[Remote] AI Developer / AI Engineer – Applied & Agentic AI – $130K to $250K+ Base

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.ResponsibilitiesProduction AI Systems That Real Users and Real Operations Depend OnAgentic 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 WorksClean, Maintainable Work the Client's Team Can Live With After You ShipSkillsA Track Record of AI Systems You Personally Built and Shipped to ProductionStrong Hands-On Engineering Fundamentals - You Write Real Code, Not Just Glue Demos TogetherDeveloper Track: Production Experience with LLM APIs, RAG, Vector Databases, and Agent FrameworksEngineer Track: Production Experience with Training/Fine-Tuning, Model Serving, MLOps, and ScalingThe Judgment to Make a Hard Technical Call and Explain WhyA Way to Verify Your Work - You Can Say How You Know a System Actually WorksClear Communication - You Can Explain What You Built to Both Engineers and ExecutivesBenefitsFully Remote, Full-Time Roles with Established U.S. CompaniesDirect-Hire Placement - You Become a Full Member of the Client's Team, Not a VendorMany Roles Add Bonus/Equity by ClientCompany OverviewKevin 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.