Senior AI Engineer

Job :
Houston, TXSalary: USD 80-95 / Hourly (C2C) | USD 80-95 / Hourly (1099)

Employment Type:

1099, C2C, Full Time Company: SRI Tech Solutions Job Title :
Senior AI Engineer No. Of Openings: 2

Job Location:

Houston, TX 4 days of the week (Mon-Thurs) and work from home on Friday Employment terms :
Fulltime and Contract

Key Responsibilities As an AI Engineer, you will:

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

Required Technical Skills Strong experience with Microsoft Azure, including AI/ML services and cloud native architecture

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 Solid understanding of MLOps, model lifecycle management, and CI/CD for AI systems

Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
Working knowledge of security, identity, and access control in enterprise cloud environments

Preferred Skills

Experience with Microsoft Foundry Experience implementing or operating agentic AI systems

Familiarity with data engineering tools such as Databricks, Spark, Azure Data Factory Experience integrating AI services (e.g., cognitive services, computer vision, unstructured data processing)
Experience Requirements5+ years of experience in software engineering, AI engineering, or machine learning engineering roles

Proven experience delivering production AI or ML solutions in a cloud environment

Experience collaborating with cross functional teams across data science, engineering, and architecture

Ways of Working Ability to work independently as a contractor while integrating effectively with existing teams

Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly

Results oriented mindset with a focus on delivering business value quickly and reliablySRI Tech Solutions is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, national origin or citizenship status or ethnic origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria.