AI Engineer location San Diego, California, USA

ESRhealthcare and EXEC STAFF RECRUITERS • San Diego, CA

4d • Remote

About The Position

Are you passionate about building Generative AI systems that move beyond prototypes and create real business impact? A leading healthcare technology company is hiring an experienced AI/ML Software Engineer to develop production-grade Generative AI applications, RAG platforms, intelligent agents, and document-processing pipelines. You will help transform complex engineering information into searchable, actionable knowledge used across technical and product teams.

Requirements

• 4+ years of software engineering and/or machine learning experience.
• 1 to 2+ years of hands-on Generative AI or LLM application development.
• Strong Python development experience.
• Production experience with Google Gemini and Vertex AI.
• Experience building RAG pipelines, AI agents, and tool-calling systems.
• Knowledge of vector databases, semantic search, and information retrieval.
• Experience building REST APIs and microservices.
• Experience with Docker and cloud-based application deployment.

Nice To Haves

• FastAPI, Flask, LangChain, LangSmith, or PyTorch.
• Milvus, PgVector, Qdrant, or Redis.
• Kubernetes, GKE, or Cloud Run.
• Healthcare, medical device, life sciences, or regulated industry experience.
• Experience with OpenAI, Claude, AWS Bedrock, React, Next.js, Streamlit, or Gradio.

Responsibilities

• Build Generative AI applications using LLMs and modern AI frameworks.
• Develop RAG pipelines, semantic search, and vector-based retrieval systems.
• Create scalable backend services and APIs with Python and FastAPI.
• Build AI agents and tool-calling workflows that connect to enterprise data sources.
• Process unstructured content such as PDFs, images, tables, and technical documentation.
• Deploy containerized AI applications on GCP using Cloud Run, GKE, and Docker.
• Evaluate model performance and implement AI monitoring, security, and governance.
• Work with engineering, quality, validation, and business teams to deliver practical AI solutions.

Benefits

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed