuring accuracy before dealer-facing deployment.
• Build internal tooling for model monitoring, drift detection, and retraining triggers within a GCP environment.
• Collaborate with the data engineering team to define data preparation and feature engineering requirements that support model fine-tuning and inference quality.
• Partner with GCP Cloud Engineers to ensure model artifact storage, versioning, and access controls comply with IP and security policies.
• Contribute to the long-term insourcing roadmap by documenting model architectures, training pipelines, and prompt frameworks.
• Represent AI and ML engineering in architecture reviews and vendor technical discussions.

Required Qualifications

Education:

Bachelor's Degree

Experience:

5 or more years of professional experience in machine learning engineering, AI systems development, or applied AI research. Additional requirements include hands-on experience fine-tuning LLMs in a cloud environment (preferably Google Cloud Vertex AI), demonstrated experience building agentic AI systems using frameworks like LangChain or Google Agent Builder, and experience designing and evaluating LLM outputs for production systems. A strong understanding of MLOps practices on GCP is necessary, as is experience working in regulated or IP-sensitive environments.

Technical Skills:

• Technical Communication (2–5 years): Translating complex technical concepts for both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Google Cloud Platform (2–5 years): Hands‑on experience with services such as Vertex AI, BigQuery, GCS, Dataflow, or Cloud Composer.
• TensorFlow (2–5 years): Building, training, and evaluating models, including versioning and production deployment.
• Data Governance (2–4 years): Applying principles of data lineage, access controls, and compliance standards.
• Machine Learning (3–5 years): Applied experience including feature engineering, model selection, training, and deployment with real‑world data.
• Python (3–5 years): Writing production‑quality Python for data engineering and ML pipelines using libraries like Pandas, NumPy, and scikit‑learn.
• Artificial Intelligence & Expert Systems (3–5 years): Experience designing or working with AI systems, including LLMs and intelligent automation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in automotive diagnostics, vehicle telematics, or connected vehicle platforms.
• Familiarity with Diagnostic Trouble Code (DTC) data, Over‑the‑Air (OTA) update systems, or repair order (RO) data structures.
• Experience with multi‑agent AI systems and tool‑use patterns in production.
• Google Cloud Professional Machine Learning Engineer certification.
• Telematics (1–3 years): Exposure to vehicle data collection, event streaming, or connected vehicle platforms.

Everforth Apex is a world‑class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on‑demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

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Everforth Apex is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Benefits Department at [email protected] or 804-523-8228. (Do not submit resumes or solicit consultants to this email address). UnitedHealthcare creates and publishes the Transparency in Coverage Machine‑Readable Files on behalf of Everforth Apex.