Sr. AI Engineer

Senior Generative AI Engineer

Employment Type: Permanent with VDart Digital

Work Location: Marathalli, Bengaluru

Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Generative AI Engineer with strong expertise in designing, developing, and deploying enterprise-scale AI solutions using Large Language Models (LLMs) and modern Generative AI frameworks. The ideal candidate should have hands-on production experience building scalable GenAI applications, AI agents, autonomous workflows, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems in cloud-native environments.

This role requires deep technical expertise in LLM orchestration, AI application architecture, prompt engineering, vector databases, MLOps, and production deployment of AI systems. Candidates should have proven experience delivering real-world AI solutions in enterprise environments with strong exposure to cloud platforms and DevOps practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy enterprise-grade Generative AI applications using Large Language Models (LLMs).
• Develop intelligent AI agents and autonomous workflows using frameworks such as LangChain, CrewAI, LangGraph, AutoGen, or similar agentic AI frameworks.
• Implement and optimize Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines using vector databases and semantic search technologies.
• Work extensively on prompt engineering, tool calling, memory management, agent orchestration, and multi-agent systems.
• Integrate and manage LLMs such as OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Llama, Mistral, or similar foundation models.
• Develop scalable AI services and APIs using Python and FastAPI.
• Build production-ready AI solutions with high availability, scalability, monitoring, and observability.
• Deploy and manage AI applications in cloud-native environments using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Collaborate with Data Science, ML Engineering, and DevOps teams to operationalize AI solutions.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment processes for AI workloads.
• Monitor model performance, latency, reliability, and operational efficiency in production environments.
• Ensure AI solutions follow enterprise security, governance, and responsible AI standards.
• Evaluate and adopt emerging Generative AI tools, frameworks, and models.

Required Skills

Generative AI & LLM Expertise

• Strong hands-on experience with Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs).
• Production-level experience building and deploying GenAI applications.
• Expertise in LangChain, CrewAI, LangGraph, AutoGen, or similar frameworks.
• Experience with AI agents, autonomous workflows, and multi-agent architectures.
• Strong understanding of prompt engineering, embeddings, model evaluation, and LLM orchestration.
• Experience integrating OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Llama, Mistral, or similar models.

RAG & Vector Databases

• Strong experience implementing RAG pipelines and semantic retrieval systems.
• Experience with vector databases such as Pinecone, Weaviate, ChromaDB, FAISS, or Milvus.
• Understanding of chunking strategies, embeddings, indexing, reranking, and retrieval optimization.

Python & AI Development

• Strong proficiency in Python.
• Experience with FastAPI for AI service and API development.
• Experience with AI/ML libraries and data processing tools such as Pandas and NumPy.

Cloud & Production Deployment

• Mandatory production experience on at least one cloud platform:
• Microsoft Azure
• Experience deploying scalable AI applications in enterprise production environments.
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong understanding of MLOps, AI deployment lifecycle, monitoring, and observability.

Engineering & Operational Excellence

• Strong understanding of software engineering best practices.
• Experience with Git, version control, automated testing, and release management.
• Experience building secure, scalable, and high-performance AI solutions.
• Ability to troubleshoot production AI systems and optimize performance.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with AI observability and evaluation frameworks.
• Exposure to fine-tuning, PEFT, LoRA, or model optimization techniques.
• Experience with enterprise AI governance and responsible AI practices.
• Knowledge of distributed AI systems and scalable inference architectures.
• Familiarity with AI security and compliance standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, or a related field.
• 3–8 years of overall software engineering experience.
• Minimum 3+ years of hands-on experience in Generative AI and LLM-based application development,
• Proven track record of delivering enterprise-scale AI solutions in production environments.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Hiring for AI Engineer

Exp: 5 - 10 yrs

Edu : BE/B.Tech/MCA

Work Location : Pune / Mumbai

Skill Set:

Total experience ranging from 5–10 years in software engineering/AI roles

Min 5 years strong programming experience in Python is a MUST

Min 3.5 years hands-on experience in AI with LLMs, RAG pipelines, and AI frameworks

2+ years shipping LLM systems in production

Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

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.

