Senior AI Platform Engineer Contract

NEXTDATA IS LOOKING FOR AN EXPERIENCED AI PLATFORM ENGINEER FOR AN INITIAL THREE-MONTH PROJECT FOCUSED ON BUILDING AND VALIDATING AN AI-ENABLED DATA PLATFORM CAPABILITY. THIS IS A HANDS-ON IMPLEMENTATION ROLE. YOU WILL QUICKLY RAMP UP ON AN EXISTING PROJECT AND BUILD BACKEND SERVICES, AGENT TOOLS, APIS, AND DATA INTEGRATIONS. THE ROLE HAS NO CUSTOMER-FACING RESPONSIBILITIES AND LESS EMPHASIS ON ARCHITECTURE THAN A PRINCIPAL-LEVEL POSITION. IF SUCCESSFUL, THE PROJECT MAY CONTINUE AND DEVELOP INTO A BROADER NEXTDATA PRODUCT. WHAT YOU’LL DO - Quickly understand the existing codebase, requirements, and technical direction. - Build backend services, AI agents, tools, and APIs for governed data access. - Implement MCP-compatible endpoints or similar agent interfaces. - Integrate SQL, documents, …