[Remote] AI/ML Engineer (Contract)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Vividion Therapeutics, Inc. is a company focused on leveraging AI and machine learning technologies. They are seeking an AI/ML Engineer to design, develop, and deploy AI systems and machine learning models to automate processes and solve business problems.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy end-to-end AI/ML and agent-based systems, from problem definition and model development to production deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement to solve business problems, and automate enterprise and scientific tasks
• Focus on simulating human learning activities, improving system performance through data analysis, and developing deep learning frameworks and systems
• Collaborate with scientists to build robust data pipelines and ensure high-quality training data
• Design scalable, reliable services on major cloud platforms; strong CI/CD, observability, and operational excellence
• Translate customer requirements to business solutions using data pipelines and statical models
• Build & maintain scalable ML infrastructure, including training pipelines, feature stores, and model serving systems
• Contribute to MLOps best practices, including CI/CD for ML, model versioning, and A/B testing frameworks
• Create exploratory analysis, model design & training, validation, feature engineering, production handoff to drive business optimization
• Responsible for constructing, studying, and training algorithms that learn from complex, high-dimensional data to uncover patterns and develop practical predictive models and applications
• Document architectures, experiments, and results clearly for technical and non-technical stakeholders to support current work and any retraining for the future
• Data, model, and agent pipeline engineering (e.g., workflow orchestration, model lifecycle management, automated retraining/rollouts)
• Orchestration and integration across components (agent frameworks, containers, web services/APIs, distributed systems)
• Develop and integrate intuitive Copilot experiences into existing tools to provide real-time, AI-driven assistance and insights to team members

Skills

• BA/BS degree in Computer Science + 6 years hands-on experience designing, building, deploying, and maintaining end-to-end or related field OR 10+ years' experience in data engineering or related field
• AI/ML systems in production environments
• Solid knowledge of backend system design, APIs, CI/CD pipelines, agent-based workflows, and production support for scalable AI/ML platforms
• Fluency in multiple coding languages including SQL and Python and ML frameworks
• History of meeting tight deadlines and providing accurate estimates of time required to complete complex tasks
• Experience building and deploying production ML system using ML algorithms, deep learning, and statistical modeling
• Effective communication with both technical and non-technical audiences
• Comfort with ambiguity and a bias toward experimentation
• Experience designing and deploying autonomous AI Agents utilizing modern LLM frameworks and orchestration tools
• Candidates based in San Diego are preferred
• Remote candidates will also be considered based on qualifications

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