AI Architect
Appex InnovationAI Scientist / AI Architect (Hands-on)
Location: Irvine, CA and LA, CA (2-3 days / week in the client's Irvine office, 1 day in their downtown LA office, 1 day remote)
Type: Contract-W2
About You
A highly skilled hands-on AI Scientist / Architect with at least 8+ years of experience in AI/ML, Data Science, or Software Engineering. You bring strong expertise in designing and building scalable, production-ready AI solutions, with deep hands-on experience in LLM-enabled applications, agent-based systems, and cloud-native architectures. You are comfortable working closely with business stakeholders and leading AI-driven innovation initiatives in an enterprise environment.
Requirements
- At least 8+ years of experience in AI/ML, Data Science, or Software Engineering
- Strong Python backend development experience
- Hands-on experience with LLM-enabled applications and Generative AI
- Experience building agent-based / agent-oriented AI systems
- Strong expertise in retrieval-based systems (RAG, vector databases, embeddings, indexing)
- Experience with API development and backend system integration
- AWS cloud-native development experience
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and environment management
- Strong understanding of observability (logging, monitoring, tracing)
- Experience deploying ML models in production environments
- Exposure to enterprise AI workflows, automation, and governance models
Mandatory Areas
- AI/ML Solution Architecture
- LLM & Generative AI Development
- Agent-Based Systems
- Retrieval-Augmented Systems (RAG)
- Enterprise AI Integration
Must Have Skills
- Skill 1 – Python & Backend Development
- Skill 2 – LLM / Generative AI Application Development
- Skill 3 – Agent-Based AI Systems
- Skill 4 – RAG / Vector DB / Embeddings
- Skill 5 – API Development & System Integration
- Skill 6 – AWS Cloud (Cloud-Native Development)
- Skill 7 – CI/CD & DevOps Practices
- Skill 8 – Observability (Logging, Monitoring, Tracing)
About Appex Innovation
Appex Innovation is a health-technology company that uses AI to support healthcare organizations. It offers health-tech consulting, in-house care and enterprise portals (its iCareSecure platform, including the MyHealth Patient Portal, Digital Learning Platform, and Enterprise Portal), cloud solutions, robotic process automation (RPA), business intelligence and analytics, and IT security services for hospitals, clinics, patients, and government agencies.
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