AI Engineer - SLM Foundry (Small Language Models)

AI Engineer – SLM Foundry (Small Language Models)

Location: Charlotte, NC / Philadelphia, PA (Hybrid) Duration: Long-term Contract

We are looking for a talented AI Engineer with hands-on experience in Small Language Models (SLMs), Large Language Models (LLMs), and enterprise AI solutions to join our team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and optimize Small Language Models (SLMs) for enterprise use cases.
• Develop and deploy AI/ML solutions using Python and modern AI frameworks.
• Build Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines, vector search, and retrieval systems.
• Fine-tune, evaluate, and optimize transformer-based models.
• Integrate LLM/SLM solutions into enterprise applications.
• Work with MLOps, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-based AI deployments.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable AI solutions.

Required Qualifications:

• 4–5 years of software engineering or AI engineering experience.
• Strong programming expertise in Python.
• Hands-on experience with SLM/LLM ecosystems and generative AI solutions.
• Experience with LangChain, Hugging Face, LlamaIndex, RAG, or similar AI frameworks.
• Strong understanding of AWS cloud services and AI deployment architectures.
• Experience deploying AI models into production environments.
• Knowledge of vector databases, embeddings, and semantic search technologies.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with enterprise AI platforms.
• Knowledge of model optimization, inference tuning, and performance improvements.
• Exposure to financial services or regulated industry environments.
• Experience with prompt engineering, multi-agent systems, or conversational AI is a plus.

Interested candidates, please share your updated resume along with your contact details and availability.