Lead Applied AI Engineer

Title: Lead Applied AI Engineer

Location: Louisville, KY

Position: Contract

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Key Must-Have Skills

Candidates should possess strong, recent experience in:

Generative AI

Agentic AI

RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) Architecture

AI Agents / Multi-Agent Systems

Python

FastAPI

Vector Databases

LLM Integration

AI Platform Engineering

Production AI Deployment

AI Evaluation Frameworks

Prompt Engineering

Observability & Monitoring

Enterprise Architecture

Strongly Preferred Skills

React

Azure OpenAI or other Cloud AI Platforms

Healthcare Domain Experience

Responsible AI / AI Governance

Distributed Systems Engineering

Experience Requirements

7+ years of software engineering experience with a strong focus on AI/ML.

Proven experience building and operating distributed systems at scale.

Extensive hands-on experience designing, developing, and deploying production-grade Generative AI solutions.

Experience with advanced RAG architectures, AI agents, multi-agent systems, vector databases, and enterprise AI platforms.

Demonstrated technical leadership and ability to mentor engineering teams.

Experience delivering large-scale AI initiatives from concept through production deployment.