Hiring: AI Engineering Associate Director Company: NTT DATA North America Location: Plano, TX Job Posted Time: 2026-09-12 07:43:03 Employment Type: Remote Target Skills & Keywords : AI, AWS, Accessibility, Azure, CI/CD, Data Pipeline, GCP, Git, LLM, Machine Learning, NLP, Python, R, SQL About the job Experience: •6+ years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, AI engineering, machine learning engineering, analytics engineering, or technical consulting. Required Skills: •Design, develop, and implement AI and generative AI solutions across primarily healthcare, life science and public sector domains. •Build AI-enabled applications, services, APIs, copilots, chat interfaces, workflow automations, dashboards, and decision-support tools. •Develop solutions using modern AI engineering patterns, including retrieval-augmented generation, embeddings, vector search, prompt engineering, model orchestration, agentic workflows, natural language processing, document intelligence, predictive analytics, and machine learning. •Partner with solution architects, data scientists, cloud engineers, software developers, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into technical designs and working solutions. •Build and maintain data pipelines, integration services, feature preparation workflows, knowledge bases, and model-ready datasets. •Integrate AI models and services from major cloud providers, commercial model providers, open-source frameworks, and enterprise platforms. •Create proofs of concept, prototypes, demos, and technical assets that validate feasibility, demonstrate business value, and support client conversations. •Actively facilitate and support sales cycle by contributing to demo environments, technical walkthroughs, proposal content, estimates, and reusable solution components. Qualifications: •Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, data science, analytics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. •Hands-on experience building AI, machine learning, generative AI, analytics, automation, or data-driven applications. •Practical experience with generative AI patterns such as prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation, embeddings, vector databases, LLM integration, model evaluation, and API-based model orchestration. •Proficiency in Python and SQL, with experience using common data, AI, and application development libraries or frameworks. •Operational familiarity with software engineering practices such as Git, CI/CD, testing, code review, documentation, containerization, and deployment. •Demonstrated capacity to build technically credible solutions while communicating clearly with both technical and non-technical audiences. •Strong collaboration skills and ability to work with cross-functional teams in consulting, client delivery, product, or enterprise technology environments. Compensation: •$151,400 - $202,500 / year •Flexible work environment (work from home / hybrid options) Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!