Machine Learning/AI Engineer

Principal Software Engineer

Company Summary :

As the recognized global standard for project-based businesses, Deltek delivers software and information solutions to help organizations achieve their purpose. Our market leadership stems from the work of our diverse employees who are united by a passion for learning, growing and making a difference. At Deltek, we take immense pride in creating a balanced, values-driven environment, where every employee feels included and empowered to do their best work. Our employees put our core values into action daily, creating a one-of-a-kind culture that has been recognized globally. Thanks to our incredible team, Deltek has been named one of America's Best Midsize Employers by Forbes, a Best Place to Work by Glassdoor, a Top Workplace by The Washington Post and a Best Place to Work in Asia by World HRD Congress. www.deltek.com

Position Responsibilities :

About the Role 

We are seeking a highly motivated AI Solutions Engineer to join Deltek’s growing AI Center of Excellence team to design, develop, deploy, and optimize internal Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning solutions that solve complex business challenges. The ideal candidate combines deep expertise in AI, machine learning, Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), SLMs, software engineering, cloud computing, and MLOps/LLMOps to build scalable, production-grade AI applications. 

The AI Solutions Engineer will collaborate with AI data scientists, architects, and engineering teams to deliver innovative AI-driven solutions while ensuring security, scalability, governance, and operational excellence. This role reports to the Senior AI Solutions Architect. 

Key Responsibilities 

AI & Machine Learning Development 

• Design, build, train, evaluate, and deploy machine learning and deep learning models. 
• Develop Generative AI solutions using Large Language Models (LLMs) such as GPT, Claude, Gemini, Llama, and Mistral. 
• Implement Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), prompt engineering, fine-tuning, and AI agent frameworks. 
• Build NLP, recommendation systems, forecasting, predictive analytics, and intelligent automation solutions. 
• Optimize model performance, scalability, latency, and cost. 

Software Engineering & Solution Development 

• Develop production-grade AI applications using Python and modern software engineering practices. 
• Build APIs, microservices, and AI-powered enterprise applications. 
• Integrate AI services with enterprise systems, business applications, and data platforms. 
• Apply coding standards, automated testing, CI/CD, and version control best practices. 

MLOps & AI Operations 

• Design and implement MLOps pipelines for model development, deployment, monitoring, and lifecycle management. 
• Automate model training, validation, testing, and deployment processes. 
• Monitor model performance, data drift, hallucinations, and operational metrics. 
• Support continuous improvement and reliability of AI platforms. 

Cloud & Platform Engineering 

• Develop AI solutions on Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud platforms. 
• Leverage cloud-native AI services, containerization, Kubernetes, and serverless technologies. 
• Build scalable architectures supporting enterprise AI workloads and real-time inference. 

AI Governance & Security 

• Ensure compliance with Responsible AI, security, privacy, and regulatory requirements. 
• Implement model governance, explainability, bias mitigation, and risk management practices. 
• Maintain standards for secure design, deployment, and operation of AI solutions. 

Required Qualifications 

Education 

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Engineering, or a related technical field. 

Experience 

• 5+ years of software engineering or machine learning development experience. 
• 2+ years of hands-on experience developing and deploying Agentic AI, Generative AI or AI/ML solutions in production environments. 

Technical Skills 

Programming & Engineering 

• Strong expertise in Python. 
• Experience with Java, ReactJS, JavaScript, or similar programming languages. 
• Solid understanding of algorithms, data structures, APIs, and software design principles. 

Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning 

• Machine Learning and Deep Learning concepts and frameworks. 
• Model training, evaluation, optimization, and deployment. 

Generative AI 

• Large Language Models (LLMs) & SLMs 
• Prompt Engineering 
• Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) 
• AI Agents and Agentic Workflows 
• Fine-tuning and model customization 
• Vector embeddings and semantic search 

Frameworks & Tools 

• PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit-learn 
• LangChain, LlamaIndex, Semantic Kernel, MCP, A2A and Transformers 
• FastAPI, Flask 

Data & Analytics 

• SQL and NoSQL databases 
• Data pipelines, ETL, and data modeling 
• Experience with AWS, Azure and Google 

MLOps & DevOps 

• MLflow, Kubeflow, Azure ML, SageMaker 
• Docker and Kubernetes 
• Git, GitHub, Azure DevOps, Jenkins 
• CI/CD automation and model monitoring 

