Contract Machine Learning Engineer Jobs in Indiana

For more than 25 years we have formed partnerships and grown through open and honest collaboration with our clients, partners, and employees. We are best known for taking great care of our clients, our dedication to creating a work environment where employees do their best work, and our deep commitment to continuous improvement. Our consultants work in a collaborative and fast-paced environment, are self-motivated, and are passionate about evolving technology. It is no accident that we are recognized as one of the Best Places to Work in Indiana for 10 consecutive years.

Internally, we believe in building strong teams from the top down with a focus on values in our Model-Coach-Care philosophy. Our leadership are encouraged and trained to model good practices, mentor other employees and each other, and show empathy and caring in all interactions. This is the base of our core values: Accountability, Balance, Collaboration, Focus, Integrity, Social Responsibility, Support and Transparency.

Moser Consulting believes in equal opportunity for all people and is committed to enabling a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture. We foster a spirit of unity that respects the remarkable individuality of everyone's culture, history, and service.

We are seeking an AI/ML/Data engineer with several years of technical experience building production-grade solutions. This role blends AI/ML engineering, data engineering, and software engineering to support clients across a variety of industries. You will deliver within cloud, on-prem, or hybrid environments (depending on client content) to engineer, deploy, and maintain end-to-end AI/ML systems. You will collaborate with a technical lead, engineers, analysts, and domain stakeholders while building reusable patterns and contributing to a growing Data Intelligence capability.

Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning Engineering:

• Design, implement and deploy production-grade machine learning models and systems using modern MLOps practices. Deliverables will span from classical ML to Gen AI.
• Prepare datasets, feature pipelines, evaluation scaffolding, experiment tracking, and model packaging.
• Implement model inference services, deployment workflows, and monitoring mechanisms.
• Projects may range from data ingestion and transformation to model serving and application integration.
• Responsibilities will include debugging, performance tuning, and failure analysis across data and model layers.
• Collaborate with domain experts to translate analytical requirements into highly performant ML services and reusable solution patterns.Implement model governance and reproducibility standards, ensuring models are versioned.

Data Engineering:

• Build ingestion, transformation, and storage pipelines for analytical and ML workflows.
• Ensure data quality and integrity by implementing data validation and cleansing processes.
• Tasks may involve evaluating tradeoffs among tools, architectures, and modeling approaches.
• Leveraging SQL and python data tooling develop scalable, optimized ETL/ELT pipelines to ingest, transform, and load large, complex datasets from disparate sources (batch and streaming). Streamlining for low latency, high throughput and cost-efficiency.

Software Engineering:

• Write modular, testable, and maintainable codebases that follow idiomatic patterns.
• Build APIs, services, and components that integrate models into applications.
• Use containers, CI/CD (defining, maintaining), and automated testing to ensure reliability.
• Documentation will include diagrams, reasoning, assumptions, and operational instructions.

Collaboration & Communication:

• Work closely w/ a technical lead or senior consultant to align execution with architectural direction and best practices.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Proven ability to foster a collaborative and positive team environment, contributing to team success.
• Proven ability to explain complex concepts to non-technical collaborators.
• Proven ability to break down requirements into clear actionable steps.
• Ability to work with clients to ensure smooth and successful implementation, delivery and deployment of AI/ML and other relevant data solutions.
• Communication and collaboration: Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Communication and collaboration: Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• A solid understanding of statistical analysis, data modeling and data visualization techniques.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills.
• Advanced proficiency in SQL; expertise in performance tuning and optimization of SQL queries required.
• Strong understanding of ETL/ELT fundamentals and orchestration tools.
• Familiarity with data preprocessing, feature engineering, and model evaluation techniques.
• Proficiency in Python and SQL with strong grounding in data structures and software fundamentals.
• Strong understanding of software engineering practices including version control, testing, module design, and code clarity.
• Expertise in ML, MLOps, and applied AI in production environments.
• Location: Indianapolis, IN. United States required.

• Bachelor's, Master's, or Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field.
• Minimum 3 - 5 years of experience working with Machine Learning models.
• Must be able to operate effectively in secure, high-compliance, or limited-tooling environments (e.g. no code assistants, on-prem pipelines, locked-down VMs).
• Demonstrated ability to adapt quickly to new technology stacks and client-specific coding standards.
• Working knowledge of ML frameworks and libraries, such as: PyTorch, TensorFlow, and scikit-learn.
• Analytical mindset: Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze complex data and derive actionable insights.
• History of designing idempotent data workflows that can gracefully handle failures and restarts without data duplication or corruption.
• Proven expertise in at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, Snowflake or GCP) utilizing services for compute, data warehousing.
• History in leverage enterprise platforms (e.g., AI Foundry or similar) to securely containerize and deploy models, ensuring robust endpoint protection, managed identity access, and compliance with organizational security standards.
• Relevant Certifications are beneficial.

You will need to be able to work a hybird/onsite schedule out of the Indianapolis, IN area. This position would sit at a client site up to 3 days a week.

At Moser Consulting, we believe in pay transparency and fairness. The $120k-$155k salary range for this role is not just a number-it's a reflection of the value we place on the skills and experience our employees bring to our team. We are committed to offering a competitive salary that aligns with the industry standards and the unique competencies you bring to our community.

For over a quarter of a century, Moser Consulting has been a beacon for top-tier IT talent who excel in self-management. Our people are our greatest asset. We don't just hire the best-we welcome them into our family, connect them with opportunities, and empower them to create innovative solutions to technology challenges.

Our unique culture is our competitive edge. It fosters happiness, health, and low stress, even in an industry known for its demands. This is why we're consistently recognized as one of the Best Places to Work in Indiana. We provide our employees with an inspiring workspace, a fun and collaborative atmosphere, and a generous compensation package. But that's not all.

We also offer a suite of benefits designed to support and enrich our employees' lives. These include:

• Training Opportunities: We believe in lifelong learning and provide numerous avenues for skill enhancement.

• Fully Invested 401K Plan: We help secure your future with a fully invested 401K plan.

• PPO and HDHP Medical Plans: Choose the health insurance program that best fits your needs.

• Employer-Paid Dental and Vision Plans: We cover dental and vision plans, ensuring our employees have access to comprehensive health care.

• Onsite Fitness Center: Stay fit and healthy with our state-of-the-art fitness center.

• Wellness Program: We promote a healthy lifestyle with our wellness program.

• Catered Lunches: Enjoy delicious catered lunches regularly.

At Moser Consulting, we don't just offer jobs-we offer careers, growth, and a chance to join a thriving community. Come, be a part of our family.

Moser Consulting is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a professional.