AI Architect

We are hiring for a Job Role : AI Scientist / AI Architect (Hands-on) Location: Irvine, CA and LA, CA (2-3 days / week in the client’s Irvine office, 1 day in their downtown LA office, 1 day remote) Type: Contract-W2 You Are: A highly skilled hands-on AI Scientist / Architect with at least 8+ years of experience in AI/ML, Data Science, or Software Engineering. You bring strong expertise in designing and building scalable, production-ready AI solutions, with deep hands-on experience in LLM-enabled applications, agent-based systems, and cloud-native architectures. You are comfortable working closely with business stakeholders and leading AI-driven innovation initiatives in an enterprise environment. What You Need: At least 8+ years of experience in AI/ML, Data Science, or Software Engineering Strong Python backend development experience Hands-on experience with LLM-enabled applications and Generative AI Experience building agent-based / agent-oriented AI systems Strong expertise in retrieval-based systems (RAG, vector databases, embeddings, indexing) Experience with API development and backend system integration AWS cloud-native development experience Experience with CI/CD pipelines and environment management Strong understanding of observability (logging, monitoring, tracing) Experience deploying ML models in production environments Exposure to enterprise AI workflows, automation, and governance models Mandatory Areas • AI/ML Solution Architecture • LLM & Generative AI Development • Agent-Based Systems • Retrieval-Augmented Systems (RAG) • Enterprise AI Integration ________________________________________ Must Have Skills • Skill 1 – Python & Backend Development • Skill 2 – LLM / Generative AI Application Development • Skill 3 – Agent-Based AI Systems • Skill 4 – RAG / Vector DB / Embeddings • Skill 5 – API Development & System Integration • Skill 6 – AWS Cloud (Cloud-Native Development) • Skill 7 – CI/CD & DevOps Practices • Skill 8 – Observability (Logging, Monitoring, Tracing)