Role overview
**Job Title: GenAI Engineer
Location: McLean, VA (Onsite)
Job type: Contract
MOI: F2F
What you'll work on
- Develop, fine-tune, and optimize Large Language Models (LLMs) and other generative models (text, image, audio, and multimodal).
- Build production-grade GenAI applications , including chatbots, copilots, automation tools, and content-generation systems.
- Integrate LLMs with backend systems, APIs, databases, and enterprise platforms.
- Implement retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines using vector databases and embedding models.
- Evaluate model performance, run experiments, and improve accuracy, relevance, and latency.
- Create prompts, prompt frameworks, and prompt-engineering guidelines for different use cases.
- Develop model safety, guardrails, and security controls to ensure responsible use of AI.
- Collaborate with data engineers, software developers, and product stakeholders to deliver scalable AI solutions.
- Maintain documentation, best practices, and technical guidance for AI platforms.
Required Skills & Qualifications
- Strong experience with LLMs , generative AI frameworks, and transformer-based architectures.
- Hands-on knowledge of tools such as:
- OpenAI API , Azure OpenAI, Anthropic, Hugging Face, LangChain, LlamaIndex, Vertex AI, or similar.
- Proficiency in Python and ML/AI libraries (PyTorch, TensorFlow, Transformers).
- Experience building RAG pipelines , vector databases (Pinecone, FAISS, Weaviate, Chroma), and embeddings.
- Understanding of machine learning workflows, including fine-tuning, evaluation, and deployment.
- Ability to work with unstructured data (text, documents, images, audio).
- Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Strong problem-solving, experimentation, and communication skills.
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