Senior AI Engineer
- Charlotte, United States
Posted 4 days ago
About the role
Charlotte, NC, United States (On-site)
Contract (3 months 25 days)
Published 10 hours ago
cloud platforms
mlops
SQL
prompt engineering
Python
cross - functional collaboration
sql database
AI/ML
Communications is looking for a senior AI Engineer, designing scalable LLM and NLP solutions for high-volume customer interactions. This role will drive architecture, best practices, and innovation across voice AI systems.
Key Responsibilities:
Architect and develop AI-driven IVR and conversational systems using Python
Build NLP models for text classification and clustering to support intent detection and call routing
Perform data analysis using SQL
Design and deploy LLM workflows (prompt engineering, RAG, evaluation) for voice and chat use cases
Lead development of agentic AI workflows for multi-step customer interactions
Establish LLMOps best practices, including monitoring, evaluation, and lifecycle management
Partner with IVR platform, speech engineering, and product teams
Mentor offshore and junior AI engineers
Required Skills & Experience:
12+ years of experience in AI / ML
Very strong proficiency in Python
Proven expertise in NLP, including:
Text classification
Clustering
Strong experience in data analysis using SQL
Hands-on experience with LLMs:
Prompt engineering
Evaluation frameworks
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
Good to Have:
Experience with Agentic AI and multi-agent orchestration
Experience with LLMOps/MLOps in production environments
Cloud Experience
Libraries & Tools:
Python / ML: NumPy, Pandas, Scikit-learn, XGBoost
NLP: spaCy, Hugging Face Transformers, NLTK, Sentence-Transformers
LLM Frameworks: LangChain, LlamaIndex, OpenAI SDK
Agentic AI (Good to Have): LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI
Data & SQL: Oracle, MySQL, SQLAlchemy
Vector Databases: FAISS, Pinecone, Weaviate, Qdrant
LLMOps / MLOps (Good to Have): MLflow, Weights & Biases, BentoML, Airflow
The pay range that the employer in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $39.30/hour - $61.40/hour. Our benefits include medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.
Tundra Technical Solutions is among North America’s leading providers of Staffing and Consulting Services. Our success and our clients’ success are built on a foundation of service excellence. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Unincorporated LA County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and; maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected client information technology systems and related data security obligations.