AI Engineer / Data Scientist

Vibotek LLC seeks an experienced AI engineer and data scientist to lead the architecture, design, and development of a cloud-native, configuration-driven, event-based platform for healthcare payer workflows and Payment Integrity systems in St. Louis, MO onsite.

Responsibilities

• Drive full lifecycle engineering programs from concept to delivery
• Set architectural direction and contribute hands-on across modules
• Design and implement scalable metadata-driven and rule-engine platforms
• Collaborate with product, architecture, and business stakeholders to align roadmaps
• Mentor engineers, enforce engineering best practices, and uphold quality standards

Requirements

• 8+ years of software engineering experience
• Proficiency in Python or Java
• Background with configuration-driven platforms and rule engines
• Strong SQL and NoSQL database knowledge
• Hands-on experience with Kafka and event-driven architectures
• Experience with AWS services: EKS, ECS, Lambda, S3, RDS, DynamoDB
• CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, GitOps experience
• Healthcare domain expertise with a focus on Payment Integrity

Technologies

• Python
• Java
• SQL
• NoSQL
• Kafka
• AWS (EKS, ECS, Lambda, S3, RDS, DynamoDB)
• CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, GitOps
• Oracle
• Windsurf
• GitHub Copilot
• Cursor
• Payment Integrity Platforms
• Qwen
• Gemma
• Llama
• Claude
• Gemini
• Codex

Role overview

Role overview: A strong Lead Engineer to drive the architecture, design, and development of a cloud-native, configuration-driven, event-based platform that supports healthcare payer workflows and Payment Integrity systems.

Preferred Experience

• Autonomous agents
• Tool-calling workflows
• Multi-agent architectures
• Local or private AI deployments
• Advanced AI reasoning and orchestration
• Hands-on experience with modern AI models such as Qwen, Gemma, Llama, Claude, Gemini, Codex
• Kafka and Payment Integrity experience is required

Key skills

• Python
• Oracle
• Kafka
• Windsurf
• GitHub Copilot
• Cursor
• Payment Integrity Platforms