AI / ML Engineer

$70K - $100K Raritan, NJ, US Mid Level AI/ML Engineer

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Skills & Technologies

AwsDockerEmbeddingsHugging FaceLangchainPythonPytorchRagTensorflowVertex Ai

About This Role

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Role description

We are looking for an AI / ML Engineer with strong software engineering fundamentals and handson experience building productiongrade Python systems scalable data pipelines and machine learning solutions in cloud environments The ideal candidate will have practical experience across the machine learning lifecycle including data preparation feature engineering model development evaluation deployment support monitoring and documentation

This role is well suited for an engineer who can work at the intersection of machine learning data engineering and cloudbased software development The candidate should be comfortable developing MLdriven automation solutions working with structured and semistructured data collaborating with crossfunctional teams and translating research or prototype ideas into reliable engineering solutions

Key Responsibilities

Design develop and maintain machine learning models and AIdriven systems using Python and modern ML libraries

Build and optimize data pipelines for heterogeneous data sources such as CSV JSON XML and relational databases

Perform data preprocessing feature engineering exploratory data analysis model training validation and performance evaluation

Develop ML solutions for use cases involving classification forecasting embeddings NLP computer vision similarity search and intelligent automation

Implement scalable ETLELT workflows using Python Snowflake and cloud services such as AWS S3 Lambda and Glue

Support deploymentready ML workflows including model monitoring data quality checks logging error handling and ing

Collaborate with data scientists software engineers product teams and business stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver practical AIML solutions

Conduct experiments compare model architectures tune hyperparameters analyze model performance and document findings clearly

Develop reusable maintainable and welltested code following software engineering best practices Git workflows and CICD standards

Stay current with advances in machine learning deep learning NLP computer vision embeddings and cloudbased AIML platforms

Required Skills and Experience

4 years of professional experience in software engineering data engineering machine learning engineering or related technical roles

Strong programming experience in Python with working knowledge of SQL and familiarity with R or C as an added advantage

Handson experience with scientific Python and ML libraries such as NumPy Pandas Matplotlib scikitlearn SciPy PyTorch TensorFlow HuggingFace and Transformerbased models

Experience developing machine learning models using algorithms such as Random Forest ensemble methods deep learning models NLP models computer vision models and embeddingbased retrieval systems

Strong understanding of data preprocessing feature engineering model evaluation metrics class imbalance handling validation techniques and statistical testing

Experience designing and maintaining scalable ETLELT pipelines and data workflows using Snowflake AWS and Python

Working knowledge of cloud services especially AWS services such as S3 Lambda Glue and cloudnative data infrastructure

Experience with data quality monitoring schema management anomaly detection logging and pipeline reliability practices

Familiarity with Docker CICD pipelines Gitbased collaboration technical documentation and production software development practices

Ability to communicate technical concepts effectively to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders

Preferred GoodtoHave Skills

Experience with MLOps concepts such as model versioning experiment tracking model deployment model monitoring and automated retraining workflows

Experience with multimodal AI imagetext embeddings semantic search contentbased retrieval or vector similarity search

Handson experience with computer vision use cases including CNNbased classification image feature extraction and dataset quality analysis

Experience with NLP use cases including BERT Transformer finetuning speech or text classification and emotion or intent detection

Exposure to largescale datasets data warehousing star schema design outlier detection and analyticsready data modeling

Research experience publication experience or demonstrated ability to convert research concepts into applied ML solutions

AWS certification or equivalent cloud certification

Experience building lightweight web applications or APIs for ML model serving such as Flaskbased applications

Education and Certifications

Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Data Analytics Information Technology Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Statistics or a related field

Advanced academic background in Computer Science or Data A

Skills Mandatory Skills : AI/ML Testing, GenAI \- LLMOps, Generative AI/Open AI/Vector DB, Industrial AI \- Machine Learning (ML), Python

