About Careertakes

👉 Important disclosure: Careertakes is a third-party recruiting platform supporting this hiring process. If selected, you will be employed directly by our client, IT.

Applicants for this role may also receive access to additional matched opportunities through the Careertakes platform.

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Overview

This is an entry-level Junior AI Engineer role (6-month contract) supporting a confidential client in the IT industry. The position is primarily remote but requires the candidate to live in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area and attend monthly on-site meetings. This role is ideal for candidates with 0–2 years of experience who are proficient in Python, familiar with data pipelines, and eager to learn practical AI engineering (including AI agents and retrieval-augmented generation).

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What You’ll Do

• Design, build, and deploy AI-enabled applications and agentic workflows that provide grounded answers from enterprise data.
• Build and tune retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) solutions (chunking strategy, embedding generation, vector search).
• Test and refine natural-language generative AI solutions, including prompt and instruction revision.
• Curate and prepare source data to be retrieval- and agent-ready; collaborate with data engineers on required transformations.
• Contribute to data engineering tasks that support AI and data solutions.
• Assist in evaluating and recommending models, tools, and platforms; stay current on emerging AI technology.
• Create reference implementations, explore emerging technology, and help set standards and best practices.
• Communicate technical concepts and project status clearly to technical and business stakeholders.

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Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Information Systems, or a closely related field.
• 0–2 years of relevant experience (internships, co-ops, academic projects, and personal projects count).
• Proficiency in Python.
• Understanding of data pipelines, relational data, and modern data stores.
• Hands-on experience developing or working with AI agents and an understanding of agent architecture.
• Comfortable using generative AI tools to explore problems and prototype solutions.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills; able to discuss technical work with business and technical audiences.
• Curious, self-motivated, and eager to learn.

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Preferred Qualifications

• SQL and demonstrated familiarity with relational data.
• Exposure to RAG components: embeddings, chunking, and vector search.
• Experience or exposure to Databricks, GCP, or other cloud data platforms.
• Experience with natural-language-to-data interfaces.

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Location & Work Model

• Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US.
• Work model: Primarily remote, with required monthly on-site meetings in Pittsburgh. Candidates must live in the Pittsburgh area and be able to travel to a local office monthly.

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Contract & Compensation

• Duration: 6 Months Contract.
• Estimated salary (from source): $74,088 per year — this is an estimate and not a guaranteed offer. Compensation details will be confirmed by the hiring organization.

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About the Confidential Client

Confidential Client is a global staff-augmentation provider offering talent-on-demand and workforce solutions in the IT industry. This opportunity is with a client who invests in developing junior engineers into professional contributors and provides hands-on learning across modern AI and data platforms.

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Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency

Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.

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