[Remote] AI OCR Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Diverse Lynx is seeking an experienced AI OCR / Intelligent Document Processing Engineer to develop and support AI-driven document solutions. The role focuses on Python development, OCR and document intelligence, LLMs, AI agents, API integration, production deployment, technical design, and collaboration with project stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop AI-powered document-processing and OCR solutions based on business and technical requirements
• Build solutions that extract, classify, validate, and interpret information from scanned documents, PDFs, invoices, forms, and other semi-structured or unstructured documents
• Develop and integrate AI agents and LLM-based capabilities for document understanding and intelligent processing
• Evaluate document-processing approaches and recommend appropriate technologies based on document types, accuracy requirements, and business processes
• Develop solutions capable of handling variations in document formats and layouts
• Implement and integrate OCR and intelligent document-processing technologies
• Work with technologies such as AWS Textract, Azure AI Document Intelligence, Google Document AI, Kofax, or comparable platforms
• Apply document-understanding models and LLM capabilities for:
• Document classification
• Field extraction
• Data validation
• Information interpretation
• Document summarization or enrichment where applicable
• Develop approaches to improve extraction accuracy across varying document layouts and document types
• Support processing of both machine-generated and handwritten documents where applicable
• Develop production-quality Python applications and services supporting AI/OCR workflows
• Build and integrate APIs connecting document-processing solutions with enterprise applications and automation workflows
• Design data flows between OCR/document-intelligence platforms, AI/LLM services, and downstream business applications
• Troubleshoot API, integration, data-processing, and application issues
• Develop and integrate solutions using LLMs and document-understanding models
• Build AI-agent workflows that support document processing, validation, decision support, and automation
• Evaluate model outputs and implement appropriate validation and quality-control mechanisms
• Apply appropriate techniques to improve reliability, accuracy, and consistency of AI-generated or extracted information
• Develop and support production-ready AI/OCR solutions
• Implement confidence scoring and validation mechanisms for extracted information
• Design exception-handling workflows for low-confidence or incomplete results
• Support monitoring, troubleshooting, performance Eligible to workimization, and production stabilization
• Participate in testing, deployment, defect resolution, and ongoing enhancement activities
• Lead or contribute to technical solution design and architecture activities
• Ensure solutions align with business requirements, technical standards, security considerations, and applicable development practices
• Evaluate technical alternatives involving AI, OCR, LLM, APIs, databases, and system integrations
• Participate in technical discussions, feasibility assessments, and solution reviews
• Prepare technical presentations, capability assessments, solution documentation, and proposal materials when required
• Collaborate with project managers, business stakeholders, technical teams, and subject matter experts
• Support project planning, task estimation, technical dependency identification, and delivery coordination
• Provide technical guidance and knowledge sharing to other team members
• Support training and mentoring related to AI, OCR, document processing, and associated technologies
• Communicate technical risks, issues, dependencies, and project status to appropriate stakeholders

Skills

• 8+ years of relevant professional experience in software engineering, AI/ML engineering, intelligent document processing, OCR, or a related technical field
• Strong hands-on experience with Python development
• Hands-on experience building or integrating AI agents
• Hands-on experience working with LLMs and/or document-understanding models
• Experience developing AI/OCR or intelligent document-processing solutions
• Experience integrating AI/OCR solutions through APIs
• Experience designing solutions for document classification, extraction, validation, or interpretation
• Experience developing production-oriented AI solutions with appropriate error handling and validation mechanisms
• Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience with one or more of the following: + AWS Textract + Azure AI Document Intelligence + Google Document AI + Kofax + Comparable OCR or Intelligent Document Processing platforms
• Experience processing invoices, forms, PDFs, scanned documents, or other semi-structured documents
• Experience with handwritten document processing
• Experience implementing confidence scoring and exception-handling workflows
• Experience integrating AI/OCR solutions with enterprise applications and automation platforms
• Experience with cloud-based AI/ML services
• Experience with production deployment and monitoring of AI solutions
• Experience preparing technical proposals, capability assessments, or solution presentations
• Experience providing technical guidance, training, or mentoring to engineering team members

Benefits

• Remote work arrangement
• EST business hours
• Support training and mentoring related to AI, OCR, document processing, and associated technologies

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