Title: Senior Software Engineer (AI/ML) 
Location: Dallas or Houston, TX (hybrid) 
Duration: Contract to Hire 
Work Requirements: US Citizen, GC Holders or Authorized to Work in the U.S. 

Job Description: 
We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to build and ship production AI features powered by LLMs. This role is hands-on backend development, designing APIs, building services, and integrating AI into real applications used across the business.

You'll work on problems such as RAG and on deploying AI features to production. This is not a research role. You'll build reliable, scalable AI functionality that people use every day.

Key Responsibilities

• Build backend services and APIs that integrate LLMs into real applications
• Develop AI-powered features using retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
• Design scalable services using async processing, queues, and Micro-Services patterns
• Integrate AI functionality into existing products and workflows
• Own features end-to-end: build, deploy, monitor, and improve AI functionality in production
• Solve real-world AI challenges around latency, response quality, and cost
• Work with structured and unstructured data to support AI features
• Partner with engineering and data teams to deliver reliable, production-ready solutions

Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree plus at least 6 years of software engineering experience, or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
• Strong backend development skills in Python, Java, or similar
• Experience building APIs, Micro-Services, or distributed applications
• Hands-on experience integrating LLMs or AI APIs into production applications
• Experience with RAG or similar retrieval-based approaches
• Experience deploying applications in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, etc.)
• Strong understanding of production reliability, monitoring, and scaling

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building internal AI tools, copilots, or automation features
• Familiarity with vector databases, embeddings, or semantic search
• Experience improving retrieval quality (chunking, ranking, filtering)

Our benefits package includes:

• Comprehensive medical benefits 
• Competitive pay 
• 401(k) retirement plan 
• …and much more! 

About INSPYR Solutions
Technology is our focus and quality is our commitment. As a national expert in delivering flexible technology and talent solutions, we strategically align industry and technical expertise with our clients' business objectives and cultural needs. Our solutions are tailored to each client and include a wide variety of professional services, project, and talent solutions. By always striving for excellence and focusing on the human aspect of our business, we work seamlessly with our talent and clients to match the right solutions to the right opportunities. Learn more about us at inspyrsolutions.com.

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