Senior AI Engineer
- Compensation
- $130K–$155K / yr
- Location
- Pleasanton, California, United States
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Ai engineering
- Posted
Skills
Nice to have
- Experience implementing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), vector databases, and embedding-based search systems
- Hands-on experience with LLM observability platforms (e.g., Langfuse, LangSmith, Arize Phoenix, Weights & Biases) for tracing, cost tracking, and quality monitoring in production
- Experience with LLM evaluation frameworks (e.g., RAGAS, DeepEval) and evaluation patterns such as LLM-as-judge and automated regression testing
- Practical experience deploying LLM applications with guardrails, prompt versioning, hallucination detection, and model drift monitoring
- Exposure to distributed training, model optimization, and scalable inference architectures
- Knowledge of MLOps practices, CI/CD for ML (Travis CI, Jenkins), and model lifecycle management
- Prior experience applying AI solutions in industrial or asset-intensive environments
- Experience working in fast-paced startup or product-driven environments
- Industry experience in one or more of the following domains: Mining, Oil & Gas, Aerospace, Supply Chain, Logistics, or Renewable Energy
Full description
Who We Are & Why Join UsAvathon is the leading Industrial AI autonomy platform, helping customers across heavy industries -- energy, mining, manufacturing, aerospace, defense, and logistics -- accelerate the journey toward autonomous operations. Our platform is built on a Computational Knowledge Graph foundation that contextualizes and connects operational data across siloed systems, bringing together time series, structured, unstructured, and machine vision data to power AI-driven applications in asset performance management, supply chain intelligence, visual AI, and global trade management. With capabilities spanning digital twins, normal behavior modeling, natural language processing, and computer vision, Avathon delivers real-time predictive intelligence and agentic decision-making at industrial scale.
Cutting-Edge AI Innovation -- Join a team at the forefront of AI, developing groundbreaking solutions that shape the future. High-Growth Environment -- Thrive in a fast-scaling startup where agility, collaboration, and rapid professional growth are the norm. Meaningful Impact -- Work on AI-driven projects that drive real change across industries and improve lives.
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About the Role
As a Senior AI Engineer at Avathon, you will play a key role in designing and delivering advanced AI solutions with a strong emphasis on Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs). You will apply scientific rigor to develop scalable, production-ready machine learning systems that drive measurable business impact, working on challenging problems in forecasting, demand planning, renewable energy optimization, anomaly detection, and prescriptive maintenance. With minimum 5 years of industry experience, you are expected to bring strong expertise in statistical modeling, ML engineering, and modern AI architectures, particularly in GenAI and LLM-based applications. This role offers the opportunity to work on high-impact projects that shape next-generation AI capabilities within the organization.
You Will
- Design, develop, and deploy machine learning and Generative AI solutions to solve complex business problems
- Build, fine-tune, and optimize Large Language Models (LLMs) and transformer-based architectures for real-world applications
- Apply rigorous scientific methodologies to experimentation, model evaluation, and performance optimization
- Develop scalable ML pipelines and production-grade systems in collaboration with Engineering teams
- Conduct prompt engineering, model alignment, evaluation, and performance benchmarking for GenAI applications
- Work closely with Product, Engineering, and Business stakeholders to translate ambiguous requirements into data-driven AI solutions