Cloud Platforms 

• AWS (preferred) 
• AWS Bedrock or Azure OpenAI Service 
• AWS SageMaker 
• Google Vertex AI 

Preferred Qualifications 

• Experience designing enterprise-scale AI platforms and products.  
• Knowledge of multi-agent architectures and autonomous AI systems.  
• Experience with vector databases such as Pinecone, Snowflake Cortex, Pgvector, Weaviate, Chroma, or Azure AI Search.  
• Understanding of AI governance, compliance, and Responsible AI frameworks.  
• Relevant certifications in Azure AI, AWS Machine Learning, or Google Cloud AI.

Hiring for Junior AI Engineer

Exp : 4 - 6 yrs

Edu : BE/B.Tech/MCA

Work Location : Pune WFO

Skills :

- Min 3 years strong programming experience in Python is a MUST

- Min 2 years hands-on experience in AI with LLMs, RAG pipelines, and AI frameworks

- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Job Description:

We are seeking a versatile and highly skilled Lead AI/ML Engineer with deep expertise in Generative AI (GenAI) and Large Language Models (LLMs). This role requires a leader who can take full ownership of the

AI lifecycle—from initial architectural design to final production execution. You will lead the development of scalable AI-powered applications, demonstrating exceptional execution skills and the ability to deliver high-performance results under pressure in demanding production environments.

Machine Learning & LLM Capability:

 End-to-End ML Engineering: Build and manage comprehensive ML pipelines, including data ingestion, preprocessing, training, and evaluation using frameworks like PyTorch, TensorFlow, and Scikit-learn.  Advanced LLM Systems: Design and implement sophisticated LLM-based applications such as autonomous agents, chatbots, and complex automation tools.

 Generative AI Specialization: Architect and optimize Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines using vector databases like FAISS, Pinecone, or Weaviate.

 Model Optimization: Fine-tune open-source and proprietary models (e.g., LLaMA, GPT) using advanced techniques like LoRA, QLoRA, or instruction tuning.

 Agentic Frameworks: Develop complex agentic workflows utilizing frameworks such as LangChain or LlamaIndex.

 Prompt Engineering: Implement expert-level prompt engineering, tool/function calling, and structured output generation.

 Project Ownership & Execution

 Full Lifecycle Ownership: Take complete accountability for the full ML and GenAI lifecycle, spanning data processing, model development, monitoring, and optimization.

 Architectural Leadership: Drive strategic architectural decisions for AI platforms, ensuring they are modular, scalable, and maintainable.

 Execution Excellence: Write clean, high-performance Python code following strict OOP principles and manage CI/CD pipelines for seamless project execution.

 Leadership & Mentoring: Act as a key technical leader, managing stakeholders and mentoring team members to ensure all project milestones are met with quality.

 System Integrity: Manage model and prompt versioning, experiment tracking, and comprehensive documentation for all pipelines and workflows.

 Performance Under Pressure

 Production Reliability: Ensure all AI systems maintain extreme scalability and performance under heavy production workloads, including both batch and real-time processing.

 High-Pressure Optimization: Rapidly optimize inference latency and system costs for ML and LLM systems to meet urgent business and technical requirements.

 Proactive Problem Solving: Apply strong analytical thinking to address complex challenges such as system drift, hallucinations, and latency in fast-paced environments.

 Robust Guardrails: Implement and manage strict evaluation frameworks and feedback loops to maintain system quality under stress.

Qualifications:

 Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, AI, ML, or a related field.

 Proven expertise in Python, system design, and scalable AI/ML architecture.

 Deep knowledge of NLP, Computer Vision, and Deep Learning models.

 Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, MLOps, and major cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).

Role Overview

We are looking for an AI/ML Engineer with 2 - 6 years of industry experience to develop and deploy machine learning solutions for industrial and smart manufacturing use cases. The role involves working with real-world industrial data, developing predictive and analytical models, and translating business and operational requirements into scalable AI/ML solutions.

