Temporary AI Engineer

Florida International University is hiring a Temporary AI Engineer in Miami, FL (onsite) to support the design, development, integration, and evaluation of advanced artificial intelligence systems. This contract role focuses on Agentic AI, LLMs, and Generative AI for both research and real-world applications.

The position operates on a regular workday schedule from 8:30am to 5pm for 40 hours, with an advertised rate of $30.00 per hour. The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience building AI solutions, working with deep learning frameworks, and applying model evaluation techniques alongside interdisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and evaluate AI agents for reasoning, planning, tool use, decision-making, and autonomous task execution.
• Design and implement LLM-based applications, including Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), conversational AI, document intelligence, and knowledge-based systems.
• Develop and train machine learning and deep learning models for classification, prediction, anomaly detection, computer vision, and data analytics.
• Implement Generative AI solutions for text, images, synthetic data generation, and multimodal applications.
• Integrate AI models with databases, APIs, software platforms, simulations, and other computational systems.
• Run experiments, evaluate AI model performance, and contribute to technical reports, research publications, and project deliverables.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 2 years of experience, or master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, or a related field.
• Strong programming experience in Python.
• Fundamental knowledge of Machine Learning and Deep Learning.
• Experience or coursework in LLMs, Generative AI, or AI/ML model development.
• Familiarity with deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.
• Basic understanding of LLM frameworks, RAG, embeddings, vector databases, or AI agent architectures.

Technologies

• Python
• Machine Learning, Deep Learning
• LLMs, Generative AI, AI/ML
• PyTorch, TensorFlow
• Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
• Embeddings, vector databases
• AI agent architectures
• Computer vision, multimodal applications
• APIs

Benefits

• Temporary employees are not eligible to participate in all employee benefit programs (for example, paid leave, retirement, or tuition reimbursement).
• Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), a temporary employee working on average 30 hours or more per week may be eligible to enroll in health care benefits.
• Temporary employees may enroll in supplemental plans (for example, dental and vision), which require full payment by the employee.

Pre-Employment Requirements

• Criminal background check
• Fingerprinting check

How to Apply

• Current employees: apply by logging into Employee Self Service (ESS) for this and other internal opportunities.
• Prospective employees: create a registered account (username and password) to use the system and track status in “My Applications”.
• Attach electronic copies of your resume/CV, cover letter, and any other documents in Microsoft Word or PDF format.
• Complete the online application, including work history and educational details (if applicable), even if you attach a resume.
• This posting will close at 12:00 am of the close date.