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Machine Learning EngineerStrategic Staffing Solutions • Houston, TX, United States
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Machine Learning Engineer

Machine Learning Engineer

Strategic Staffing Solutions • Houston, TX, United States
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Temporary
Job description
STRATEGIC STAFFING SOLUTIONS HAS AN OPENING!

This is a Contract Opportunity with our company that MUST be worked on a W2 Only. No C2C eligibility for this position. Visa Sponsorship is Available! The details are below.

"Beware of scams. S3 never asks for money during its onboarding process." Job Title: Machine Learning Engineer Contract Length: 9+ Month contract
Location: Houston, TX 77002 (4 days on site/ 1 day remote)


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We are seeking an experienced AI Engineer to partner with product, data science, and platform teams to design, build, and productionize AI and machine learning solutions. This role is delivery-focused and hands-on, emphasizing cloud architecture, MLOps, automation, and operational excellence.

The ideal contractor brings strong Azure experience, a software engineering mindset, and practical experience operationalizing AI systems at scale. Experience with Microsoft Foundry is strongly preferred.

Key Responsibilities
  • Partner with business and technical stakeholders to identify and implement agentic AI and machine learning solutions that improve decision-making, workflows, and automation.
  • Design and implement cloud-native AI architectures using Microsoft Azure services and established AI design patterns.
  • Collaborate with Data Scientists and other AI Engineers to transform prototypes into production-ready, scalable solutions.
  • Build, deploy, and operate enterprise-scale machine learning pipelines emphasizing reliability, performance, and security.
  • Orchestrate and configure infrastructure that enables low-latency, resilient AI workloads using infrastructure-as-code and automation.
  • Contribute to reusable accelerators, templates, and patterns that improve delivery speed and consistency across teams.
  • Support CI/CD, monitoring, and operational practices for AI and ML systems in production environments.
Required Technical Skills
  • Strong experience with Microsoft Azure, including AI/ML services and cloud-native architectures.
  • Hands-on experience deploying and operating ML pipelines using Azure Machine Learning.
  • Proficiency in Python and modern software engineering practices.
  • Experience with automation and configuration management, including Ansible.
  • Solid understanding of MLOps, model lifecycle management, and CI/CD for AI systems.
  • Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
  • Working knowledge of security, identity, and access control in enterprise cloud environments.
Preferred Skills
  • Experience with Microsoft Foundry.
  • Experience implementing or operating agentic AI systems.
  • Familiarity with data engineering tools such as Databricks, Spark, Azure Data Factory.
  • Experience integrating AI services (e.g., cognitive services, computer vision, unstructured data processing).
Experience Requirements
  • 5+ years of experience in software engineering, AI engineering, or machine learning engineering roles.
  • Proven experience delivering production AI or ML solutions in a cloud environment.
  • Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams across data science, engineering, and architecture.
Ways of Working
  • Ability to work independently as a contractor while integrating effectively with existing teams.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly.
  • Results-oriented mindset focused on delivering business value quickly and reliably.
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