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Lead AI Engineer

Digitive
3 hours ago
Full-time
On-site
Austin, Texas, United States
Overview : We are seeking a

highly hands-on AI Engineering leader

with deep expertise in

Generative AI, Agentic systems, and production-grade AI platforms . This role is

not a pure management role

— the ideal candidate will actively design, build, and scale

AI systems (RAG, agents, evaluation frameworks)

while leading engineering initiatives and influencing platform strategy. The candidate must demonstrate

strong AI + AWS cloud expertise , with proven experience delivering

enterprise-grade AI solutions in production environments .

AI Engineering Leader Locations: Austin, TX | Charlotte, NC | New York, NY | Tempe, AZ | San Diego, CA, (hands-on AI) Long-term Contract

Core Responsibilities AI System Design & Development Design and build

production-grade GenAI systems , including: Multi-agent architectures Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines GraphRAG implementations Autonomous agent workflows and orchestration Develop and integrate

AI agents with tools, APIs, and enterprise systems Implement

MCP-based agent communication and tool-use frameworks Apply advanced

prompt engineering techniques

for reliability and performance

Agentic AI & Evaluation Build and deploy

multi-agent orchestration systems Develop and implement: Agent evaluation frameworks RAG evaluation pipelines Measure and optimize: Output quality Hallucination rates Relevance and groundedness Continuously improve models through

evaluation-driven iteration

Engineering & Platform Development Develop APIs and services using: Python (primary) .NET (preferred) Build scalable AI services with: REST APIs Microservices architecture Contribute to

web-based AI applications

using: Angular / TypeScript (preferred) Integrate AI systems into enterprise workflows and applications

Cloud & Infrastructure (AWS Focus) Design and deploy AI solutions on

AWS , leveraging: Lambda, S3, EC2, EKS, Glue, SNS, SQS Kafka-based streaming architectures Build scalable and secure AI pipelines using

cloud-native patterns Implement

cost-efficient and high-performance AI workloads

DevOps & CI/CD Design and implement

CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions Integrate AI workflows into CI/CD pipelines with strong AWS integration Ensure: Automated deployment Testing and validation of AI systems Continuous monitoring and iteration

AI Development Tooling Leverage modern AI development tools and ecosystems, including: Claude (Claude API / Claude Code) Cursor AI (AI-assisted development workflows) Build and optimize

developer workflows using AI-assisted coding tools

Required Qualifications 10+ years of overall engineering experience 5+ years of

hands-on AI/ML / GenAI development in production environments Strong experience building: AI agents (minimum 2+ implementations) GraphRAG systems (minimum 2+ implementations) MCP-based integrations (minimum 1+) Proven expertise in: Multi-agent orchestration RAG pipelines Agent and RAG evaluation frameworks Strong programming skills in: Python (must-have) Experience with: API development and system integration Strong experience with: AWS cloud platform (must-have)

Preferred Qualifications Experience with: .NET / C# development Terraform (Infrastructure as Code) Experience building: Web applications using Angular / TypeScript Familiarity with: Kafka-based streaming systems Exposure to: