AI Engineer
CFS
Madison, WI
AI Engineer | Permanent | No Sponsorship Available | Remote
ABOUT OUR CLIENT
- The company is financially sound, yet their success is not just defined by their profits; it's about living their core values.
- Ton of opportunity for growth and providing a better place to live and work!
- The company boasts a team-oriented culture and provides its employees with the tools and training necessary to perform.
- Huge Employee Perks!
BENEFITS & COMPENSATION
- Compensation: Up to $200,000 per year + 8% annual bonus target
- PTO: Unlimited
- Retirement: 401K w/ a match
- Medical: Health, vision, and dental plans available for individuals and families
RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE AI ENGINEER
- Partner with stakeholders to identify high-impact opportunities where AI can drive efficiency, growth, and competitive advantage
- Design and deploy sophisticated LLM-based agent systems, reasoning workflows, and tool-integrated pipelines (RAG, chain-of-thought, planning-execution patterns)
- Architect and maintain production-grade APIs supporting real-time and asynchronous agent operations, including Model Context Protocol (MCP) integration
- Develop robust prompt strategies, vector database implementations, and knowledge graph architectures ensuring reliable model behavior
- Build comprehensive testing frameworks, observability tooling, and diagnostic systems for agent execution and performance monitoring
- Manage the complete AI model lifecycle—integration, deployment, fine-tuning, and production monitoring with logging and recovery mechanisms
- Establish AI governance standards addressing compliance, security, responsible AI, and ethical considerations
- Champion AI adoption across the organization; define success metrics, track progress, and drive organizational alignment
- Collaborate with frontend teams to build intuitive user interfaces and seamless AI system integration using React and TypeScript
QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE AI ENGINEER
- 10+ years of software development and systems architecture experience
- 3+ years of hands-on experience designing and implementing AI-driven solutions with production AI tools
- 3+ years of specialized expertise with Large Language Models, Generative AI, NLP, and machine learning fundamentals
- Practical experience with deep learning frameworks, RAG architectures, vector databases, and agent-based frameworks
- Working knowledge of cloud-native AI services and deployment patterns
Timing is everything. Whether you are aggressively in a job search or simply passive and looking for the ideal position, we would like to have the chance to share our opportunities with you. We specialize in placement of IT professionals. Please contact me for more information about this role as well as other opportunities.
MaxSalary: USD200000
MinSalary: USD160000
About the Company
CFS
Founded by CPA firms in 1994, Creative Financial Staffing has spent over 30 years helping job seekers and employers succeed. In fall 2025, we rebranded as CFS—a name that reflects our full range of expertise while staying true to the trusted company you know.
CFS is the industry’s leading employee-owned staffing firm, connecting top talent in accounting, finance, technology, and human resources. We provide skilled professionals on both a temporary and permanent basis across diverse industries, leveraging our extensive network to match the right people with the right opportunities.
Our dedication to excellence extends to our award-winning culture, recognized repeatedly for growth, recruiting, workplace environment, and employee support. Honors include Forbes’ “America’s Best Recruiting and Temporary Staffing Firms,” Staffing Industry Analysts’ top U.S. staffing rankings, FlexJobs’ Top 100 Companies for Remote and Hybrid Work, Top Workplaces USA, Newsweek’s Best Practices awards, and more.