Senior AI/ML Engineer | Agentic AI, RAG, FastAPI, LLM Applications

Posted 2 hours ago

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Summary

Senior AI/ML Engineer | Agentic AI, RAG, FastAPI, LLM Applications About the Role We are looking for an experienced AI/ML Engineer to join our team and help build production-ready AI applications, intelligent AI agents, and scalable machine learning solutions. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience with LLMs, AI agents, prompt engineering, RAG pipelines, API development, and deploying AI systems into production environments. Project Scope You will be responsible for: Building AI-powered applications using Python Developing intelligent AI agents with reasoning, memory, and tool-calling capabilities Designing and optimizing prompt engineering workflows Implementing RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) systems Building FastAPI-based AI services and REST APIs Integrating OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, or other LLM providers Developing function-calling and workflow automation pipelines Integrating third-party APIs, enterprise platforms, and business tools Improving AI reliability, evaluation, and performance Deploying and maintaining production AI systems Required Skills Python FastAPI REST APIs Prompt Engineering AI Agents RAG Function Calling / Tool Use OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Gemini, Llama, or Mistral PostgreSQL / SQL Databases Docker Git Nice to Have LangChain LangGraph LlamaIndex MCP (Model Context Protocol) Pinecone, Weaviate, Chroma, or pgvector Multi-Agent Systems Promptfoo, DeepEval, LangSmith Kubernetes MLOps What We're Looking For 3+ years of software engineering experience Experience deploying AI products into production Strong understanding of LLM architectures and AI workflows Ability to design scalable, maintainable systems Excellent communication and problem-solving skills When Applying Please include: Examples of AI agents or RAG systems you've built LLMs, frameworks, and vector databases you've worked with Experience with production deployments Your availability and hourly rate This is a long-term opportunity for someone passionate about building real-world AI products and intelligent automation systems.

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Python
AI Agent Development
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Member since Apr 23, 2026
  • India
    Jamshedpur7:12 PM
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