ML Engineer II

Who we are:

At UST, we help the world’s best organizations grow and succeed through transformation. Bringing together the right talent, tools, and ideas, we work with our client to co-create lasting change. Together, with over 30,000 employees in 30+ countries, we build for boundless impact—touching billions of lives in the process. Visit us at UST.com

Summary:

UST is looking forAI Engineer

Experience

• 7+ years of experience designing and developing full-stack, AI-enabled applications.
• Proven experience integrating AI and Generative AI capabilities into enterprise applications and automation workflows.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy GenAI-powered applications and solutions, includingRetrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), LLM integrations, and agentic workflows.
• Develop, deploy, and maintainPython-based microservices and APIs, withFastAPI preferred, to support AI, automation, and business use cases.
• Build scalable data models and data pipelines to support analytics, AI applications, and automation workflows.
• Implementdata quality frameworks, validation checks, observability, and monitoring mechanisms to ensure reliable and production-ready AI systems.
• Integrate APIs, microservices, LLMs, and external AI services into scalable automation workflows.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, product teams, data teams, and engineering teams to identify opportunities and translate business requirements into AI-driven solutions.
• Contribute toCI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, containerization, orchestration, and release management.
• Design and develop scalable backend systems that support high-volume AI and automation workloads.
• Deploy and maintain AI applications across cloud environments such asAWS and/or Azure.
• Participate in troubleshooting, performance optimization, production support, and continuous improvement of AI-enabled applications.

Required Skills

• Strong programming expertise inPython and experience building scalable backend systems.
• Hands-on experience withGenerative AI, LLMs, RAG, prompt engineering, and agentic AI workflows.
• Experience developingREST APIs and microservices, preferably usingFastAPI.
• Experience integrating APIs, microservices, and external AI/LLM services into enterprise applications and automation workflows.
• Strong understanding ofdata modeling, data pipelines, data validation, and data quality frameworks.
• Experience withDocker and Kubernetes for containerization and orchestration.
• Hands-on experience withCI/CD and DevOps practices.
• Proficiency in at least one major cloud platform, preferablyAWS or Azure.
• Experience building and deploying production-grade, scalable AI applications.
• Strong understanding of software engineering principles, API design, distributed systems, and application scalability.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.

Preferred / Good-to-Have Skills

• Experience with AI/ML frameworks and libraries such asLangChain, LlamaIndex, or similar frameworks.
• Experience with vector databases and embedding technologies.
• Familiarity with AI observability, evaluation, guardrails, and responsible AI practices.
• Experience with event-driven architectures, workflow orchestration, or automation platforms.
• Knowledge of cloud-native AI/ML services and MLOps practices.

What we believe:

We’re proud to embrace the same values that have shaped UST since the beginning. Since day one, we’ve been building enduring relationships and a culture of integrity. And today, it's those same values that are inspiring us to encourage innovation from everyone, to champion diversity and inclusion and to place people at the centre of everything we do.

Humility:

We will listen, learn, be empathetic and help selflessly in our interactions with everyone.

Humanity:

Through business, we will better the lives of those less fortunate than ourselves.

Integrity:

We honour our commitments and act with responsibility in all our relationships.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

UST is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences, such as age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, religion, or sexual orientation.

All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, colour, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law.

UST reserves the right to periodically redefine your roles and responsibilities based on the requirements of the organization and/or your performance.

• To support and promote the values of UST.

• Comply with all Company policies and procedures