AI Engineer (Python)

Post Date

Jul 10, 2026

Location

Universal City,
California

ZIP/Postal Code

90068
US
Sep 14, 2026 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract

Category

Software Engineering

Req #

NNJ-f40d7c5c-c0ed-4d56-a8c7-b652da47c93f

Pay Rate

$32 - $40 (hourly estimate)

Job Description

As part of the Video platforms and Development team, Senior Staff AI Engineers are responsible for the design and maintenance of AI Engineering initiatives. This includes internal workflows, new technology initiatives, and consumer-facing systems. The successful candidate will work closely with clients (users) to complete the analysis and design of systems and follow the implementation to completion. Senior Staff AI Engineers expected to lead other AI Engineers and develop standards and best practices across the AI Engineering landscape.

RESPONSIBILITIES
• Provides, guides and uses professional concepts in developing resolution to critical issues.
• Train and fine-tune models using LoRA and other parameter-efficient techniques
• Design, train, and evaluate multimodal models from scratch
• Apply reinforcement learning techniques to model development and optimization
• Experience with audio/speech ML tasks such as speaker diarization and speaker identification
• Deploy, debug, and maintain distributed systems in cloud environments
• Optimize inference pipelines using tools and techniques such as TensorRT, quantization, and pruning
• Monitor and maintain models in production, including handling data drift and system failures
• Perform data gathering, cleaning, and curation to build high-quality training and evaluation datasets
• Comfortable working with a gated, continuous deployment workflow that requires unit, component, and integration tests
• Applies extensive knowledge of theories, practices and design matters.
• Works on issues that impact program success or addresses future concepts and products. Implementation of solutions requires a longer-term view which impacts strategic goals and objectives spanning several functions.
• Exercise a wide latitude in determining objectives and approaches to critical assignments.
• Knowledge of media management strategies and distribution workflows
• Work closely with Product and Operations to design and optimize workflows
• Apply broad expertise and knowledge in highly specialized fields or several related disciplines
• Contributes to development of company objectives across and principles to achieve goals
• Work on significant and unique issues where analysis of situations or data requires an evaluation of intangibles

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Required Skills & Experience

• 7+ years of Python programming languages
• Expert experience, understanding and knowledge of digital and broadcast production operations and workflows
• 5+ years working with the AWS cloud
• 1+ years working with the Azure cloud
• Strong knowledge of industry trends and best practices
• Strong experience with the C4 model and other traditional design artifacts
• Experience working in an Agile environment

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Knowledge with broadcast production or video content management systems
• Familiarity with client-side web technologies (React, Angular, JavaScript, CSS, HTML)
• Familiarity with continuous integration/deployment practices
• Docker, Kubernetes experience a plus
• BS in CS, EE or equivalent experience required

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.