Job Title: Agentic AI FDE - Technical Lead
Location: USA
Experience: 6+Years to 12+ years
Employment Type: Full-time
Travel requirements: 80% travel required, travel to PHTN.ai client offices
Job Summary:
- Minimum 6+ years (not more than 15+ years overall) of experience in designing and development of AI/ML applications.
- Strong hands‑on programming experience (Python required) with the ability to design and implement production‑ready solutions (experience in JS/NodeJS or .NET/C# is a plus)
- Architecture and system‑design experience, with a proven track record of translating designs into working code (must still code 50–70% of the time)
- Practical experience implementing AI/ML solutions end‑to‑end, including data preparation, model usage, and integration into applications (using frameworks like Scikit‑Learn, TensorFlow, or PyTorch)
- Experience designing and building scalable ML/AI systems using APIs, microservices, and event‑driven patterns — with direct hands‑on implementation responsibility
- Strong data handling skills, including Pandas/NumPy and working with structured and unstructured data in real systems
- Cloud‑native experience (Azure/AWS) with hands‑on deployment, debugging, and performance tuning of AI workloads
- Solid software engineering and DevOps practices, including Git, CI/CD pipelines, logging, monitoring, and production readiness
- Individual contributor role — no people management; must personally design, code, debug, and support solutions
Compensation, Benefits and Duration
Minimum Compensation: USD 66,000
Maximum Compensation: USD 231,000
Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role.
Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full time employees.
This position is not available for independent contractors
No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post.
Skills Required
- 6+ years experience designing and developing AI/ML applications (not more than 15 years overall)
- Hands-on programming experience in Python
- Experience in JS/NodeJS or .NET/C#
- Architecture and system-design experience with ability to translate designs into working code
- Must code 50-70% of the time (individual contributor)
- Practical end-to-end AI/ML implementation experience using Scikit-Learn, TensorFlow, or PyTorch
- Experience building scalable ML/AI systems using APIs, microservices, and event-driven patterns
- Strong data handling skills including Pandas and NumPy; experience with structured and unstructured data
- Cloud-native deployment, debugging, and performance tuning for AI workloads (Azure or AWS)
- Solid software engineering and DevOps practices (Git, CI/CD, logging, monitoring, production readiness)
- Willingness to travel approximately 80% to client offices
What We Do
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