Robots and Pencils

AI Engineering

SeniorAIEngineer

$1200–2000k ~AI est. Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
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HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“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.

AI Engineering
Problems you'll solve

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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