AI Engineer

Role:

AI Engineer (Gen

AI / LLM

Agent Development)

Location:

Houston, TX (Onsite - 5 Days/Week)

Duration:

12 months contract Job description: We are seeking an experienced AI Engineer to help enhance and scale an existing GenAI-powered decision-support platform. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in Python, LLM application development, agentic AI systems, Kubernetes, and evaluation frameworks. This role involves building AI-driven solutions that synthesize market intelligence, proprietary data, and user feedback into actionable recommendations. Key Responsibilities Design, develop, and enhance Python-based LLM agents using direct integrations with OpenAI, Claude, or similar foundation models. Build reasoning workflows that generate recommendations, supporting evidence, risk assessments, sensitivities, and counterarguments. Integrate real-time and batch data sources including pricing feeds, proprietary analytics, and business datasets. Deploy and support applications on Kubernetes while maintaining local development environments using Docker and Docker Compose. Develop human-in-the-loop feedback mechanisms to capture user ratings and commentary for continuous model improvement. Create and maintain ontologies and knowledge structures supporting internal and external data sources. Build robust evaluation frameworks including regression testing, consistency validation, and sensitivity analysis. Implement monitoring solutions for data quality, freshness, and reliability. Ensure compliance with enterprise security, governance, and data-handling standards. Required Qualifications 5+ years of software engineering experience with strong Python development skills. Hands-on experience building GenAI, LLM, or AI Agent applications.

Experience with:

OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, or similar LLM platforms Prompt Engineering Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Agentic AI architectures Strong Kubernetes and Docker/Docker Compose experience. Experience designing LLM evaluation and testing frameworks. Strong data integration experience involving real-time and batch pipelines. Proficiency with SQL and data validation techniques. Experience working with sensitive or proprietary data in regulated environments. Preferred Qualifications Experience in commodities trading, energy markets, quantitative finance, or analytics platforms. Knowledge of ontology design and knowledge representation. Experience implementing human-in-the-loop AI systems. Cloud platform experience in enterprise environments. Background building decision-support or analytics solutions. At

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