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Job Overview
We are seeking a dynamic and highly skilled AI Tech Lead specializing in Python to spearhead the development and deployment of our enterprise AI platform. This remote role offers an exciting opportunity to lead innovative projects, drive technical excellence, and shape the future of AI solutions within a collaborative and fast\-paced environment. As an AI Tech Lead, you will oversee the design, architecture, and implementation of scalable AI systems, ensuring they meet business needs while adhering to best practices in software development and cloud computing.
Responsibilities
- Lead the end\-to\-end development of enterprise AI solutions utilizing Python, ensuring robust architecture and high performance.
- Collaborate with cross\-functional teams to gather requirements, define technical specifications, and translate business needs into scalable AI models and services.
- Architect and implement microservices\-based solutions using service\-oriented architecture (SOA), RESTful APIs, and containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
- Drive continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to streamline development workflows using Jenkins, Git, and other automation tools.
- Design and optimize data storage solutions leveraging NoSQL databases such as MongoDB, Cassandra, or similar, alongside relational databases like MySQL or SQL Server.
- Ensure system security through effective identity \& access management practices and adherence to cloud architecture best practices on platforms such as AWS or Azure.
- Maintain comprehensive documentation using UML diagrams, design patterns, and system design principles to support ongoing development and maintenance efforts.
- Foster a culture of innovation by staying current with emerging AI technologies, cloud computing trends, and software architecture methodologies.
Experience
- Proven experience leading AI or software engineering teams in developing enterprise\-grade Python applications within a cloud environment.
- Strong background in software architecture principles including microservices, service\-oriented architecture (SOA), and solution architecture.
- Extensive hands\-on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS or Azure, including deploying scalable applications using Kubernetes or Docker.
- Proficiency with NoSQL databases (MongoDB, Cassandra) as well as relational databases (MySQL, SQL Server).
- Familiarity with front\-end frameworks like Angular or React for integrating user interfaces with backend services.
- Deep understanding of RESTful API development, web services (SOAP), JSON/XML data formats, and web development best practices.
- Experience working within Agile methodologies to manage SDLC phases from requirements gathering through release management.
- Knowledge of DevOps tools such as Jenkins, Ansible, Maven, Weblogic/WebSphere/Tomcat application servers is highly desirable.
- Strong problem\-solving skills complemented by excellent communication abilities to lead technical discussions effectively. Join us to be at the forefront of enterprise AI innovation! This role offers a vibrant environment where your expertise will directly impact cutting\-edge projects across diverse industries—all from the comfort of your remote workspace. If you're passionate about Python development, cloud architecture, and leading high\-performing teams in a fast\-evolving tech landscape, we want to hear from you!
- 9\+ years of software engineering experience, with 6\+ years in Python and 3\+ years building production AI/ML systems.
- Strong hands‑on experience with Python web frameworks (Fast API, Flask, Django) and REST‑based microservices.
- Proficiency with ML frameworks (TensorFlow / PyTorch, scikit‑learn) and generative AI tools (LLMs, RAG, Lang Chain, vector DBs).
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and managed AI services (SageMaker, Azure ML, Vertex AI, etc.).
- Experience with CI/CD, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), monitoring, and logging in production environments.
- Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder‑management skills in cross‑functional teams.
Pay: $58\.00 \- $60\.00 per hour
Experience:
- Python: 7 years (Required)
- AI/ML: 3 years (Required)
- Python Web Frameworks: 7 years (Required)
- Machine learning frameworks: 5 years (Required)
Work Location: Remote
Salary Context
This $120K-$124K range is above the median for AI/ML Engineer roles in our dataset (median: $100K across 15465 roles with salary data).
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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 26,159 AI roles we're tracking, AI/ML Engineer positions make up 91% of the market. At RV Soft, 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
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 $166,983 based on 13,781 positions with disclosed compensation. Senior-level AI roles across all categories have a median of $227,400. This role's midpoint ($122K) sits 27% below the category median. Disclosed range: $120K to $124K.
Across all AI roles, the market median is $184,000. Top-quartile compensation starts at $244,000. The 90th percentile reaches $309,400. For comparison, the highest-paying categories include AI Engineering Manager ($293,500) and AI Architect ($292,900). By seniority level: Entry: $76,880; Mid: $131,300; Senior: $227,400; Director: $244,288; VP: $234,620.
RV Soft AI Hiring
RV Soft has 1 open AI role right now. They're hiring across AI/ML Engineer. Based in Remote, US. Compensation range: $124K - $124K.
Remote Work Context
Remote AI roles pay a median of $156,000 across 1,221 positions. About 7% of all AI roles offer remote work.
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 26,159 open positions tracked in our dataset. By seniority: 2,416 entry-level, 16,247 mid-level, 5,153 senior, and 2,343 leadership roles (Director, VP, C-Level). Remote roles make up 7% of the market (1,863 positions). The remaining 24,200 roles require on-site or hybrid attendance.
The market median for AI roles is $184,000. Top-quartile compensation starts at $244,000. The 90th percentile reaches $309,400. Highest-paying categories: AI Engineering Manager ($293,500 median, 28 roles); AI Architect ($292,900 median, 108 roles); AI Safety ($274,200 median, 19 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 26,159 open positions across 15 role categories. The largest categories by volume: AI/ML Engineer (23,752), AI Software Engineer (598), AI Product Manager (594). 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 (2,416) are outnumbered by mid-level (16,247) and senior (5,153) 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 2,343 positions, representing the bottleneck between technical execution and organizational strategy.
Remote work availability sits at 7% of all AI roles (1,863 positions), with 24,200 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 $184,000. Top-quartile roles start at $244,000, and the 90th percentile reaches $309,400. 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 Engineering Manager roles lead at $293,500 median, while Prompt Engineer roles sit at $122,200. 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: Rag (16,749 postings), Aws (8,932 postings), Rust (7,660 postings), Python (3,815 postings), Azure (2,678 postings), Gcp (2,247 postings), Prompt Engineering (1,469 postings), Openai (1,269 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.
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