🔹 Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy production-grade AI/ML and Generative AI solutions

• Work on GEO, AEO, and SGE initiatives to improve visibility across AI-driven search platforms

• Optimize content and digital experiences for conversational queries and LLM-based search

• Develop solutions using LLMs, NLP, embeddings, semantic search, RAG, and vector databases

• Analyze search intent, AI-generated responses, citations, retrieval patterns, and content discoverability

• Build frameworks to measure GEO/AEO strategies and AI-search performance

• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Content, SEO, Marketing, and Business teams

• Improve solution accuracy, relevance, latency, and user experience

🔹 Mandatory Requirements

✅ 1–4 years of professional experience

✅ Minimum 1 year of hands-on experience in GEO, AEO, or SGE

✅ Experience with prompt engineering, embeddings, vector search, or RAG systems

✅ Understanding of semantic search and entity-based optimization

✅ Exposure to ChatGPT, Google Gemini, or similar LLM platforms

✅ Knowledge of schema, context building, content structuring, and knowledge representation

🎓 Preferred Education

B.Tech, M.Tech, Integrated M.Sc., or MS from a Tier-1 engineering institute such as IIT, NIT, BITS, VIT, DTU, or NSUT.

Job Summary/ Job Opportunity:

This is an excellent opportunity for an ideal candidate with a high level of technical proficiency and meeting the below mentioned criteria -- • Strong experience in Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Generative AI, and Large Language Models (LLMs). • Hands-on experience building and deploying production-grade solutions using Azure OpenAI, OpenAI, LangChain, LangGraph, Semantic Kernel, LlamaIndex, and Agentic AI frameworks. • Strong expertise in Python, API development, microservices, and cloud-native architectures. • Experience designing and implementing RAG solutions, vector databases, embeddings, knowledge retrieval systems, and AI copilots. • Experience with Azure cloud services, MLOps, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and model lifecycle management. • Strong understanding of AI governance, responsible AI, security, compliance, and model evaluation frameworks. • Ability to lead technical discussions, provide architectural recommendations, mentor team members, and interact with business stakeholde

Key Objectives and Major Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and implement scalable AI/ML and Generative AI solutions for enterprise applications. • Lead development of intelligent applications leveraging LLMs, RAG pipelines, AI agents, and document intelligence solutions. • Collaborate with business stakeholders, architects, and product teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions. • Design and optimize data pipelines, vector search solutions, embeddings, and retrieval mechanisms. • Build and maintain REST APIs, microservices, and cloud-native AI applications. • Ensure best practices in coding standards, performance optimization, security, scalability, and maintainability. • Drive AI solution deployment using MLOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and observability frameworks. • Perform code reviews, mentor junior developers, and contribute to capability building within the team

Key Capabilities and Competencies:

Knowledge, Skills, Qualification and Experience

• Degree in B.Tech/M.Tech (Computer Science/IT/Data Science) or related discipline preferred, with 3–4 years of relevant experience in AI/ML, GenAI and total 5-7 years of experience. • Proficiency in Python and hands-on experience with ML libraries (scikit-learn, TensorFlow, PyTorch) and GenAI frameworks/tools. • Strong understanding of machine learning, deep learning, LLMs, prompt engineering, and techniques like RAG and fine-tuning. • Experience with data processing, embeddings, vector databases, APIs, and building scalable AI driven applications. • Good communication skills, ability to work on multiple projects, and eagerness to learn and adapt to evolving AI technologies. 

AI Developer  

Primary Skill-set (Must have) 

• Generative AI Expertise: 2-3 years of experience in designing and implementing generative AI solutions, including knowledge of various generative and autoregressive models. Ability to apply generative AI techniques to diverse use cases such as image generation, text generation, and creative content synthesis. 

