{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"5d3fb174b1f596f10a142e39","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/5d3fb174b1f596f10a142e39","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/5d3fb174b1f596f10a142e39","title":"Senior AI Engineer","description":"Senior AI Engineer – Recommendation Systems\nMiami, FL – Hybrid, 4 days onsite / 1 day remote\n6 Month Contract (with potential to extend or convert full time)\n$70-80/hr\nPosition Overview\nOur enterprise cruise line client is seeking a Senior AI Engineer to help build and scale AI-powered recommendation products supporting guest personalization, pricing, and revenue optimization.\nThis role sits at the intersection of AI/ML and software engineering. The ideal candidate brings strong AI and data science fundamentals but, more importantly, knows how to turn models and AI capabilities into reliable, scalable production applications.\nYou will join a growing AI Engineering team responsible for evolving recommendation-engine initiatives from early solutions and MVPs into enterprise-grade products used across the business.\nWhat You'll Do\nDesign, build, and enhance production-grade AI-powered recommendation systems.\nTranslate AI/ML models and prototypes into scalable, reliable software solutions.\nDevelop production-quality applications and services primarily using Python.\nBuild and operationalize AI/ML solutions within Databricks environments.\nDevelop and maintain CI/CD pipelines, deployment processes, and version-control practices.\nIntegrate LLMs, predictive models, business logic, and behavioral data into recommendation workflows.\nUse AI-assisted development tools and coding agents to accelerate engineering and problem solving.\nCollaborate with AI Engineers, Data Scientists, and business stakeholders to translate business objectives into technical solutions.\nImprove system scalability, reliability, maintainability, and performance as AI products mature.\nIndependently troubleshoot problems and drive technical solutions from concept through production.\nRequired Qualifications\n4–5+ years of relevant software, AI/ML, or data engineering experience, with demonstrated senior-level engineering maturity.\nStrong Python development skills and experience writing production-quality code.\nHands-on experience building and operationalizing AI/ML solutions in production.\nExperience with Databricks and modern data/AI environments.\nStrong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including:\nCI/CD and automated deployment pipelines\nGit and source-control best practices\nTesting and code quality\nModular, maintainable application design\nProduction monitoring and troubleshooting\nExperience integrating machine learning models into applications, services, or production workflows.\nAbility to independently solve ambiguous technical problems and understand the broader business objective behind a solution.\nStrong written and verbal communication skills.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience building recommendation engines, personalization platforms, or propensity models.\nExperience combining LLMs with traditional machine learning and business-rule systems.\nUnderstanding of Data Science workflows and common ML modeling approaches.\nExperience taking prototypes or MVPs and scaling them into enterprise-grade applications.\nExperience with cloud-based AI architectures and APIs/services supporting production ML applications.\nFamiliarity with coding agents and AI-assisted development tools.\nDisclaimer: Brooksource, Medasource, and Calculated Hire are part of the Eight Eleven Group family of companies and operate under Eight Eleven Group, LLC. All employees receive the same benefits, policies, and terms of employment.\nEEO: We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related conditions), or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.\nBenefits & Perks: Brooksource offers competitive medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Dependent Care FSA, and supplemental coverage with plans that can fit each employee’s needs. We offer a 401k plan that includes a company match and is fully vested after you become eligible, paid time off, sick time, and paid company holidays. We also offer an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) that provides services like virtual counseling, financial services, legal services, life coaching, etc.\nPay Disclaimer: The pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.\nPay: $70.00 - $80.00 per hour\nBenefits:\nDental insurance\nHealth insurance\nVision insurance\nApplication Question(s):\nAre you comfortable with contract work?\nAre you currently local to the Miami, FL area?\nWork Location: Hybrid remote in Miami, FL 33134","company":"Brooksource","rawCompany":"brooksource","city":"Miami","state":"FL","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-08-04T00:23:54.776Z","occupations":[{"code":"15-1252.00","title":"Software Developers","slug":"software-developers"},{"code":"15-1299.08","title":"Computer Systems Engineers/Architects","slug":"computer-systems-engineers-architects"},{"code":"15-2051.00","title":"Data Scientists","slug":"data-scientists"}],"industries":[{"code":"541511","title":"Custom Computer Programming Services","slug":"custom-computer-programming-services"},{"code":"541512","title":"Computer Systems Design Services","slug":"computer-systems-design-services"},{"code":"513210","title":"Software Publishers","slug":"software-publishers"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Senior AI Engineer","description":"Senior AI Engineer – Recommendation Systems\nMiami, FL – Hybrid, 4 days onsite / 1 day remote\n6 Month Contract (with potential to extend or convert full time)\n$70-80/hr\nPosition Overview\nOur enterprise cruise line client is seeking a Senior AI Engineer to help build and scale AI-powered recommendation products supporting guest personalization, pricing, and revenue optimization.\nThis role sits at the intersection of AI/ML and software engineering. 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All employees receive the same benefits, policies, and terms of employment.\nEEO: We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related conditions), or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.\nBenefits & Perks: Brooksource offers competitive medical, dental, vision, Health Savings Account, Dependent Care FSA, and supplemental coverage with plans that can fit each employee’s needs. We offer a 401k plan that includes a company match and is fully vested after you become eligible, paid time off, sick time, and paid company holidays. 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