Sr AI/ML Engineer with Python + AWS - Plano, TX

Innova Solutions Inc; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 102,000 - 146,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & pharmacy coverage

Dental/vision insurance

401(k)

Health saving account (HSA)

Flexible spending account (FSA)

Life Insurance

Pet Insurance

Short term and Long term Disability

Accident & Critical illness coverage

Pre-paid legal & ID theft protection

Sick time

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Job summary

Innova Solutions is seeking a Software Engineer in Plano, TX for a contract-to-hire position lasting 6+ months. The role focuses on AI/ML production systems, RAG architectures, and building robust CI/CD pipelines in a modern cloud environment.

Expect hands-on work with LangChain, vector stores, and AWS services. Qualified candidates will have 10+ years of software development, 2+ years AI/ML production experience, and strong prompt engineering skills for production-grade AI applications.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software development experience (Java or Python).
• 2+ years hands-on AI/ML production experience.
• Proficiency with RAG architectures and vector stores (Pinecone/OpenSearch/pgvector/FAISS).
• Experience with AI orchestration frameworks: LangChain, LlamaIndex, Semantic Kernel, or CrewAI.
• Hands-on experience with AWS Bedrock, Anthropic Claude models, and model invocation APIs.
• Proven prompt engineering skills - system prompts, few-shot, chain-of-thought, tool use, structured outputs
• Experience building conversational AI: chatbots and voicebots integration.
• Proficiency with AWS services (Lambda, Step Functions, API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB, SQS).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker, ECS/EKS), and IaC.
• Strong understanding of API design (REST, GraphQL), microservices, and event-driven systems.
• Familiarity with evaluation frameworks for LLM outputs and guardrails.

Skills

AI/ML architecture

Prompt engineering

Conversational AI

REST/GraphQL API design

Microservices & event-driven

Guardrails & responsible AI

Production AI/ML deployment

AWS awareness

Tools

Java

Python

CI/CD pipelines

Docker

ECS/EKS

Kubernetes

LangChain

LlamaIndex

Semantic Kernel

CrewAI

AWS Bedrock

Anthropic Claude

Pinecone

OpenSearch

pgvector

FAISS

API Gateway

S3

DynamoDB

Lambda

Step Functions

SQS

Job description

Looking for a Software Engineer in Plano, TX Position type: Contract to Hire Duration: 6+ Months

MUST Have skills

• java or python proficient with AI_ML architecture - hands on work in production CICD pipeline API building
• 10+ years of software development experience (Java or Python)
• 2+ years hands-on experience building AI/ML applications in production
• Strong proficiency with RAG architectures - chunking strategies, embedding models, vector stores (Pinecone, OpenSearch, pgvector, FAISS)
• Experience with AI orchestration frameworks: LangChain, LlamaIndex, Semantic Kernel, or CrewAI
• Hands-on experience with AWS Bedrock, Anthropic Claude models, and model invocation APIs
• Proven prompt engineering skills - system prompts, few-shot, chain-of-thought, tool use, structured outputs
• Experience building conversational AI: chatbots (text) and voicebots (speech-to-text, text-to-speech integration)
• Proficiency with AWS services (Lambda, Step Functions, API Gateway, S3, DynamoDB, SQS)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker, ECS/EKS), and infrastructure-as-code
• Strong understanding of API design (REST, GraphQL), microservices architecture, and event-driven systems
• Familiarity with evaluation frameworks for LLM outputs
• Experience with guardrails, content filtering, and responsible AI practices

We are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar positions.

If this role is not a fit for you, we do offer a referral bonus program for referrals that we successfully place with our clients, subject to program guidelines.

PAY RANGE AND BENEFITS

Pay Range*: $90/Hr

*Pay range offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors, including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc.

• Medical & pharmacy coverage
• Dental/vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Health saving account (HSA) and Flexible spending account (FSA)
• Life Insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Short term and Long term Disability
• Accident & Critical illness coverage
• Pre-paid legal & ID theft protection
• Sick time
• and other types of paid leaves (as required by law)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

ABOUT INNOVA SOLUTIONS

Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Innova Solutions employs approximately 50,000 professionals worldwide and reports an annual revenue approaching $3 Billion.

Through our global delivery centers across North America, Asia, and Europe, we deliver strategic technology and business transformation solutions to our clients, enabling them to operate as leaders within their fields.

• Named One of America's Best Employers for New Grads by Forbes (2024)
• Named One of the Best Companies to Work for by U.S. News & World Report (Private Companies List, 2024-2025)
• One of the Largest IT Staffing Firms in the US - Ranked #3 by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA, 2024)
• One of the Largest Staffing Firms in the US - Ranked #13 by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA, 2024; includes Innova Solutions, Volt, & HireGenics)
• Named One of the Top Ten Private Companies in Atlanta by the Atlanta Business Chronicle (2023)
• One of the Largest Certified Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) in the United States (NMSDC, 2024)
• AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner with 100+ certifications

Innova Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Innova Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits any kind of unlawful discrimination and harassment. Innova Solutions is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national origin, citizenship, social or ethnic origin, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by the statutes, rules, and regulations in the locations where it operates.

If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us at [emailprotected] or [phone]. Please indicate the specifics of the assistance needed.

Innova Solutions encourages all interested and qualified candidates to apply for employment opportunities.

Innova Solutions (HireGenics/Volt) does not discriminate against applicants based on citizenship status, immigration status, or national origin, in accordance with 8 U.S.C. § 1324b. The company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in a manner that complies with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.

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