Contract Pay Rate: $70-110.00 based on experience
This is a unique opportunity to shape the foundational AI architecture for a large-scale, enterprise technology platform used across some of the world's most demanding environments.
Responsibilities of the Artificial intelligence & Machine learning Developer / Architect Job in Milwaukee, WI:
- Collaborate daily with Controls Software engineers, architects, and product managers as a fully embedded team member
- Operate with principal-level autonomy, driving architecture decisions and validating assumptions iteratively
- Produce clear, durable deliverables, reference architectures, decision records, and deployment playbooks
- Participate in agile ceremonies: standups, design reviews, and retrospectives
- Run technical workshops and design sessions as needed
- 10+ years of software or systems engineering experience with at least 6 years focused on AI/ML in production environments
- Proven experience designing and deploying AI/ML systems at scale from data ingestion through inference and monitoring
- Deep MLOps knowledge including model deployment pipelines, versioning, observability, drift detection, and continuous improvement
- Experience with edge-to-cloud AI execution strategies balancing latency, cost, and resiliency across distributed environments
- Strong command of data pipeline architecture, time-series data, event-driven systems, and API/microservices patterns
- Hands-on experience architecting production GenAI applications across multiple LLM providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, and open-source models
- Deep knowledge of RAG architectures, vector databases, embedding pipelines, and retrieval strategies at production scale
- Experience with agentic architectures, multi-agent orchestration, and tool-calling patterns including MCP
- LLM observability and tracing experience using tools like LangSmith, LangFuse, or OpenTelemetry
- Ability to produce clear, durable architecture artifacts engineers can execute
- Comfortable in an embedded team model with the ability to give and receive direct technical feedback
- Capable of running technical workshops and design sessions when needed
- Experience in industrial, OT, or IoT environments
- Familiarity with protocols such as MQTT, Modbus, or OPC UA
- Exposure to cybersecurity frameworks in OT environments such as IEC 62443 or NIST CSF
- Experience with containerization, CI/CD tooling, and observability platforms
Nesco Resource offers a comprehensive benefits package for our associates, which includes a MEC (Minimum Essential Coverage) plan that encompasses Medical, Vision, Dental, 401K, and EAP (Employee Assistance Program) services.
Nesco Resource provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
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