Senior AI Platform Engineer — Cognitive Automation

TechDigital Group; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 180,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

TechDigital Group in Charlotte, NC, seeks a senior AI/ML engineer focused on cognitive engineering. You will spend most of your time building AI-powered capabilities on internal platforms, shaping our cognitive layer that transforms how engineering teams operate.

This role demands a strong AI/ML engineering mindset with operational context to automate and optimize AI workflows, plus experience mentoring offshore engineers and delivering scalable AI solutions across AWS, CI/CD, and data pipelines.

Qualifications

• 10+ years software engineering experience, with 4+ years in AI/ML or LLM-based systems
• Python (FastAPI, Pydantic, boto3) and TypeScript (React, Node.js)
• Strong AI/ML experience — LLM APIs, prompt engineering, RAG architectures, embeddings, vector search
• Experience building AI pipelines — model orchestration, token management, confidence scoring, intelligence buildouts
• AWS fundamentals — ECS/Fargate, Lambda, DynamoDB, IAM, CloudWatch, EventBridge
• CI/CD pipeline experience — GitLab CI (or similar), environment management
• Experience mentoring or leading offshore engineers
• Strong verbal and written communication

Responsibilities

• Build AI-powered capabilities on internal platforms and cognitive layer, transforming engineering workflows
• Support production infrastructure and release processes to keep AI work grounded in the systems automating it

Skills

Python

TypeScript

AI/ML engineering

LLM APIs

Prompt engineering

RAG architectures

Embeddings

Vector search

Model orchestration

Token management

Confidence scoring

AWS fundamentals

ECS/Fargate

Lambda

DynamoDB

IAM

CloudWatch

EventBridge

CI/CD (GitLab CI)

Mentoring/offshore teams

Communication skills

Tools

Terraform

Dynatrace

Jira/Confluence APIs

ServiceNow

Docker

GitLab CI

Job description

TechDigital Group in Charlotte, NC, seeks a senior AI/ML engineer focused on cognitive engineering. You will spend most of your time building AI-powered capabilities on internal platforms, shaping our cognitive layer that transforms how engineering teams operate.

This role demands a strong AI/ML engineering mindset with operational context to automate and optimize AI workflows, plus experience mentoring offshore engineers and delivering scalable AI solutions across AWS, CI/CD, and data pipelines.