[Remote] AI Application Engineer (LLM / Agentic AI)

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Insight Global is partnering with a global pharmaceutical research leader to transform drug discovery through biological datasets, cloud technologies, advanced analytics, and artificial intelligence. The AI Application Engineer will develop AI-powered applications and agentic systems that help researchers interact with complex biological and research data, while building scalable, reliable solutions across cloud and life sciences environments.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy AI-powered applications and intelligent agent systems
• Build integrations with large language models (LLMs) and external tools/services
• Develop applications leveraging Model Context Protocol (MCP) and modern agent frameworks
• Create tool-calling workflows and agent orchestration capabilities
• Collaborate with data scientists, researchers, and engineers to deliver AI-enabled solutions
• Develop scalable APIs supporting AI and machine learning workloads
• Deploy and manage applications within Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Build and maintain containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes
• Optimize performance, reliability, testing, and validation of AI systems
• Support the development of AI-driven research assistants and scientific discovery tools

Skills

• 2+ years of professional experience developing and deploying AI, Machine Learning, or Generative AI solutions
• Strong programming experience with Python and/or TypeScript
• Experience integrating and deploying LLMs in production environments
• Hands-on experience building AI agents and agent-based applications
• MCP (Model Context Protocol)
• Pydantic AI, LangGraph, or similar agent frameworks
• Tool/function-calling architectures
• OpenAI, Claude, or comparable LLM ecosystems
• 2+ years of experience working within Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Strong experience with Docker and containerized deployments
• Experience building APIs with FastAPI or similar frameworks
• Experience with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures
• Knowledge of agent orchestration frameworks and multi-agent systems
• Integration testing, load testing, and performance optimization experience
• Experience supporting scientific, research, or data-intensive environments
• Drug Discovery
• Bioinformatics
• Biology
• Healthcare AI
• Life Sciences

Benefits

• Remote work model

Company Overview

Insight Global provides top talent and staffing solutions that help job seekers find careers in healthcare, finance, IT, and government. It was founded in 2001, and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://insightglobal.com/.

Company H1B Sponsorship

Insight Global has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 163 in 2026, 281 in 2025, 164 in 2024, 75 in 2023, 17 in 2022, 3 in 2021, 2 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.