• 2 years of experience in prompt engineering, fine tuning, agentic framework, GenAI SDK’s 

• 1-2 years of experience in Agentic AI frameworks like Autogen, Lanngraph, MS Agent SDK, A2A, MCP, A2P, memory concepts, multi agent orchestration 

• 7+ years of experience in Python 

• 5+ years of experience in software development 

• Azure Proficiency: 3-5 years of experience with Azure cloud services relevant to AI, including Azure Machine Learning, Azure Cognitive Services, Azure Databricks, and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). 2+ years of experience in Azure's capabilities to architect end-to-end AI solutions and optimize performance. 

• Architecture Design: 3-5 years of skills with the ability to design scalable, reliable, and cost-effective architectures for AI solutions. Proficiency in designing distributed systems, microservices architectures, and containerized solutions using technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes. 

Secondary Skills (Good to have) 

• Security and Compliance: Understanding of security principles and best practices in AI development, with the ability to implement security controls, encryption mechanisms, and access management policies to protect AI models and sensitive data. 

• Integration and Deployment: Proficiency in implementing CI/CD pipelines, automation scripts, and infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools such as Azure DevOps, Terraform, or Ansible. Experience in containerization and orchestration of AI workloads using Docker and Kubernetes. 

• Software Development: Strong programming skills in languages such as Python, with experience in developing AI applications, RESTful APIs, and microservices architectures. Familiarity with software development methodologies such as Agile or Scrum. 

• Communication and Presentation: Excellent communication skills with the ability to convey complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders. Experience in preparing and delivering technical presentations, architecture diagrams, and documentation to communicate architectural decisions and design rationale effectively. 

About the Role:

We are looking for an ideal candidate with 5+ years of experience in Data Science / Machine Learning, with strong hands-on experience in Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), NLP, and AI-powered applications. The candidate should be comfortable working across the complete AI lifecycle—from understanding business requirements and experimenting with models to building, evaluating, deploying, and monitoring production-grade GenAI solutions.

The role requires a combination of strong technical expertise, business understanding, problem-solving ability, and stakeholder management skills.

Key Responsibilities:

Generative AI & LLM

·      Design, develop, and deploy Generative AI and LLM-based solutions for enterprise use cases.

·      Work with models such as OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Llama, Mistral, Gemini, or equivalent LLM platforms.

·      Develop applications using prompt engineering, structured outputs, function/tool calling, and LLM orchestration.

·      Design and implement Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions.

·      Work with vector databases and semantic search for enterprise knowledge retrieval.

·      Develop and evaluate AI agents and multi-step AI workflows.

·      Implement techniques such as prompt optimization, context management, grounding, and hallucination reduction.

·      Develop AI solutions for text classification, summarization, information extraction, question answering, document intelligence, and other enterprise use cases.

Machine Learning & Data Science

·      Develop and optimize traditional Machine Learning and statistical models where appropriate.

·      Perform data exploration, feature engineering, model selection, training, validation, and evaluation.

·      Apply appropriate ML and statistical techniques to solve business problems.

·      Work with structured, unstructured, and semi-structured data.

·      Develop scalable data pipelines to support AI/ML solutions.

·      Collaborate with Data Engineers to prepare and manage data for AI applications.

AI Evaluation & Productionization

·      Design evaluation frameworks to measure LLM accuracy, relevance, groundedness, toxicity, latency, and cost.

·      Implement guardrails and responsible AI practices.

·      Monitor model and application performance in production.

·      Identify model/data drift and implement appropriate improvement strategies.

·      Optimize AI solutions for performance, scalability, reliability, and cost.

·      Support deployment and productionization of AI/ML solutions.

·      Client & Delivery Responsibilities

·      Work closely with the CEO, Delivery team, Solution Architects, Engineering teams, and clients to understand business problems and identify AI opportunities.

