Applied AI Engineer 5425
3-Month Contract-to-Hire
Fully Remote in EST possibly with some travel (5-10%)
U.S. Citizens and Green Card holders only
Why This Opportunity?
This is a chance to become the second member of a newly formed AI team and help shape the future of AI across a growing $800M organization.
You’ll partner directly with the AI Team Lead to own and evolve an AI-powered platform while identifying new opportunities to leverage AI, automation, and intelligent workflows across the business.
If you’re looking for a role where you can combine AI engineering, product thinking, customer interaction, and business impact, this is it.
What You’ll Be Working On
The flagship product is an internally developed AI-powered platform that helps construction estimators generate takeoffs and bills of material from blueprint documents.
The platform leverages:
- Python
- Azure AI Services
- PyTorch
- React / TypeScript
- Terraform
- SQL
You’ll own the continued success of the platform while helping build the next generation of AI-powered solutions, automations, and AI agents across the organization.
What You’ll Do
Own and Improve an AI Product
- Support and enhance a production AI application used by the business
- Troubleshoot issues and drive continuous improvement
- Improve system performance, reliability, and user adoption
- Partner directly with end users to understand pain points and deliver solutions
Build AI Solutions That Matter
- Fine-tune and optimize AI/ML models
- Design and implement AI-driven product enhancements
- Build AI agents and workflow automations
- Evaluate emerging AI technologies and identify practical business use cases
Partner with the Business
- Work directly with estimators and operational teams
- Translate business challenges into technical solutions
- Rapidly prototype and validate new ideas
- Help define the future AI roadmap
What We’re Looking For
Required Skills
- Strong Python development experience
- Experience training, tuning, deploying, and supporting AI/ML models
- Azure or cloud-based AI platform experience
- Strong SQL and database knowledge
- Experience integrating APIs and third-party services
- Familiarity with React, TypeScript, and modern web applications
- Experience with AI-assisted development tools (GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, etc.)
What Makes Someone Successful Here
- Builder mentality
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Comfortable working in ambiguity
- Excellent communicator with both technical and non-technical users
- Customer-focused mindset
- Ability to wear multiple hats and move quickly
Nice-to-Have Experience
Not required, but highly relevant:
- OCR and Document Intelligence
- Construction or manufacturing workflows
- Blueprint processing
- CAD and PDF-based document workflows
- Estimating and takeoff processes
- Bluebeam
Team & Culture
You’ll join a very small, highly visible team where your contributions will have an immediate impact.
This is an ideal opportunity for someone who enjoys:
- Building new capabilities from the ground up
- Working closely with business stakeholders
- Having a voice in technical decisions
- Making a measurable impact instead of supporting legacy systems
The AI team is currently just the AI Team Lead and this hire, providing significant ownership and exposure from day one.
Compensation
3-Month Contract-to-Hire
The team is focused more on capability and potential than years of experience.
Target conversion ranges:
- $85K-$105K for early-career AI engineers with the right skills
- $130K-$150K+ for more experienced candidates
Ideal Candidate
Someone with strong AI and Python skills who wants to move beyond being “just an engineer” and become a trusted partner in building products, solving business problems, and shaping the future of AI within a growing organization.