Robots and Pencils
AI Engineering
SeniorAIEngineer
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“Senior AI Engineer at Robots and Pencils. Skills: AI/ML systems, Generative AI, Production AI, RAG pipelines. Design ML/AI models. Implement ML/AI models”
What You'll Achieve.
Ship AI co-workers; Deliver measurable results; Ship production AI; Create measurable impact
Industry & Context.
Problem-solving; Navigate ambiguous challenges; Sound judgment
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
4+ years professional software engineering, 2+ years AI/ML systems production, Hands-on generative AI development, Python software engineering background, Working knowledge of cloud platforms, Proven ability to design agentic systems, Experience with AI frameworks, Experience with orchestration tools, Experience with evaluation frameworks, Experience with observability tools for LLM apps, Understanding of AI safety, Understanding of responsible AI principles, Understanding of prompt injection defenses, Understanding of PII handling, Hands-on RAG pipelines, API development experience, Cost optimization expertise, Working knowledge of Docker, Working knowledge of Kubernetes, Demonstrable AI-forward coding tools usage
Nice to Have
In-depth AWS understanding, AWS GenAI offerings knowledge, Chunking strategies knowledge, Embedding models knowledge, Vector databases knowledge, Designing internal third-party services, Token economics knowledge, Caching strategies knowledge, Model routing knowledge, Quantization knowledge
What You'll Do.
Implement ML/AI models
Build training workflows
Optimize for performance
Optimize for accuracy
Optimize for efficiency
Partner with product teams
Partner with engineering teams
Partner with data teams
Translate technical tradeoffs
Translate model behavior
Translate constraints
Participate in code reviews
Participate in design discussions
Contribute to AI architecture
Take ownership of work
Raise bar on engineering practices
Support junior engineers
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional team; Product teams; Engineering teams; Data teams
Communication Scope
Translate tradeoffs; Translate behavior; Translate constraints
Process & Methodology
Agile
Full Job Description
Robots & Pencils is an applied AI engineering firm building the next frontier of business architecture. We design and ship AI co-workers that integrate into enterprise operations and deliver measurable results for our clients. We're all in on AWS, combining deep UX capability with senior engineering talent to get AI into production fast and keep it there. We’ve earned the trust of leaders across Consumer Products and Retail, Education, Energy, Financial Services, Healthcare, and Manufacturing and more, and earned a reputation as the nimble alternative to traditional global systems integrators. Founded in 2009, with delivery centers in Canada, the United States, Eastern Europe, and Latin America, we are smaller, faster, and more senior by design. Our teams average 15+ years of experience. We move fast, sweat the details, and build things that actually ship. Position Overview We’re looking for a Senior AI Engineer to design, build, and deliver production AI/ML systems. This role is ideal for an engineer with several years of experience who can confidently own features end-to-end, contribute to architectural decisions, and bring strong technical judgment to the problems they take on. In this role, you will work as a key contributor on a cross-functional team, designing and implementing models, building the data pipelines and training workflows around them, and deploying systems to production environments. You’ll be joining real, in-flight work where reliability, performance, and scalability matter. You’ll collaborate with experienced engineers to enhance existing systems, deliver new capabilities, and contribute to the technical decisions that shape how our AI work scales over time. Why This Role Matters At Robots & Pencils, we design AI systems for a human world. Our name says it all. Robots and pencils means engineering paired with creativity, because every agent we ship has to work for real people in real workflows. That balance is baked into how we operate. Every r
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