Sr. AI Engineer-MS Foundry Experience

SR. AI ENGINEER

DURATION-9 Months

Pay- $110/Hr plus for the right candidate

Location- Houston, TX

• **Looking for 2-3 US based contractors to help our Data Science & AI team build the foundational elements needed for Microsoft Foundry. ***

REQUIRED

• AI Engineer This role is delivery‑focused and hands‑on, emphasizing cloud architecture, MLOps, automation, and operational excellence.
• The ideal contractor brings strong Azure experience, a software engineering mindset, and practical experience operationalizing AI systems at scale.
• Experience with Microsoft Foundry is strongly preferred.
• Strong experience with Microsoft Azure, including AI/ML services and cloud‑native architectures
• Hands‑on experience deploying and operating ML pipelines using Azure Machine Learning
• Proficiency in Python and modern software engineering practices
• Experience with automation and configuration management, including Ansible

Key Responsibilities As an AI Engineer

• Partner with business and technical stakeholders to identify and implement agentic AI and machine learning solutions that improve decision‑making, workflows, and automation
• Design and implement cloud‑native AI architectures using Microsoft Azure services and established AI design patterns
• Collaborate with Data Scientists and other AI Engineers to transform prototypes into production‑ready, scalable solutions
• Build, deploy, and operate enterprise‑scale machine learning pipelines, emphasizing reliability, performance, and security
• Orchestrate and configure infrastructure that enables low‑latency, resilient AI workloads, leveraging infrastructure‑as‑code and automation Contribute to reusable accelerators, templates, and patterns that improve delivery speed and consistency across teams Support CI/CD, monitoring, and operational practices for AI and ML systems in production environments