AI Machine Learning Engineer

City : Austin

State : Texas

Neos is Seeking an AI Machine Learning Engineer for a long-term contract role for with our client in Austin, TX.

***REMOTE or HYBRID - ONLY CANDIDATES CURRENTLY RESIDING IN TEXAS (AUSTIN AREA PREFERRED WILL BE CONSIDERED***

This role can be hybrid or fully remote (Austin, Texas 78701)

No calls, no emails, please respond directly to the "apply" link with your resume and contact details. Customer

DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES:

This role is for a Machine Learning / AI Engineer with applied research experience in LLM pipeline development, model evaluation, and intelligent automation. The role is technical in nature and requires the Worker to function as the AI capability layer for the data migration delivery team on the RISE program. The Worker does not require prior pension administration experience; domain context will be provided by the Technical Architect and ERS conversion specialists. The Worker's contribution is to design, build, and deploy AI/ML tooling that accelerates and augments the work of conversion specialists - compressing manual review cycles, surfacing data anomalies earlier, and enabling intelligent automation of repeatable reconciliation and mapping tasks.

The Worker must demonstrate direct production experience designing automated, auditable reconciliation workflows using Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory, and Azure Machine Learning, with a proven track record of surfacing data integrity issues before they impact downstream reporting. The Worker must have demonstrated ability to translate stakeholder control scenarios into automated validation logic, manage model drift in production environments, and communicate AI pipeline findings to finance, actuarial, and risk audiences through executive-level dashboards. The Worker will follow all organizational Standard Operating Procedures related to deliverable approvals, reviews, and associated workflows.

The Worker will rely on their senior engineering experience and production delivery track record to independently architect and execute AI pipeline deliverables, mentor team members, and contribute to knowledge transfer activities that build ERS staff capability in Azurebased AI reconciliation tooling. A high degree of technical rigor, clean architecture discipline, and cross-functional stakeholder communication is expected.

The Worker will be expected to demonstrate their knowledge and skills in Azure-based AI/ML pipeline architecture, automated reconciliation framework design, anomaly detection model development, and production model monitoring during the interview process.

Functional Responsibilities:

ERS is seeking a Machine Learning / AI Engineer with 12+ years of senior production experience and delivers AI-driven data reconciliation and analytics pipeline solutions in regulated environments. The Worker will design, build, and maintain the AI automation layer for the RISE data migration program, developing auditable anomaly detection pipelines, exception classification workflows, and real-time quality dashboards that accelerate conversion specialist throughput and provide ERS program leadership with continuous visibility into migration integrity.

The worker will be responsible for:

• Design and deploy ML-based anomaly detection pipelines layered on the Landing Zone to Central Data Repository (CDR) ETL process, providing early-cycle flagging of data discrepancies before they propagate downstream
• Build AI-assisted field mapping and classification tooling to accelerate source-to-target schema mapping across CDR cycles, enabling conversion specialists to apply prior resolution decisions consistently across subsequent cycles
• Develop automated data quality scoring pipelines producing per-table and per-CDR-cycle quality metrics, providing QA and program leadership with real-time visibility into migration health
• Apply LLM evaluation methodology and judge-model scoring frameworks to assess and validate AI-assisted reconciliation outputs for accuracy, consistency, and auditability
• Develop and maintain lightweight, maintainable AI tooling that ERS-embedded staff can understand, operate, and extend following the engagement
• Produce technical documentation of AI pipeline logic, model behavior, and automation design decisions in formats accessible to conversion specialists and program management
• Actively participate in knowledge transfer sessions, helping ERS staff develop literacy in how AI was applied to the migration and what it produced

The Worker should have deep production experience delivering AI-driven data reconciliation frameworks on Azure platforms, with demonstrated ability to build auditable anomaly detection and exception classification pipelines at scale, manage model performance in regulated environments (SOX, PCI-DSS, HIPAA), and communicate findings clearly to finance, actuarial, risk, and program leadership stakeholders.

Other Duties and Responsibilities:

• Performs other duties as assigned

WORKER SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
6+ years - Applied AI/ML pipeline development and deployment for large-scale data reconciliation programs; production experience building anomaly-detection, root-cause analysis, and exception classification models using PyTorch, Scikit-learn, and Azure Machine Learning in regulated financial or government environments
6+ years - Azure data platform engineering including Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse Analytics, and Delta Lake; demonstrated ability to design automated, auditable reconciliation workflows eliminating manual row- and aggregate-level validation across multi-terabyte datasets
10+ years - Advanced T-SQL and PL/SQL development across SQL Server and Oracle including stored procedures, partition switching, columnstore indexing, and query optimization sustaining sub-second query response for high-volume ETL and dashboard workloads
6+ years - Rule-based exception classification pipelines and prioritized work queue construction; experience translating 30+ stakeholder control scenarios (finance, actuarial, risk) into automated validation logic, acceptance criteria, and agile backlog items
4+ years - Cloud-native ingestion pipeline engineering with Azure Data Factory, Azure Service Bus, and Azure Functions; schema validation, data lineage management with Azure Purview, and containerized microservice deployment via Docker, AKS, and Git-based CI/CD
4+ years - Production model monitoring and drift detection using Azure Monitor metrics and custom drift detectors; MLflow experiment tracking and gradient-boosting ensemble tuning ensuring validation models retain statistical power across evolving data volumes and product mixes
Master's degree in Information Technology, Science, Computer Science, or equivalent

Preferred:
4+ years - Continuous data quality enforcement using Great Expectations and parameterized pytest suites; experience validating 100+ reconciliation rules on synthetic and production samples with automated regression coverage for SOX, PCI-DSS, or HIPAA-regulated audit environments
3+ years - Legacy system data migration experience involving COBOL or mainframe source environments (AWS Glue, Redshift, or equivalent); aggregate validation checks, tolerance-threshold variance surfacing, and actuarial or regulatory sign-off workflows for government or healthcare modernization programs
3+ years - Azure Purview data lineage and metadata management; Delta Lake compaction, ACID semantics, and Parquet optimization for downstream analytics; Azure Key Vault managed identity integration for encryption-in-transit and at-rest compliance across reconciliation artifacts

Professional Expectations:

• Attends all meetings, meets delivery deadlines and is available during ERS office hours.
• Logs in and remains on agency Jabber during work hours.
• Attends remote meetings with camera on unless prior arranged for camera off.
• Coordinates leave and vacation with ERS lead.
• Must dress appropriately for a business/business casual environment.
• Communicates respectfully and works harmoniously with all co-workers, customers and vendors.
• Provides exceptional customer service.
• Is flexible; able to work under pressure and; able to adapt to change; and able to work on multiple problems and tasks.
• Takes initiative to prevent and solve problems.

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