Senior Python/AI Engineer

First seen Oct 24, 2026 · open on iCIMS as of Nov 8, 2026

Pay not postedUS · city not listedHybrid

A hands-on senior engineer will build the knowledge pipelines, retrieval systems, and evaluation foundations for production AI solutions in a mining-company context.

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At a glance

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Median $190K

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The work

Builds what the customer runs

Balance Mostly building

Project stages

Pre-sales (not covered)
Proof of concept (not covered)
Implementation
Operations

Coding: Writes production code
Builds for: External customers
Level: Senior
Role: Individual contributor

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Conditions

Location: US · city not listed
Work arrangement: Hybrid
Remote work restrictions: Work from home with the option to use an office.

What you’ll do

Build knowledge pipelines for source preparation, chunking, and indexing.
Develop hybrid retrieval and RAG solutions with provenance and access-aware controls.
Create evaluation frameworks, datasets, regression tests, and release thresholds.
Diagnose and improve end-to-end AI answer quality across the pipeline.

What you’ll bring

Strong hands-on Python backend development, using FastAPI or similar.
Experience designing APIs and integrating asynchronous or external services.
Hands-on experience with AI/GenAI, especially retrieval/RAG or document understanding.
Strong understanding of information retrieval, embeddings, vector search, and hybrid search.