We are hiring for a Job Role : AI Scientist / AI Architect (Hands-on) Location: Irvine, CA and LA, CA (2-3 days / week in the clients Irvine office, 1 day in their downtown LA office, 1 day remote) Type: Contract-W2 You Are: A highly skilled hands-on AI Scientist / Architect with at least 8+ years of experience in AI/ML, Data Science, or Software Engineering. You bring strong expertise in designing and building scalable, production-ready AI solutions, with deep hands-on experience in LLM-enabled applications, agent-based systems, and cloud-native architectures. You are comfortable working closely with business stakeholders and leading AI-driven innovation initiatives in an enterprise environment. What You Need: At least 8+ years of experience in AI/ML, Data Science, or Software Engineering Strong Python backend development experience Hands-on experience with LLM-enabled applications and Generative AI Experience building agent-based / agent-oriented AI systems Strong expertise in retrie...