AI Engineer

A leading healthcare technology company is hiring an experienced AI/ML Software Engineer to develop production-grade Generative AI applications, RAG platforms, intelligent agents, and document-processing pipelines. You will help transform complex engineering information into searchable, actionable knowledge used across technical and product teams.

What You’ll Do

• Build Generative AI applications using LLMs and modern AI frameworks.
• Develop RAG pipelines, semantic search, and vector-based retrieval systems.
• Create scalable backend services and APIs with Python and FastAPI.
• Build AI agents and tool-calling workflows that connect to enterprise data sources.
• Process unstructured content such as PDFs, images, tables, and technical documentation.
• Deploy containerized AI applications on GCP using Cloud Run, GKE, and Docker.
• Evaluate model performance and implement AI monitoring, security, and governance.
• Work with engineering, quality, validation, and business teams to deliver practical AI solutions.

• 4+ years of software engineering and/or machine learning experience.
• 1 to 2+ years of hands-on Generative AI or LLM application development.
• Strong Python development experience.
• Production experience with Google Gemini and Vertex AI.
• Experience building RAG pipelines, AI agents, and tool-calling systems.
• Knowledge of vector databases, semantic search, and information retrieval.
• Experience building REST APIs and microservices.
• Experience with Docker and cloud-based application deployment.

Nice to Have

• FastAPI, Flask, LangChain, LangSmith, or PyTorch.
• Milvus, PgVector, Qdrant, or Redis.
• Kubernetes, GKE, or Cloud Run.
• Healthcare, medical device, life sciences, or regulated industry experience.
• Experience with OpenAI, Claude, AWS Bedrock, React, Next.js, Streamlit, or Gradio.

You’ll join a team building advanced AI systems that support meaningful healthcare technology and engineering initiatives. This is an opportunity to work on modern LLM architectures, intelligent agents, enterprise RAG, and scalable AI applications in a fully remote environment.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of San Diego, CA.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $50.00 - $58.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: * Medical, dental & vision * Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital * 401(k) Retirement Plan - Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available * Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) * Short and long-term disability * Health Spending Account (HSA) * Transportation benefits * Employee Assistance Program * Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

We’re partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That’s the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services

We’re a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We’re a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We’re strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We’re building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.