Applied AI Engineer

Contract | Onsite Sacramento, CA

Please Read Before Applying

• Must be local to the Sacramento area
• Must be able to work onsite in Sacramento
• Must work on a W2 basis through Ledgent Technology
• No C2C, third-party firms, or sub-vendors

Ledgent Technology is seeking an Applied AI Engineer to design, build, and deploy AI agents and AI-powered applications that solve real business problems. This role will focus on evaluating LLMs, developing agent-based solutions, and partnering with business and technical teams to deliver scalable AI capabilities.

What You'll Do

• Design and develop AI agents and AI-powered applications
• Build solutions utilizing LLMs, RAG, tool orchestration, reasoning chains, and workflow automation
• Evaluate AI models based on accuracy, cost, performance, and scalability
• Create frameworks to measure and monitor AI agent effectiveness in production
• Partner with data engineering and business teams to deliver practical AI solutions
• Help establish AI governance, best practices, and lifecycle management
• Communicate technical concepts and tradeoffs to non-technical stakeholders

What We're Looking For

• Experience building and deploying AI agents or AI-powered applications
• Strong Python development experience
• Hands-on experience with LLMs, RAG, agent frameworks, and prompt engineering
• Understanding of machine learning, statistics, model evaluation, and data quality
• Experience with GitHub, Azure DevOps, testing, and production support practices
• Strong communication skills and ability to work across technical and business teams

Preferred

• MLOps or AIOps experience
• Experience with Power BI or Tableau
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code or GitHub Copilot

This is an excellent opportunity to help shape and expand enterprise AI capabilities while working on innovative, real-world business solutions.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.