Good to Have Skills : AI/ML Awareness Testing, AI\_Implementation\_Infra \- Vector Store DB, RAG, Apache Airflow, AWS Lambda, LangChain, MLOPS, MLOPS \- Python, Vertex AI

Other details

Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, performance and internal equity.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with LTIMindtree (“LTIM”):

Benefits and Perks:

  • Comprehensive Medical Plan Covering Medical, Dental, Vision
  • Short Term and Long\-Term Disability Coverage
  • 401(k) Plan with Company match
  • Life Insurance
  • Vacation Time, Sick Leave, Paid Holidays
  • Paid Paternity and Maternity Leave

The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum salary target for the position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and job level and additional factors including job\-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Depending on the position offered, other forms of compensation may be provided as part of overall compensation like an annual performance\-based bonus, sales incentive pay and other forms of bonus or variable compensation.

Disclaimer: The compensation and benefits information provided herein is accurate as of the date of this posting.

LTIMindtree is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity in the workplace. Our employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, family\-care status, veteran status, marital status, civil union status, domestic partnership status, military service, handicap or disability or history of handicap or disability, genetic information, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, union affiliation, affectional or sexual orientation or preference, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law, except where such considerations are bona fide occupational qualifications permitted by law. Benefits

Compensation range: $70,000\.00 to $100,000\.00 per year

About LTM

LTM is an AI\-centric global technology services company and the Business Creativity partner to the world’s largest and most disruptive enterprises. We bring human insights and intelligent systems together to help clients create greater value at the intersection of technology and domain expertise. Our capabilities span integrated operations, transformation, and business AI — enabling new ways of working, new productivity paradigms, and new roads to value. Together with over 87,000 employees across 40 countries and our global network of partners, LTM — a Larsen \& Toubro company — owns business outcomes for our clients, helping them not just outperform the market, but to Outcreate it. Please also note that neither LTM nor any of its authorized recruitment agencies/partners charge any candidate registration fee or any other fees from talent (candidates) towards appearing for an interview or securing employment/internship. Candidates shall be solely responsible for verifying the credentials of any agency/consultant that claims to be working with LTM for recruitment. Please note that anyone who relies on the representations made by fraudulent employment agencies does so at their own risk, and LTM disclaims any liability in case of loss or damage suffered as a consequence of the same. Recruitment Fraud Alert \- https://www.ltimindtree.com/recruitment\-fraud\-alert/

Salary Context

This $70K-$100K range is in the lower quartile for AI/ML Engineer roles in our dataset (median: $180K across 1841 roles with salary data).

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Role Details

Company LTM Limited
Title AI / ML Engineer
Location Raritan, NJ, US
Category AI/ML Engineer
Experience Mid Level
Salary $70K - $100K
Remote No

About This Role

AI/ML Engineers build and deploy machine learning models in production. They work across the full ML lifecycle: data pipelines, model training, evaluation, and serving infrastructure. The role has evolved significantly over the past two years. Where ML Engineers once spent most of their time on model architecture, the job now tilts heavily toward inference optimization, cost management, and integrating LLM capabilities into existing systems. Companies want engineers who can ship production systems, and the experimenter-only role is fading fast.

Day-to-day, you're writing training pipelines, debugging data quality issues, setting up evaluation frameworks, and figuring out why your model performs differently in staging than it did on your dev set. The best ML engineers are obsessive about reproducibility and measurement. They instrument everything. They know that a model is only as good as the data feeding it and the infrastructure serving it.

Across the 3,708 AI roles we're tracking, AI/ML Engineer positions make up 70% of the market. At LTM Limited, this role fits into their broader AI and engineering organization.

Demand for AI/ML Engineers has been strong and consistent. Unlike some AI roles that spike with hype cycles, ML engineering is a foundational need. Every company deploying AI models needs people who can keep them running, and the gap between research prototypes and production systems keeps growing.

What the Work Looks Like

A typical week might include: debugging a data pipeline that's silently dropping 3% of training examples, running A/B tests on a new model version, writing documentation for a feature flag system that lets you roll back model deployments, and reviewing a junior engineer's PR for a new evaluation metric. Meetings tend to be cross-functional since ML touches product, engineering, and data teams.

Demand for AI/ML Engineers has been strong and consistent. Unlike some AI roles that spike with hype cycles, ML engineering is a foundational need. Every company deploying AI models needs people who can keep them running, and the gap between research prototypes and production systems keeps growing.

Skills Required

Aws (30% of roles) Docker (10% of roles) Embeddings (6% of roles) Hugging Face (4% of roles) Langchain (10% of roles) Python (51% of roles) Pytorch (15% of roles) Rag (23% of roles) Tensorflow (11% of roles) Vertex Ai (5% of roles)

Python and PyTorch dominate the requirements. Most roles expect experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and familiarity with ML frameworks like TensorFlow or JAX. RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) has become a top-3 skill requirement as companies integrate LLMs into their products. Docker and Kubernetes show up in about a third of postings, reflecting the production focus of the role.

Beyond the core stack, employers increasingly want experience with experiment tracking tools (MLflow, Weights & Biases), feature stores, and vector databases. Fine-tuning experience is valuable but less common than you'd think from reading Twitter. Most production LLM work is RAG and prompt engineering, not fine-tuning. If you have both, you're in a strong position.

Companies that are serious about AI/ML hiring tend to post specific infrastructure details in the job description: the frameworks they use, their model serving stack, their data pipeline tools. Vague postings that just say 'ML experience required' without specifics are often companies that haven't figured out what they need yet.

Compensation Benchmarks

AI/ML Engineer roles pay a median of $218,750 based on 3,817 positions with disclosed compensation. Mid-level AI roles across all categories have a median of $200,000. This role's midpoint ($85K) sits 61% below the category median. Disclosed range: $70K to $100K.

Across all AI roles, the market median is $217,500. Top-quartile compensation starts at $272,100. The 90th percentile reaches $325,000. For comparison, the highest-paying categories include AI Safety ($300,000) and Research Engineer ($280,000). By seniority level: Entry: $120,000; Mid: $200,000; Senior: $230,000; Director: $272,150; VP: $250,000.

LTM Limited AI Hiring

LTM Limited has 3 open AI roles right now. They're hiring across AI Agent Developer, Data Scientist, AI/ML Engineer. Positions span Overland Park, KS, US, Tampa, FL, US, Raritan, NJ, US. Compensation range: $100K - $170K.

Location Context

Across all AI roles, 14% (508 positions) offer remote work, while 3,180 require on-site attendance. Top AI hiring metros: New York (1,045 roles, $220,000 median); San Francisco (810 roles, $277,088 median); Los Angeles (397 roles, $215,000 median).

Career Path

Common paths into AI/ML Engineer roles include Data Scientist, Software Engineer, Research Engineer.

From here, career progression typically leads toward ML Architect, AI Engineering Manager, Principal ML Engineer.

The fastest path into ML engineering is through software engineering with a self-directed ML education. A CS degree helps, but production engineering skills matter more than academic credentials. Build something that works, deploy it, and measure it. That portfolio project is worth more than a Coursera certificate. For career growth, the fork comes around the senior level: go deep on technical complexity (staff/principal track) or move into managing ML teams.

What to Expect in Interviews

Expect system design questions around ML pipelines: how you'd build a training pipeline for a specific use case, handle data drift, or design A/B testing infrastructure for model deployments. Coding rounds typically involve Python, with emphasis on data manipulation (pandas, numpy) and algorithm implementation. Take-home assignments often ask you to build an end-to-end ML pipeline from raw data to deployed model.

When evaluating opportunities: Companies that are serious about AI/ML hiring tend to post specific infrastructure details in the job description: the frameworks they use, their model serving stack, their data pipeline tools. Vague postings that just say 'ML experience required' without specifics are often companies that haven't figured out what they need yet.

