Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Kevin M. Downey is seeking AI Developers and AI Engineers to work with mid-market U.S. companies that are implementing real AI solutions. The role involves building production AI systems, either by developing applications on top of foundation models or by creating the infrastructure that supports them.
Responsibilities
- Production AI Systems That Real Users and Real Operations Depend On
- Agentic Workflows, Retrieval, and Integrations That Solve an Actual Business Problem (Developer Track)
- Training, Serving, and Infrastructure That Holds Up Under Real Load (Engineer Track)
- Technical Decisions You Can Defend - Architecture, Trade-offs, and How You Know It Works
- Clean, Maintainable Work the Client's Team Can Live With After You Ship
Skills
- A Track Record of AI Systems You Personally Built and Shipped to Production
- Strong Hands-On Engineering Fundamentals - You Write Real Code, Not Just Glue Demos Together
- Developer Track: Production Experience with LLM APIs, RAG, Vector Databases, and Agent Frameworks
- Engineer Track: Production Experience with Training/Fine-Tuning, Model Serving, MLOps, and Scaling
- The Judgment to Make a Hard Technical Call and Explain Why
- A Way to Verify Your Work - You Can Say How You Know a System Actually Works
- Clear Communication - You Can Explain What You Built to Both Engineers and Executives
Benefits
- Fully Remote, Full-Time Roles with Established U.S. Companies
- Direct-Hire Placement - You Become a Full Member of the Client's Team, Not a Vendor
- Many Roles Add Bonus/Equity by Client
Company Overview
Kevin M. It was founded in 2014, and is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, US, with a workforce of 2-10 employees. Its website is https://www.linkedin.com/redir/suspicious-page?url=www%2ekevinmdowney%2ecom.