[Hiring] Artificial Intelligence Engineer @Tempus Unlimited

Role Description

Under limited supervision, the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Engineer performs maintenance and quantization of AI models to deploy at scale to solve real-world problems. The AI engineer’s role is to ensure that Tempus Unlimited in-house AI system is secure, functioning at peak levels, and using the most up-to-date hardware and software available.

• Design and build LLM-Powered applications, APIs, and agentic pipelines
• Work with network and system administrators to integrate AI models into production systems via REST APIs & SDKs
• Develop RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) systems and semantic search features
• Fine-tune foundation models for specific use cases
• Model Development: Train, evaluate, and iterate on ML models using real-world datasets
• Contribute to and maintain system standards
• Run track metrics and benchmark model performance
• Optimize and quantize models for latency and accuracy in production
• Build and maintain data pipelines that feed AI models
• Setup monitoring, alerting, and logging for model health and drift
• Work with managers and system admins to define AI feature requirements and translate business problems into AI/ML solution designs
• Research and evaluate new models, frameworks, and tools
• Document architecture experiments and decisions clearly
• Research and recommend innovative, and where possible, automated approaches for system administration tasks
• Repair and recover from hardware or software failures
• Perform periodic performance reporting to support capacity planning
• Analyze system logs and identify potential issues with computer systems
• Perform routine audit of systems and software

Qualifications

• Familiar with Python, SQL, ETL Pipeline, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Lama index, and LangGraph
• Problem-solving and analytic skills
• Ability to stay up to date on new systems and AI technologies
• Ability to work independently and adjust to changing environments quickly
• Experience working in a 24/7 uptime environment
• Ability to train other staff
• Ability to maintain documentation on all systems related to AI
• Ability to work with various small teams in and outside the IT department with shared responsibility
• Team player
• Motivated and detail-oriented
• Ability to work with limited direction and minimal oversight

Requirements

• Minimum education requirement of a High School Degree or equivalent with relevant experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a related field required

Benefits

• Sign-on bonus
• Work/Life Balance
• Paid time off - 25 days per year for full-time staff
• 14 paid Holidays
• Tempus Wellness - Medical, Dental, Dependent Care Reimbursement, FSA, and HSA
• Basic Life, Short Term and Long-Term Disability
• On-site gym (Stoughton Location) and wellness initiatives
• Annual Reviews with merit-based increases
• Employee Recognition Program
• Financial Wellness - 403(b) Retirement Plan with matching
• Continuing Education, Training, and Advancement opportunities