Contract W2
AI/ML Lead
Eden Prairie, MN · Depends on experience
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About this role
The EL5 Engineer (AI/ML & GenAI Platform Engineer, Front End Lead Engineer) is a highly skilled technical contributor responsible for designing, building, and optimizing advanced AI/ML and GenAI-driven solutions for the Optumus HTA Private Label App. This role focuses on developing scalable agent-based architectures, RAG pipelines, and enterprise-grade AI services that support conversational experiences and clinical/business workflows. The engineer will partner closely with product, architecture, data, and platform teams to deliver secure, high-performance, and compliant solutions in a regulated healthcare environment.
Experience:
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, with proven success designing and building scalable enterprise applications.
- 5+ years of hands-on AI/ML engineering experience, including practical exposure to GenAI, LLMs, or advanced analytics solutions.
Experience:
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, with proven success designing and building scalable enterprise applications.
- 5+ years of hands-on AI/ML engineering experience, including practical exposure to GenAI, LLMs, or advanced analytics solutions.
Requirements
- Strong proficiency in Python, Java, or a similar programming language
- Strong proficiency in React JS and React Native (cross-platform mobile app development)
- TypeScript and JavaScript development experience
- Hands-on experience building AI/ML solutions, including LLMs, RAG pipelines, or agent-based architectures
- Experience with cloud platforms (Azure/AWS/GCP) and deploying scalable AI workloads
- Solid understanding of API development, microservices architecture, and integration patterns (REST, event-driven, MCP/A2A)
- Data engineering experience: data ingestion, transformation, and pipeline orchestration
- Strong knowledge of DevOps/MLOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and model lifecycle management
- Ability to design secure, scalable, high-performance solutions aligned with enterprise standards
- Strong collaboration and communication skills for cross-functional teams
- Mandatory for all contractors: maintain 90%+ weekly usage of enterprise-approved AI tools such as GitHub Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot
- Apply AI tools to enhance coding, documentation, data analysis, and solution design
- Stay current with evolving AI capabilities to improve delivery quality, efficiency, and innovation
How we handle your application. A recruiter reads it — not a keyword filter. We will not submit you to this client, or any other, without your explicit approval for that specific role. Josh Pros is an equal opportunity employer and considers all qualified applicants without regard to citizenship or immigration status.
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