Senior AI/ML Engineer: Python for Enterprise AI

IFS; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus potential

Medical, dental, & vision insurance

401K with Company contribution

Flexible spending accounts

Tuition assistance

Job summary

IFS in Palo Alto is seeking a Senior AI/ML Engineer to design, develop, and deploy enterprise-scale AI systems powering intelligent agents, copilots, and autonomous workflows. You will combine strong software engineering with advanced AI/ML knowledge to build scalable, production-grade solutions using LLMs, vector databases, and cloud platforms.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure reliability, security, and observability, and contribute to engineering best practices across the AI

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years building AI/ML-powered applications in production environments.
• Strong proficiency in Python and experience designing backend systems and APIs.
• Experience with LLMs, agent frameworks, RAG architectures, vector databases, embeddings, and AI orchestration platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable AI services and platform capabilities that support intelligent agents and enterprise workflows.
• Build reusable SDKs, APIs, orchestration layers, and shared services that accelerate AI application development.
• Contribute to architectural discussions and technical design reviews.
• Develop solutions that meet requirements for reliability, observability, security, and scalability.

Skills

Python

Backend APIs

LLMs

Agent frameworks

RAG architectures

Vector databases

Embeddings

AI orchestration platforms

OpenAI

Azure AI

Anthropic

Hugging Face

LangChain

LangGraph

Semantic Kernel

Pinecone

Weaviate

Tools

OpenAI

Azure AI

Anthropic

Hugging Face

LangChain

LangGraph

Semantic Kernel

Pinecone

Weaviate

Job description

IFS in Palo Alto is seeking a Senior AI/ML Engineer to design, develop, and deploy enterprise-scale AI systems powering intelligent agents, copilots, and autonomous workflows. You will combine strong software engineering with advanced AI/ML knowledge to build scalable, production-grade solutions using LLMs, vector databases, and cloud platforms.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure reliability, security, and observability, and contribute to engineering best practices across the AI