·      Translate business requirements into practical AI/ML solutions.

·      Participate in client discussions, solution presentations, technical workshops, and POCs.

·      Develop rapid prototypes and demonstrate the feasibility of GenAI solutions.

·      Convert successful POCs into scalable, production-ready applications.

·      Provide technical guidance and contribute to AI solution architecture.

·      Prepare technical documentation, solution approaches, and project estimates where required.

·      Stay current with developments in Generative AI, LLMs, Agentic AI, and AI engineering.

Required Skills:

·       5+ years of hands-on experience in Data Science, Machine Learning, AI, or a related field.

·      Strong practical experience in Generative AI and LLM-based applications.

·      Strong proficiency in Python.

·      Strong understanding of Machine Learning and statistical concepts.

·      Hands-on experience with:

o       LLMs

o       Prompt Engineering

o       RAG

o       Vector Databases

o       Embeddings

o       Semantic Search

o       LLM Evaluation

o       AI Guardrails

·      Experience with frameworks/tools such as LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, or equivalent.

·      Experience with APIs and integrating LLMs into enterprise applications.

·      Strong SQL and data handling skills.

·      Experience working with large and complex datasets.

·      Strong understanding of NLP concepts.XX

Technical Skills:

·      Experience with OpenAI / Azure OpenAI / AWS Bedrock / Google Vertex AI.

·      Experience with vector databases such as Pinecone, Weaviate, Milvus, FAISS, or equivalent.

·      Experience with Databricks, Snowflake, or cloud data platforms.

·      Experience with Docker and CI/CD.

·      Exposure to AWS, Azure, or GCP.

·      Experience with ML/AI deployment and MLOps.

·       Knowledge of AI security, data privacy, governance, and responsible AI.

·      Experience building AI Agents / Agentic AI workflows.

·      Experience with multimodal AI is an added advantage

Key Competencies

·      Strong analytical and problem-solving ability.

·      Ability to translate business problems into practical AI solutions.

·      Strong communication and presentation skills.

·      Ability to interact confidently with senior stakeholders and clients.

·      Strong ownership and delivery mindset.

·      Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.

• Strong experimentation and innovation mindset.
• Ability to balance technical feasibility, business value, scalability, and cost.

Required Education & Experience:

·      Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related discipline

PRINCIPAL AI ENGINEER @ METADOME.AI

Company Description

Metadome.ai builds frontier AI models that transform text, drawings, and CAD into production-ready, interactive 3D experiences. The company advances a full generative pipeline—text-to-CAD, 2D-to-3D

reconstruction, CAD completion and harmonization, and real-time interactive rendering—engineered for the precision required in the physical world. Its technology currently powers the modernization of

OEM aftersales for more than 30 automotive and heavy-equipment manufacturers worldwide, delivering accurate, scalable, and fast 3D solutions. Metadome.ai’s platform enables shoppable 3D parts, step-by-step repair animations, and a headless API that feeds consistent 3D assets into commerce, dealer, training, and service systems. The broader mission is to allow anyone to move from an idea, drawing, or specification to a production-grade 3D model and beyond in seconds.

Role Description

As a Principal AI Engineer — Generative CAD & 3D, you will lead the design, development, and deployment of advanced AI models that convert text, 2D drawings, and CAD files into engineering-grade 3D content. You will architect end-to-end generative pipelines, including

text-to-CAD, 2D-to-3D reconstruction, CAD completion, and real-time rendering, collaborating closely with product, design, and engineering teams to ship robust production systems. Day-to-day, you will experiment with novel neural network architectures, optimize model performance on large-scale CAD datasets, write high-quality production code, and guide the integration of AI services into customer-facing platforms. You will mentor other engineers, establish best practices for AI development, and contribute to technical strategy and roadmap. This is a full-time, hybrid role based in Bengaluru, with a mix of on-site collaboration and work-from-home flexibility.