AI Hiring Overview

The AI job market has 3,708 open positions tracked in our dataset. By seniority: 102 entry-level, 1,705 mid-level, 1,469 senior, and 432 leadership roles (Director, VP, C-Level). Remote roles make up 14% of the market (508 positions). The remaining 3,180 roles require on-site or hybrid attendance.

The market median for AI roles is $217,500. Top-quartile compensation starts at $272,100. The 90th percentile reaches $325,000. Highest-paying categories: AI Safety ($300,000 median, 21 roles); Research Engineer ($280,000 median, 147 roles); AI Architect ($254,798 median, 67 roles).

Demand for AI/ML Engineers has been strong and consistent. Unlike some AI roles that spike with hype cycles, ML engineering is a foundational need. Every company deploying AI models needs people who can keep them running, and the gap between research prototypes and production systems keeps growing.

The AI Job Market Today

The AI job market spans 3,708 open positions across 16 role categories. The largest categories by volume: AI/ML Engineer (2,605), Data Scientist (310), AI Software Engineer (259). These three account for the majority of open positions, though smaller categories often have higher per-role compensation because of specialized skill requirements.

The seniority mix tells a story about where AI teams are in their maturity. Entry-level roles (102) are outnumbered by mid-level (1,705) and senior (1,469) positions, reflecting that most companies are past the 'build a team from scratch' phase and need experienced engineers who can ship production systems. Leadership roles (Director, VP, C-Level) total 432 positions, representing the bottleneck between technical execution and organizational strategy.

Remote work availability sits at 14% of all AI roles (508 positions), with 3,180 requiring on-site or hybrid attendance. The remote share has stabilized after the post-pandemic correction. Senior and specialized roles (Research Scientist, ML Architect) are more likely to be remote-eligible than entry-level positions, partly because experienced hires have more negotiating power and partly because these roles require less hands-on mentorship.

AI compensation is structured in clear tiers. The market median sits at $217,500. Top-quartile roles start at $272,100, and the 90th percentile reaches $325,000. These figures include base salary with disclosed compensation. Total compensation (including equity, bonuses, and sign-on) runs 20-40% higher at companies that offer those components.

Category matters for compensation. AI Safety roles lead at $300,000 median, while Prompt Engineer roles sit at $140,000. The spread between highest and lowest-paying categories reflects the premium on specialized technical skills versus broader analytical roles.

The most in-demand skills across all AI postings: Python (1,890 postings), Aws (1,103 postings), Azure (877 postings), Rag (855 postings), Gcp (631 postings), Prompt Engineering (560 postings), Pytorch (545 postings), Claude (498 postings). Python dominates, appearing in the vast majority of role descriptions regardless of category. Cloud platform experience (AWS, GCP, Azure) is the second most common requirement. The newer entrants to the top skills list (RAG, vector databases, LLM APIs) reflect the shift from traditional ML toward generative AI applications.

Frequently Asked Questions

Based on 3,817 roles with disclosed compensation, the median salary for AI/ML Engineer positions is $218,750. Actual compensation varies by seniority, location, and company stage.
Python and PyTorch dominate the requirements. Most roles expect experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and familiarity with ML frameworks like TensorFlow or JAX. RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) has become a top-3 skill requirement as companies integrate LLMs into their products. Docker and Kubernetes show up in about a third of postings, reflecting the production focus of the role.
About 14% of the 3,708 AI roles we track offer remote work. Remote availability varies by company and seniority level, with senior and leadership roles more likely to offer location flexibility.
LTM Limited is among the companies actively hiring for AI and ML talent. Check our company profiles for detailed breakdowns of open roles, salary ranges, and hiring trends.
Common next steps from AI/ML Engineer positions include ML Architect, AI Engineering Manager, Principal ML Engineer. Progression depends on whether you lean toward technical depth, people management, or product strategy.

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