Job Location: Minnetonka Mills, MN Onsite (5days/week)
Job Type: Contract
Pay Range: $50 –$52 /hour
Role Descriptions:
Role Name: AI/ML & Forward Deployed Engineer (8+ Years)
Role Overview
We are looking for an experienced AI/ML & Forward Deployed Engineer with 8+ years of engineering experience to deliver high-impact AI/ML (and GenAI, where applicable) solutions end-to-end. You will blend applied machine learning, software engineering, and stakeholder problem-solving to deploy production-grade systems that are scalable, secure, observable, and aligned to business KPIs.
This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy operating at the intersection of data + models + systems + real users, and who can thrive in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
Key Responsibilities
1) Use-Case Discovery & Forward Deployment
Partner with stakeholders (business/product/customers) to identify and shape AI opportunities into well-defined use cases with success metrics, constraints, and rollout plans.
Run workshops and technical discovery to assess feasibility, data readiness, integration needs, and operational risks.
2) Applied ML Engineering (Classic ML + Deep Learning)
Develop and improve ML solutions (classification, regression, ranking, forecasting, anomaly detection, NLP).
Establish and maintain robust evaluation practices: offline metrics, validation strategies, experimentation, and A/B testing.
Perform feature engineering, error analysis, model optimization, and performance tuning for production requirements.
3) GenAI / LLM Engineering (If Applicable)
Build and productionize RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) pipelines, including document ingestion, chunking strategy, embeddings, retrieval tuning, reranking, and response grounding.
Implement guardrails and reliability patterns: prompt templates, tool/function calling, hallucination reduction, citation strategies, and fallback paths
If you’re open to exploring new opportunities or currently in the job market, I’d be happy to connect.
If this role isn’t the right fit, I’d appreciate it if you could share it with someone in your network who might be interested.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Regards
Pankaj Singh
Senior Recruiter
You can reach me directly at (singh.pankajk221@gmail.com)
