AI / LLM Software Engineer - 100% remote - W2 only (no sponsorship)

100% REMOTE!

We are seeking a Senior AI / LLM Engineer to design, develop, and deploy production-ready AI applications. This role focuses on building scalable LLM solutions, improving retrieval accuracy, integrating enterprise systems, and ensuring secure, reliable performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and deploy LLM-powered applications and features.
• Build and optimize RAG pipelines, embeddings, vector databases, and data ingestion processes.
• Integrate LLM APIs and enterprise platforms into backend systems.
• Develop evaluation methods to improve AI accuracy, performance, and reliability.
• Implement secure data access, user permissions, monitoring, and audit capabilities.
• Lead technical design decisions and mentor other engineers.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years working with LLMs or applied AI in production.
• Strong Python and backend development skills.
• Hands-on experience with RAG, vector databases, embeddings, and retrieval optimization.
• Experience building data ingestion and ETL pipelines.
• Proficiency integrating APIs, authentication systems, and event-driven applications.
• Experience with LLM frameworks, model evaluation, and production deployments.
• Knowledge of access controls, multi-user systems, and data security.
• Cloud experience, preferably AWS.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with managed LLM services such as Amazon Bedrock.
• Familiarity with knowledge graphs and enterprise collaboration platforms.
• Experience with Docker, CI/CD, and MLOps practices.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

If you're passionate about building practical, scalable AI solutions and taking them from concept to production, we'd love to hear from you!