The ideal candidate should have strong fundamentals in machine learning, Python, data processing, model development, and deployment, along with an interest in applying AI to manufacturing, industrial automation, and operational optimization.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, train, and evaluate machine learning models for industrial and manufacturing use cases.
• Analyze large and complex datasets to identify patterns, trends, anomalies, and opportunities for optimization.
• Perform data preprocessing, feature engineering, model selection, and performance evaluation.
• Develop solutions for use cases such as predictive maintenance, anomaly detection, quality prediction, process optimization, forecasting, and equipment monitoring.
• Work with structured and time-series data generated from industrial equipment, machines, sensors, and operational systems.
• Develop and optimize ML pipelines for data preparation, model training, validation, and deployment.
• Collaborate with domain experts, data engineers, software engineers, and business stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Deploy machine learning models into production environments and monitor model performance.
• Troubleshoot model and data-related issues and continuously improve model accuracy, reliability, and scalability.
• Develop reusable code, APIs, and components to integrate ML models with enterprise and industrial applications.
• Document models, methodologies, experiments, results, and technical implementations.
• Stay updated with emerging AI/ML techniques, industrial AI trends, and smart manufacturing technologies.

Required Technical Skills

• Strong programming experience in Python.
• Good understanding of Machine Learning algorithms and concepts.
• Experience with libraries/frameworks such as Scikit-learn, Pandas, NumPy, and preferably TensorFlow or PyTorch.
• Strong understanding of data preprocessing, feature engineering, model training, validation, and evaluation.
• Experience working with time-series data is preferred.
• Good understanding of statistical concepts and data analysis.
• Experience with SQL and relational databases.
• Understanding of model deployment and productionization of ML solutions.
• Familiarity with Git and software development best practices.
• Good problem-solving and analytical skills.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in Industrial AI, Smart Manufacturing, Industry 4.0, or Industrial IoT (IIoT).
• Experience with predictive maintenance, anomaly detection, forecasting, or quality inspection.
• Exposure to sensor data, machine/equipment data, telemetry, or real-time industrial data.
• Knowledge of computer vision for manufacturing or quality inspection use cases.
• Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Familiarity with Docker, Kubernetes, or CI/CD for ML deployment.
• Knowledge of MLOps concepts and tools.
• Exposure to Generative AI/LLMs is an added advantage. 

About the Job :

We are looking for a passionate and driven AI Intern to join our dynamic team. As an intern, you will have the opportunity to work on real-world projects, develop AI models, and collaborate with experienced professionals in the field. This internship is designed to provide hands-on experience in AI and machine learning, offering you the chance to contribute to impactful projects while enhancing your skills.

Job Description:

We are seeking a talented Artificial Intelligence Specialist to join our dynamic team. As an AI Specialist, you will be responsible for developing, implementing, and optimizing AI models and algorithms. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to integrate AI capabilities into our products and services. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in machine learning, deep learning, and natural language processing, with a passion for applying AI to real-world problems.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and deploy AI models and algorithms.
• Conduct data analysis and pre-processing to prepare data for modeling.
• Implement and optimize machine learning algorithms.
• Collaborate with software engineers to integrate AI models into production systems.
• Evaluate and improve the performance of existing AI models.
• Stay updated with the latest advancements in AI research and apply them to enhance our products.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior team members.

Requirements:

• Any Graduate / Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field; Master's degree preferred.
• Proven experience in developing and implementing machine learning models and algorithms.
• Strong programming skills in languages such as Python, R, or Java.

Benefits :

• Internship Certificate
• Letter of Recommendation
• Performance-Based Stipend
• Part-time work from home (2-3 hours per day)
• 5 days a week, fully flexible shift

Kody Technolab Limited is seeking an experienced AI/ML Engineer to design, develop, and deploy cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning solutions. The ideal candidate will have

strong expertise in Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Generative AI, LLMs, MLOps, and cloud-based AI deployments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy Machine Learning and Deep Learning models for classification, regression, recommendation systems, NLP, Computer Vision, and Generative AI applications.

• Build and maintain end-to-end ML pipelines including data preprocessing, feature engineering, model training, validation, evaluation, and deployment.

• Develop AI solutions using PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit-learn, Hugging Face, and related frameworks.

• Work with Large Language Models (LLMs) and foundation models such as GPT, BERT, Llama, Claude, and Stable Diffusion.

• Collaborate with product, engineering, and business teams to translate requirements into scalable AI solutions.

• Optimize model performance, scalability, and reliability for production environments.

• Implement MLOps best practices using tools such as MLflow, Docker, Kubernetes, and Kubeflow.

• Stay updated with emerging trends and research in AI, ML, Deep Learning, and Generative AI.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Mathematics, or a related field.

• 7+ years of hands-on experience in AI/ML product development.

• Strong proficiency in Python and ML frameworks including Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, and Hugging Face.

• Experience with Generative AI, LLMs, GANs, VAEs, diffusion models, and prompt engineering.

• Strong understanding of the ML lifecycle including model training, tuning, deployment, monitoring, and optimization.

• Experience with MLOps tools such as MLflow, Docker, Kubeflow, and CI/CD pipelines.

• Experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP cloud platforms.

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

Preferred Skills

• Fine-tuning and deployment of Large Language Models.

• Experience with RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) architectures.

• Contributions to open-source AI projects or research publications.

• Knowledge of model interpretability, data annotation, and feature engineering.

• C++ experience for high-performance AI applications.

Why Join Kody Technolab Limited?

Opportunity to work on innovative AI products, Generative AI solutions, robotics integrations,

and enterprise-scale applications while collaborating with a highly skilled technology team.

Visit the Website to know more about us.

Company Website - Kody Technolab | Deep Tech Company in Robotics & AI Solution

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About NonStop io Technologies

NonStop io Technologies is a value-driven company with a strong focus on process-oriented software engineering. We specialize in Product Development and have a decade's worth of experience in building web and mobile applications across various domains. NonStop io Technologies follows core principles that guide its operations and believes in staying invested in a product's vision for the long term. We are a small but proud group of individuals who believe in the 'givers gain' philosophy and strive to provide value in order to seek value. We are committed to and specialize in building cutting-edge technology products and serving as trusted technology partners for startups and enterprises. We pride ourselves on fostering innovation, learning, and community engagement. Join us to work on impactful projects in a collaborative and vibrant environment.

Brief Description:

We're seeking an AI/ML Engineer to join our team. As AI/ML Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and implementing artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) solutions to solve real-world business problems. You will work closely with engineering teams, including software engineers, domain experts, and product managers, to deploy and integrate Applied AI/ML solutions into the products that are being built at NonStop io. Your role will involve researching cutting-edge algorithms and data processing techniques, and implementing scalable solutions to drive innovation and improve the overall user experience.

Responsibilities

● Applied AI/ML engineering; Building engineering solutions on top of the AI/ML tooling available in the industry today. Eg: Engineering APIs around OpenAI

● AI/ML Model Development: Design, develop, and implement machine learning models and algorithms that address specific business challenges, such as natural language processing, computer vision, recommendation systems, anomaly detection, etc.

● Data Preprocessing and Feature Engineering: Cleanse, preprocess, and transform raw data into suitable formats for training and testing AI/ML models. Perform feature engineering to extract relevant features from the data

● Model Training and Evaluation: Train and validate AI/ML models using diverse datasets to achieve optimal performance. Employ appropriate evaluation metrics to assess model accuracy, precision, recall, and other relevant metrics

● Data Visualization: Create clear and insightful data visualizations to aid in understanding data patterns, model behaviour, and performance metrics

● Deployment and Integration: Collaborate with software engineers and DevOps teams to deploy AI/ML models into production environments and integrate them into various applications and systems

● Data Security and Privacy: Ensure compliance with data privacy regulations and implement security measures to protect sensitive information used in AI/ML processes

● Continuous Learning: Stay updated with the latest advancements in AI/ML research, tools, and technologies, and apply them to improve existing models and develop novel solutions

● Documentation: Maintain detailed documentation of the AI/ML development process, including code, models, algorithms, and methodologies for easy understanding and future reference.

Qualifications & Skills

● Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Computer Science, Data Science, Machine Learning, or a related field. Advanced degrees or certifications in AI/ML are a plus

● Proven experience as an AI/ML Engineer, Data Scientist, or related role, ideally with a strong portfolio of AI/ML projects

● Proficiency in programming languages commonly used for AI/ML. Preferably Python

● Familiarity with popular AI/ML libraries and frameworks, such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, etc.

● Familiarity with popular AI/ML Models such as GPT3, GPT4, Llama2, BERT etc.

