Machine Learning Engineer - LLM (5-8 yrs)

We have the below role open for a US Georgia based AI Start-Up for their AI team expansion.

The ideal candidate will have a background in Machine Learning (ML) with at least four years of experience outside of academia. They must be passionate about AI and stay up to date with the latest developments in the field.

Machine Learning Engineer (LLM)| 5-8 Years | Remote (US Hours) | Mexico |

Skill Set : Python, ML, AWS/GCP/Azure, Docker/Kubernetes, LLMs, GenAI, OOP, TensorFlow/ PyTorch / Keras / Scikit-learn

Requirements :

- 4+ years of ML experience at a start-up or larger enterprise - high priority

- 6+ months of experience with Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI (GenAI) applications - high priority

- Client delivery experience - high priority

- Effective written and oral communications skills (C1/C2 - advanced/proficient level English is required) high priority

- Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering or related field

- Experience with cloud environments (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP)

- Experience with ML frameworks and libraries (TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras, scikit-learn)

- Experience developing, deploying, and managing/monitoring models

- Knowledge of containerization technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) and microservices architecture

- Expertise in Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) principles and unit test-driven development methodologies

- Advanced experience in NLP techniques and applications

- Proficiency in Python programming

- Familiarity with prompt engineering approaches and best practices

- Knowledge of data structures, data modeling, and software architecture

- Analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to propose innovative solutions and troubleshoot issues

- Ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative team in a fast-paced environment

Experience in any of the following is preferred, not required :

- Agent development

- Data privacy

- Fine tuning LLMs

- LLM architecture and techniques for performance

- MLOps

- ML evaluation

- Model decay and data drift detection and handling

- Pulumi, Terraform and/or Cloud SDKs

- PySpark

- Quantization

- Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) optimization

- Security

- Vector databases

Responsibilities :

- Contribute to building and enhancing our Mechanized AI platform and AI-enabled products including mAI Modernize

- Serve as ML SME on client projects as needed

- Design ML systems

- Research and implement appropriate ML algorithms and tools

- Select appropriate datasets and data representation methods

- Run ML tests and experiments

- Perform statistical analysis and fine-tuning using test results

- Train and retrain systems when necessary

- Extend existing ML libraries and frameworks

- Stay current with emerging technologies and ML best practices to continuously improve our methodologies and tools