AI Engineer / Applied AI Developer

OpTech•Farmington Hills, MI

28d•Hybrid

About The Position

OpTech is a woman-owned company that values your ideas, encourages your growth, and always has your back. When you work at OpTech, not only do you get health and dental benefits, but you also have training opportunities, flexible/remote work options, growth opportunities, 401K and competitive pay. Apply today! AI Engineer / Applied AI Developer Hybrid - Onsite 3 Days per week in Farmington Hills, MI is required The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on development skills, with a passion for building AI-powered proof-of-concepts and exploring cutting-edge AI capabilities. The candidate must be comfortable working in a fast-paced, research-driven environment, be a problem solver with excellent critical thinking, and have a strong foundation in Python programming. Experience with large language models is a must. Machine learning frameworks, or AI cloud services is a plus but not required.

Requirements

Python (intermediate to advanced proficiency)
Ability to quickly build working proof-of-concepts
Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
Experience with prompt engineering and function calling in LLMs
Experience integrating APIs and handling structured/unstructured data
Familiarity with Git and development in a collaborative environment

Nice To Haves

Prior experience with building Agentic AI solutions, conversational AI chatbots or summarization tools
Experience with OpenAI or similar LLM frameworks
Familiarity with Streamlit, FastAPI, or Flask for building UI/demo tools