AI Quality Assurance Engineer (Part Time)

Peak Performers has partnered with a Texas State Agency to assist in their search for a part time AI Quality Assurance Engineer. In this position, you will be responsible for providing independent quality assurance of architecture decisions, validating outputs and delivery processes within the RISE data migration program, and ensuring the AI capability layer produces accurate, consistent, and auditable results.

Major duties

• Verify AI/ML architecture decisions and guidelines within the RISE data migration program 
• Validate data pipeline integrity processes across high-volume ingestion and transformation processes, including record count reconciliation, field-level accuracy verification, and exception rate tracking against defined quality thresholds 
• Review AI pipeline code, test scripts, and data transformation logic across the delivery team, catching data contract issues, performance regressions, and output quality risks before they reach reviewers 
• Support knowledge transfer activities by documenting validation frameworks, test coverage maps, and quality assurance processes so staff can sustain oversight practices post-engagement 
• Collaborate with the ML/AI Engineer on pipeline performance optimization and output calibration, applying production systems experience to improve throughput, reduce latency, and ensure data integrity at scale

What are we looking for?

• 2+ years of production software engineering experience, including Python backend services and async pipeline architecture.
• 2+ years of gRPC/REST API development.
• Demonstrated ability to build, ship, and maintain systems at scale with measurable performance outcomes.
• 2+ years of regression testing framework design and execution.
• Experience building automated test infrastructure for complex multi-system workflows, including systems not accessible through standard DOM or API selectors.
• 2+ years of high-volume data pipeline validation, including batched ingestion, bulk-load integrity verification, record count reconciliation, and exception identification across large structured datasets.
• 1+ year of clear technical communication of system behavior and quality findings to engineers, product managers, and non-technical stakeholders in a structured delivery environment.
• 2+ years of PostgreSQL query optimization, bulk-load performance tuning, and data integrity validation at scale preferred.
• 1+ year of cross-team code review experience, with the ability to catch API contract issues, performance regressions, and data integrity risks before production preferred.
• 1+ year of production engineering experience with end-to-end quality ownership across multiple product teams or customer-facing services preferred.

Exciting Opportunity Details

• Rate: $101.00/hour

• W2 Contract- Part Time position (20 hrs/ week)

• Remote or Hybrid in Austin, Tx

• 6 month contract with opportunity for extension

• 20 hrs/ week, part time role

The Peak Performers difference

• Excellent medical health, dental & vision insurance at 60 days

• Our employees may choose to participate in a 403(b) retirement plan

• Qualified applicants with chronic medical conditions and/or disabilities receive priority placement

• We pay weekly through direct deposit

• In business since 1994 and thousands of job placements

All employment offers are contingent on the successful completion of a pre-employment criminal background check, in compliance with all applicable federal and state laws.

Applicants for employment with Peak Performers must possess work authorization that does not require sponsorship for a visa now or in the future.
 
Peak Performers is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applicants without regard to race, marital status, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability or any other characteristic protected by law. Peak Performers does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies or fee-based recruitment services.

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