● Strong understanding of machine learning algorithms, statistics, and data structures

● Experience with data preprocessing, data wrangling, and feature engineering

● Knowledge of deep learning architectures, neural networks, and transfer learning

● Familiarity with cloud platforms and services (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) for scalable AI/ML deployment

● Solid understanding of software engineering principles and best practices for writing maintainable and scalable code

● Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to think critically and propose innovative solutions

● Effective communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams and present complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

About Nexora Group

Nexora Group is a technology and innovation-driven organization dedicated to building intelligent solutions that leverage Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Analytics, and emerging technologies. We are committed to fostering talent by providing aspiring professionals with practical exposure, mentorship, and opportunities to work on real-world projects.

Internship Overview

Nexora Group is looking for enthusiastic and driven AI/ML Interns to join our team. This internship is ideal for students and recent graduates who are passionate about Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Generative AI. Interns will gain hands-on experience working on real-world AI projects, developing intelligent models, and solving complex business challenges using data-driven approaches.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in developing, training, and evaluating Machine Learning models.
• Collect, clean, and preprocess datasets for AI/ML applications.
• Conduct exploratory data analysis and feature engineering.
• Work on Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing (NLP), and Computer Vision projects.
• Research and implement AI algorithms and emerging technologies.
• Support the development of Generative AI and Large Language Model (LLM)-based solutions.
• Optimize model performance and evaluate results using industry-standard metrics.
• Document project workflows, findings, and technical reports.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop innovative AI solutions.

Required Skills

• Basic understanding of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence concepts.
• Knowledge of Python programming.
• Familiarity with libraries such as NumPy, Pandas, Scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Keras.
• Understanding of data structures, algorithms, and statistics.
• Basic knowledge of Deep Learning, NLP, or Computer Vision concepts.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Good communication and teamwork abilities.
• Willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AI/ML projects, hackathons, or research work.
• Knowledge of Generative AI, Prompt Engineering, and LLMs.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms and AI deployment tools.
• Certifications in AI, Machine Learning, or Data Science are a plus.
• GitHub projects or portfolio showcasing AI/ML work.

Eligibility

• Undergraduate or postgraduate students pursuing Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Science, Information Technology, or related fields.
• Recent graduates seeking practical industry experience.
• Candidates with a strong interest in AI innovation and research.

What You'll Gain

• Hands-on experience with real-world AI and Machine Learning projects.
• Mentorship from experienced AI professionals.
• Exposure to cutting-edge AI tools, frameworks, and technologies.
• Internship Completion Certificate.
• Letter of Recommendation based on performance.
• Opportunity for a Pre-Placement Offer (PPO) for outstanding performers.
• Professional networking and career development opportunities.

Strong AI/ML Engineer Profile

Mandatory (Experience) : Must have 3+ years of experience in software engineering with atleast 1+ years in GenAI application development and production deployment

Mandatory (GenAI Application Development): Must have proven experience building GenAI applications covering RAG pipelines, multi-agent systems, Text2SQL, and fine-tuning

Mandatory (Production GenAI Deployment): Must have expertise deploying production-grade GenAI applications including model evaluation, optimisation, and ownership of full production rollouts

Mandatory (ML & Data Science Tooling): Must have strong hands-on experience with core ML and data science tools including pandas, scikit-learn, and PyTorch

Mandatory (Cloud ML Infrastructure): Must have experience building and deploying production-grade ML workloads on at least one of AWS, Azure, or GCP

Mandatory (Communication): Must have strong English communication skills with the ability to work across time zones and collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, and business stakeholders

Mandatory (Note 1) : Role is Hybrid, WFH flexibility as well upto 6 days a month

Mandatory (Note 2) : CTC is inclusive of 10% variable

Mandatory (Note 3): Candidates should be available to join within May 31st or June first week max

About the role

We are building AI systems that read, understand and act on real business documents, bank statements, financial reports, policy documents and forms and putting them into production where accuracy and cost both matters.

This is not a research role and it is not a prompt-writing role. You will own features end to end: pick and deploy open-source models, build the pipelines around them, measure whether they actually work on our documents, drive the cost per document down, and keep the whole thing running in production.

You will work closely with the engineering and product teams, and your work will be directly used by business users from day one.

