GlobalPoint · 17 hours ago
AI Engineer
Charlotte, NC
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$100K/yr - $110K/yr
10+ years expGlobalPoint is seeking an AI Engineer to lead the architecture and development of advanced AI applications. The role involves technical leadership, backend development, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver scalable AI solutions.
ConsultingOutsourcing
Responsibilities
Lead the architecture and development of LLM-driven applications, AI agents, and RAG-based systems
Provide technical guidance, conduct code reviews, and mentor junior team members
Drive best practices in Python backend engineering, API development, and AI system design
Build and maintain backend services using FastAPI or Flask
Develop scalable API endpoints for AI applications, embeddings, and retrieval systems
Ensure backend code quality, modularity, performance, and maintainability
Build AI applications using: LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, Haystack, LlamaIndex, AutoGen
Develop autonomous or semi-autonomous AI agents with tool calling and workflow graphs
Implement Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), embedding pipelines, chunking strategies, reranking, and grounding techniques
Work with OpenAI SDK and other LLM providers (Anthropic, Azure OpenAI, Cohere, etc.)
Manage prompt engineering, prompt routing, safety guardrails, and evaluation metrics
Build data pipelines for indexing, embeddings, and retrieval workflows
Work with SQL databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL, etc.) for metadata and application storage
Work with vector databases such as: Redis, Postgres with pgvector, Elasticsearch, Neo4j, or others
Implement and optimize search workflows using FAISS or similar similarity search libraries
Deploy AI services using Docker, container orchestration, and cloud environments
Implement monitoring for AI behavior, performance, error rates, and retrieval accuracy
Set up CI/CD pipelines for backend and AI components
Optimize inference cost, latency, and reliability
Collaborate with product, data engineering, and business teams to understand requirements
Translate business problems into scalable AI architectures and deliver practical solutions
Communicate technical decisions, trade-offs, and progress to stakeholders
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science, AI/ML, Data Science, or related fields
10+ years of experience in Python backend development
Strong proficiency in FastAPI or Flask
Strong working knowledge of SQL databases (Postgres, MySQL, etc.)
Hands-on expertise with vector databases: Redis, Postgres/pgvector, Elasticsearch, or Neo4j
Practical experience with FAISS for similarity search
Hands-on experience with modern LLM frameworks: LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, Haystack, LlamaIndex, AutoGen
Strong Understanding Of: Embeddings & vector search, RAG pipelines, Retrieval optimization, Chunking strategies, Document loaders & indexing
Experience building AI apps using OpenAI SDK or similar
Experience deploying APIs/services using Docker and cloud environments
Leadership experience: guiding teams, conducting reviews, driving architecture decisions
Company
GlobalPoint
GlobalPoint is a consulting, technology and outsourcing services company.
501-1000 employees
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