Senior AI Platform Engineer - Production ML & LLMs

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

Benefits offered by this job

401K

Flexible PTO

Tuition assistance

Life insurance

Disability benefits

Volunteer events

Job summary

TheLoops, an IFS company, is seeking a Senior AI/ML Engineer to design, develop, and deploy enterprise-scale AI systems powering intelligent agents and autonomous workflows. You will combine software engineering with AI/ML expertise to build production-grade solutions using LLMs, embeddings, and modern cloud platforms.

You will collaborate with engineering, product, and domain experts to deliver high-quality AI solutions that drive measurable business value, while ensuring reliability, security,

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience in production environments.
• Strong Python proficiency and API design experience.
• Experience with LLMs, agent frameworks, RAG architectures, vector databases, embeddings, and AI orchestration.
• Hands-on experience with OpenAI, Azure AI, Anthropic, Hugging Face, LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, Pinecone, Weaviate, or equivalents.
• Solid cloud-native, microservices and scalable system design.
• Excellent problem-solving and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop scalable AI services powering enterprise workflows.
• Build reusable SDKs, APIs, and orchestration layers.
• Evaluate new AI technologies and integrate them where appropriate.
• Develop prompt engineering approaches and AI quality metrics.
• Ensure security, observability, and reliability of production AI systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and contribute to design reviews.

Skills

Python

Backend APIs

AI/ML production

Cloud-native

Problem-solving

Communication

Tools

OpenAI

Azure AI

Anthropic

Hugging Face

LangChain

LangGraph

Semantic Kernel

Pinecone

Weaviate

Job description

TheLoops, an IFS company, is seeking a Senior AI/ML Engineer to design, develop, and deploy enterprise-scale AI systems powering intelligent agents and autonomous workflows. You will combine software engineering with AI/ML expertise to build production-grade solutions using LLMs, embeddings, and modern cloud platforms.

You will collaborate with engineering, product, and domain experts to deliver high-quality AI solutions that drive measurable business value, while ensuring reliability, security,