About Mind MovesMind Moves is a women-owned Washington, D.C.-based firm helping businesses and governments to embrace, build and deploy ‘human in the loop’ AI solutions to elevate mission and value. We are pioneers with deep expertise in the field of machine learning and AI (both predictive and generative). We have delivered responsibly developed products and services that impact millions of users worldwide, while generating millions of dollars in revenue. We have worked with Fortune 500 corporations and large government entities in health care, supply chain management, financial services and life sciences. We apply a structured methodology and holistic approach to AI transformation and a broad spectrum of technical services centered in the harnessing of people, science and technology.What you’ll be doingHelping to guide a group of cross-functional teams as they move their use cases from idea to shaping a use case to Minimum Viable Product (MVP). These teams will consist of various members from different institutes or centers of the National Institutes of Health and as such, propose use cases that are typically in the medical research or public health space, for internal or external audiences.Working with Mind MovesYou’ll collaborate with client leads, business operators, fellow consultants, and the Mind Moves project team—while working closely with world-leading scientists at NIH and Mind Moves. This role offers the chance to:Make a measurable impact on scientific discovery and public health.Gain hands-on experience with frontier AI/ML technologies.Operate at the intersection of health, data, and AI in a creative, mission-driven environment.The contract will include:Deliver 'knowledge sessions' to teams to familiarize and give working knowledge to teamsAssist in data engineering and preparation tasks to enable teams who may not have engineering resources to utilize their data or new data sourcesRapidly develop proof-of-concept AI prototypes and functional demos to validate use cases, accelerate stakeholder buy-inDemonstrate iterative value creation across team capabilitiesCollaborate with cross-functional teams across federal agencies and supporting partnersDesigning solutions with defined requirementsInnovating ‘outside the box’ while accounting for riskArticulate the art of the impossible and lead to the edge of the frontier of innovationContractor has the following skills/background:7+ years professional experience in Data Science, Machine Learning, or AI EngineeringAzure expertise is essential — deep, hands-on experience with Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI Service, Azure Cosmos DB, and the M365 ecosystem (Teams, SharePoint, Copilot); general cloud experience is not sufficientProduction-level RAG implementation — retrieval strategy, relevance ranking, chunking, access-controlled data filtering, and evaluation; this is a non-negotiable core requirementStrong GenAI/LLM depth — prompt engineering, model selection and strategy, structured outputs, evaluation frameworks, and guardrailsDemonstrated experience designing and orchestrating agentic AI workflows using LangChain, AutoGen, or Microsoft Semantic KernelKnowledge graph / graph database experience (Neo4j or Azure Cosmos DB with graph API) — entity modeling, relationship design, query and visualizationDatabricks and MCP integration experienceData engineering and ETL — pipeline design, API integration, backend developmentAI governance aligned with NIST AI RMF, NIH/HHS requirements, including human-in-the-loop workflow design and RBAC in federal environmentsProficiency in Python, PyTorch, and SQLBackground or experience in biomedical, bioinformatics, or life sciences preferredExperience taking solutions from proof of concept through MVP to production deploymentStrong communication skills; ability to lead knowledge sessions with non-technical stakeholdersEastern Time Zone required, Maryland/Virginia/DC area preferredProposal DetailsCompensation range: Proposals accepted from $80-90/hourEstimated contract duration: 12 monthsContract hours: 40 hours/weekWork locale: 100% remote in the EST required and DC metro area preferredSecurity: If selected, candidates will be required to complete a full background check.To apply: If interested, please upload your resume and complete this short form. Timeline and ProcessThis opportunity has an immediate start date. Priority deadline to submit proposals is September 15th with an ideal start date in September, though proposals are accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.The contract bid process will include 2-3 interviews and the invitation to complete a technical exercise.
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