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LLM or GenAI Application Engineer

LLM or GenAI Application Engineer

FocusKPI Inc.Mountain View, CA, US
17 days ago
Job type
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Job description

FocusKPI is looking for an  LLM or GenAI Application Engineer  to join one of our clients, a high-tech SaaS company.

An LLM or GenAI Application Engineer or LLM Research Engineer role is mainly focused on the consumer-facing applications.

The role will be a part of the core GenAI AI development team within the client.

It primarily contributes to LLM-based application development, evaluation, and testing of new features, as well as core technology, such as an agent framework, utilizing the latest technology. stack, LLM technology.

Work Location :

  • Mountain View, CA Duration :  12-month contract; Hybrid role (4 days per week onsite) Pay Range :   $110 / hr to $120 / hr
  • No C2C resumes are considered
  • Role & Responsibilities : Design, train, and fine-tune large language models (e.g., GPT, LLaMA, PaLM) for various applications.
  • Research cutting-edge techniques in natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning to improve model performance.
  • Explore advancements in transformer architectures, multi-modal models, and emergent AI behaviors.
  • Collect, clean, and preprocess large-scale text datasets from diverse sources.
  • Develop and implement data augmentation techniques to improve training data quality.
  • Ensure data is free from bias and aligned with ethical AI standards.
  • Optimize model architecture to improve accuracy, efficiency, and scalability.
  • Implement techniques to reduce latency, memory footprint, and inference time for real-time applications.
  • Collaborate with MLOps teams to deploy LLMs into production environments using Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud.
  • Develop robust evaluation pipelines to measure model performance using key metrics like accuracy, perplexity, BLEU, and F1 score.
  • Continuously test for bias, fairness, and robustness of language models across diverse datasets.
  • Conduct A / B testing to evaluate model improvements in real-world applications.
  • Stay updated with the latest advancements in generative AI, transformers, and NLP research.

Contribute to research papers, patents, and open-source projects—present findings and insights at conferences and internal knowledge-sharing sessions.  Qualifications :

  • Required to have 5-7 years of industrial work experience along with research / academic experience.
  • Advanced degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, or a related field.
  • Strong  programming skills .
  • Expertise with LLM and GenAI application development.
  • Experience with  deep learning frameworks  such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or JAX.
  • Hands-on experience with transformer-based models (e.g., GPT, BERT, RoBERTa, LLaMA).
  • Expertise in natural language processing (NLP) and sequence-to-sequence models .
  • Familiarity with Hugging Face libraries and OpenAI APIs.
  • Experience with MLOps tools like Docker, Kubernetes, and CI / CD pipelines.
  • Strong understanding of distributed computing and GPU acceleration using CUDA.
  • Knowledge of reinforcement learning and RLHF (Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback).
  • Top 3 skills (must have) :

  • The candidate must have a real (actual) product experience, application development, and GenAI-based application shipping.
  • Actual or Industrial LLM or GenAI application experience of at least 2-3 years
  • No C2C resumes are considered
  • Thank you!
  • FocusKPI Hiring Team Founded in 2010, FocusKPI, Inc. (FocusKPI) is a data science and technology firm specializing in predictive analytics practice and methodologies.
  • FocusKPI is a US company headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, with an East Coast office in Boston, Massachusetts.
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