Senior AI Engineer
Propio Language Services - Overland Park, KS
Hiring: Senior AI Engineer Company: Propio Language Services Location: Overland Park, KS Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 07:41:59 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords : AI, AWS, CDK, CI/CD, HIPAA, Hugging Face, LLM, LangChain, Machine Learning, Python, RAG, Transformers About the job Experience: •7+ years of hands-on full-stack software engineering experience, with significant experience building production-grade AI/ML backend systems and strong proficiency in Python. •3+ years of experience building production-grade modern AI systems, particularly real-time speech AI, speech-to-text, text-to-speech, voice agents, conversational AI, multimodal systems, or agentic systems. Required Skills: •Own the architecture, development, and delivery of enterprise-grade AI systems from concept to production, including LLM, generative AI, agentic, multimodal, speech AI, and machine learning systems. •Prototype, build, and deploy real-time AI applications and infrastructure for speech, voice agents, LLM-powered workflows, and other latency-sensitive AI experiences. •Lead the development of AI capabilities including agent orchestration, tool calling, RAG, structured generation, memory, reasoning workflows, guardrails, and evaluation systems. •Evaluate and select models, architectures, frameworks, and technologies based on measurable tradeoffs across quality, latency, reliability, scalability, and cost. •Stay current with emerging AI research and industry trends, Rapidly prototype new AI approaches and convert successful experiments into reliable, scalable, and maintainable production systems. •Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers, conduct high-quality design and code reviews, and influence technical direction across a team. Qualifications: •Master’s degree in Engineering, preferably in Computer Science, Statistics, Data Science, or a related field, or equivalent relevant work experience. •Prior experience with multilingual AI systems or low-resource language challenges is a plus. •This may not be the right role for you if: •You prefer primarily coordinating projects rather than designing and building systems yourself. •Your AI experience is primarily limited to integrating third-party AI APIs without owning the underlying architecture, evaluation, reliability, or production behavior. •You rely primarily on prompt experimentation without systematic evaluation, metrics, testing, or engineering rigor. •You have primarily built demos or prototypes and have limited experience operating AI systems in production. •You prefer working from detailed specifications rather than owning ambiguous technical problems from problem definition through implementation. •You are looking for a people-management-only role. 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!