Lead Gen AI/Data Science Engineer

TekPioneers

Date: 1 week ago
City: Jersey City, NJ
Contract type: Full time

Lead AI Engineer with strong software engineering foundations and hands-on experience in Generative and Agentic AI.

  • Architect and Design production-ready applications leveraging Generative AI and agentic AI frameworks.
  • Build, Deploy and Monitor intelligent workflows using LLMs, multi-agent coordination, and orchestration pipelines.
  • Integrate new AI applications with traditional pre-existing applications.
  • Implement prompt engineering strategies, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and contextual memory systems.
  • Implement various AI coding techniques (context-driven, spec-driven development etc.).
  • Architect and implement AI agents capable of reasoning, planning, and multi-step task execution.
  • Implement and utilize Model Context Protocol (MCP) patterns to enable structured communication between agents, tools, and systems.
  • Provide mentoring and technical guidance to developers and other AI Engineers.
  • Develop evaluation pipelines to measure accuracy, safety, and performance of AI systems.
  • Optimize latency, cost efficiency, and scalability of AI-powered workflows.
  • Collaborate with product managers, data teams, and software engineers to deliver AI features.
  • Ensure reliability through testing, logging, monitoring, and observability of AI behavior.
  • Own architectural decisions, coding standards, and best practices.
  • Act as an AI trailblazer for development teams by promoting best practices, reusable patterns, and adopting AI-driven engineering approaches.
  • Apply AI governance principles to ensure responsible model usage, auditability, and transparency in AI workflows.
  • Support implementation of governance controls related to data handling, model behavior monitoring, and risk mitigation.
  • Research emerging AI tools and frameworks to continuously improve system capabilities.
  • Document AI workflows and maintain reproducible engineering processes.

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