What you will do

Deploy and evaluate open-source models

• Select, deploy and benchmark open-source LLMs and vision-language models for specific, narrow use cases not general chat.
• Build evaluation sets from real documents and define what "good" means numerically (field-level accuracy, extraction recall, hallucination rate) before shipping.
• Run structured comparisons between models and approaches, and write up the trade-offs so the team can make a decision.
• Apply quantization, batching and other optimizations to fit models into a sensible GPU budget.

Build and optimize AI orchestration

• Design multi-step pipelines that combine deterministic code, ML models and LLM calls and know when not to use an LLM.
• Optimize for latency, cost and reliability: caching, batching, request routing, fallback tiers, retries and graceful degradation.
• Instrument pipelines so failures are visible and traceable rather than silent.

Ship to production

• Package models and services with Docker, expose them behind clean APIs, and deploy them to our GPU and CPU infrastructure.
• Handle the unglamorous production concerns: cold starts, timeouts, concurrency limits, versioning, rollback and monitoring.
• Own on-call-style responsibility for the AI features you build, including cost tracking.

Must-have skills

Programming & engineering

• Strong Python: type hints, async/await, dataclasses/Pydantic, clean module design, testing.
• REST API development with FastAPI (or Flask/Django with a willingness to move to FastAPI).
• Git, code review discipline, and the ability to write code someone else can maintain.
• Comfortable in Linux and on the command line.

Machine learning fundamentals

• Working knowledge of PyTorch and the Hugging Face ecosystem (transformers, tokenizers, accelerate).
• Understanding of inference-time concepts: tokenization, context windows, batching, precision (FP16/BF16/INT8), memory footprint.
• Ability to read a model card and a paper well enough to judge whether a model fits a use case.

Document processing

• Hands-on experience with at least two of: pypdfium2, PyMuPDF, pdfplumber, pdfminer.six, Docling, Unstructured, Surya, DocTR, LayoutLM family.
• Practical OCR experience (Tesseract, PaddleOCR, or a cloud OCR) and an understanding of when OCR is the wrong tool.
• Experience extracting tables from PDFs and dealing with merged cells, multi-line rows, and inconsistent column layouts.

Strongly preferred

You will be a much stronger candidate with any of these. We do not expect all of them.

Model serving & optimization

• vLLM, TGI, Ollama, llama.cpp, or Triton Inference Server.
• Quantization formats and tooling: GGUF, AWQ, GPTQ, bitsandbytes, ONNX Runtime, INT8 export.
• Serverless GPU platforms: Modal, RunPod, Replicate, Baseten including cold-start and container-lifecycle management.
• LoRA / QLoRA fine-tuning with PEFT for narrow, task-specific improvements.

Vision-language models

• Practical use of open VLMs: Qwen2.5-VL, InternVL, Granite Vision, Molmo, Phi-Vision, or similar.
• Awareness of where VLMs hallucinate especially on numeric and financial content and patterns for constraining them (using the model for layout only, sourcing values from the text layer, constrained decoding).

Orchestration & pipelines

• Workflow orchestration: Dagster, Airflow, Prefect, or Temporal.
• Async job patterns: Celery, RQ, or platform-native spawn/poll patterns.
• LLM orchestration frameworks (LangGraph, LlamaIndex, Haystack) with the judgement to know when plain Python is a better answer.
• Structured output enforcement: Instructor, Outlines, XGrammar, JSON schema / tool-use modes.

Evaluation & observability

• Building golden datasets and regression suites for extraction tasks.
• Eval tooling: promptfoo, DeepEval, Ragas, or in-house harnesses.
• LLM tracing and monitoring: Langfuse, Arize Phoenix, LangSmith, OpenTelemetry.

Nice extras

• Rule engines and policy evaluation (Open Policy Agent / Rego, Drools, rule-engine).
• Experience in fintech, lending, insurance or accounting documents.
• Handling of PII and data-security practices in document pipelines.
• Contributions to open-source ML or document-processing projects.

Why join us

• Real production ownership from month one your work goes to actual users, not a demo.
• Genuinely hard technical problems in document AI, not wrappers over an API.
• Small team, short decision cycles, direct access to leadership.
• Budget and freedom to evaluate and adopt new open-source models as they land.

To apply: send your CV along with a short note on one AI system you have taken to production what it did, what the accuracy was, and what broke.