AI Agent Builder (Contract, Milestone Based)

About us: Luxe Intelligence is a Baltimore based AI consulting firm. We design and deliver custom AI agent systems for business clients, including regulated industries, with a growing security and government-adjacent practice. We design the system and own the client relationship. You build to spec. The kind of work: Real examples of project types on our roadmap: - Data matching and compliance checking agents that cross-reference large lists (10,000+ rows) with no shared ID, using fuzzy name matching, confidence scoring, and human review flags - Research agents that pull from defined sources and produce structured memos with citations, and say "unverified" instead of guessing - Workflow automations across webhooks, spreadsheets, CRMs, Slack, and email - Read and write-back integrations with systems of record like Salesforce - Deployments inside client cloud environments with audit logging and security review support Must haves: - Strong Python, including pandas and API work - Hands-on experience with LLM APIs (Anthropic, OpenAI): prompt design, structured outputs, cost control - Fuzzy matching or entity resolution experience on real data - Cloud deployment on AWS, Azure, or GCP - Security-minded engineering as a habit, not an afterthought: secrets management, least-privilege access, encryption in transit and at rest, audit trails, human-in-the-loop review steps - Clear written English and documented handoffs Nice to have: - A real cybersecurity background: security engineering, compliance frameworks (SOC 2, NIST, FedRAMP awareness), or secure deployment in regulated environments - US citizenship with eligibility for a government security clearance, or an active clearance, is a plus and worth mentioning - Make.com or similar automation platforms - Salesforce API - Experience answering client security questionnaires How we work: Fixed-price milestones scoped from agreed hour estimates, paid on delivery and approval. NDA signed before any project details are shared. No client contact; all communication runs through Luxe. Some overlap with US Eastern hours. Every engagement starts with one small paid test milestone. Strong performance can grow into a larger ongoing role. To apply, answer these four things, and start your reply with the word CHARCOAL so we know you read this far: 1. Describe a fuzzy matching or entity resolution project you built. How big was the data, and how did you score confidence? 2. Describe an LLM-powered system you deployed into someone else's environment. What broke, and how did you fix it? 3. Estimate this: two lists, about 10,000 rows and 2,000 rows, no shared ID. Need matches, confidence scores, and a monthly flagged-items report. Roughly how many hours, broken down however makes sense to you? 4. Your hourly rate, your weekly available hours, and any security or clearance background.