AI Engineer (AI System Calibration & Optimization)

Robots & Pencils is seeking an outcome‑oriented AI Engineer to partner with a strategic client on a high‑impact AI system calibration and optimization engagement. You’ll embed directly with the client’s AI and product engineering teams to improve the accuracy, reliability, and transparency of their Azure‑hosted, fine‑tuned GPT model through systematic prompt optimization and RAG calibration.

As an AI Engineer, you’ll serve as a technical thought partner, actively coding and leveraging your software engineering experience to build calibration pipelines, optimize prompts using prompt optimization frameworks, and establish repeatable improvement workflows. You’ll work on‑site with the client, driving measurable outcomes that maximize their AI system performance.

Key Responsibilities

Client Engagement & Solution Development

• Embed with strategic client as their technical partner for AI system calibration and prompt optimization.
• Build production‑grade calibration systems using Python within the client’s Azure environment.
• Implement DSPy framework and GEPA optimizer to systematically improve prompt quality and retrieval performance.
• Create evaluation frameworks to measure model accuracy, precision / recall, latency, and hallucination rates.
• Architect prompt optimization pipelines for retrieval, context synthesis, and answer generation tailored to client needs.
• Own the path to production – evaluation pipelines, Azure ML workflows, KPI dashboards, and optimization automation.
• Iterate rapidly based on client feedback and KPI results, translate business goals into technical calibration improvements.

Outcome Ownership & Business Impact

Cross‑Functional Collaboration

Required Skills & Qualifications

Nice to Have

Why Join Robots & Pencils?

We don’t just ship features, we build digital‑first products that matter. As a Senior Forward Deploy Engineer you’ll join a team that values deep craft, cross‑functional collaboration, and relentless focus on quality. You’ll work on impactful agentic AI applications using modern technologies while influencing engineering culture and best practices across the organization.

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