Qualifications

• Strong foundation in Computer Science and Software Development, including data structures, algorithms, system design, and production-grade coding in languages such as Python, C++, or similar.
• Deep expertise in Neural Networks and Pattern Recognition, with hands-on experience designing, training, and deploying modern deep learning architectures for complex, high-dimensional data.
• Experience with Natural Language Processing (NLP), including working with text encoders, multimodal models, and integrating language understanding into generative workflows.
• Advanced degree (Master’s or PhD) in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience in AI/ML research and engineering.
• Background in 3D geometry, CAD, computer graphics, or related domains, with familiarity in 3D representations, mesh processing, and rendering pipelines.

About the role

We are seeking an AI Engineer to build and implement AI systems for content production at scale. You'll work at the intersection of engineering and content designing prompt pipelines, integrating generative models, and building the tooling that turns source material into finished creative output. The ideal candidate is technically strong but also has taste: someone who understands story and craft, and can tell the difference between output that's technically correct and output that's actually good.

Responsibilities

• Build and iterate on prompt pipelines and multi-agent workflow components
• Design and integrate agentic workflows orchestrate multi-step, tool-using agents that plan, call models, and hand off between stages in production
• Deploy and serve open-source models set up inference endpoints, manage GPU compute, and optimize for latency and cost
• Write evals compare outputs against references, quantify quality, and feed results back into the pipeline
• Work on data pipelines: structured extraction from messy source text, localization, similarity/dedup
• Debug and maintain pipeline stages in production

What you bring:  

• (1+/3+) years of engineering experience, or a strong portfolio of shipped projects
• Solid Python fundamentals clean, working, readable code
• Hands-on experience with LLM APIs and prompt engineering (personal projects count)
• Comfort with Git, REST APIs, and working in a Linux environment
• A feel for content and narrative you can judge whether generated output is actually good, not just valid
• Curiosity and clear communication you ask good questions and don't stay stuck silently

 Preferred

• Exposure to agent/orchestration frameworks (LangGraph, LangChain, CrewAI)
• Familiarity with vector databases, embeddings, or RAG (Qdrant, pgvector)
• Hands-on work with open-source generative media models Flux, LTX, Wan, or similar
• Experience deploying open-source models for inference (vLLM, ComfyUI, Replicate/Cog, Docker + GPU)
• Experience writing evals or LLM-as-judge scoring
• Node.js and Fastapi familiarity, or experience deploying on AWS

About the role

We are seeking an AI Engineer to build and implement AI systems for content production at scale. You'll work at the intersection of engineering and content designing prompt pipelines, integrating generative models, and building the tooling that turns source material into finished creative output. The ideal candidate is technically strong but also has taste: someone who understands story and craft, and can tell the difference between output that's technically correct and output that's actually good.

Responsibilities

• Build and iterate on prompt pipelines and multi-agent workflow components
• Design and integrate agentic workflows orchestrate multi-step, tool-using agents that plan, call models, and hand off between stages in production
• Deploy and serve open-source models set up inference endpoints, manage GPU compute, and optimize for latency and cost
• Write evals compare outputs against references, quantify quality, and feed results back into the pipeline
• Work on data pipelines: structured extraction from messy source text, localization, similarity/dedup
• Debug and maintain pipeline stages in production

What you bring:  

• (1+/3+) years of engineering experience, or a strong portfolio of shipped projects
• Solid Python fundamentals clean, working, readable code
• Hands-on experience with LLM APIs and prompt engineering (personal projects count)
• Comfort with Git, REST APIs, and working in a Linux environment
• A feel for content and narrative you can judge whether generated output is actually good, not just valid
• Curiosity and clear communication you ask good questions and don't stay stuck silently

 Preferred

• Exposure to agent/orchestration frameworks (LangGraph, LangChain, CrewAI)
• Familiarity with vector databases, embeddings, or RAG (Qdrant, pgvector)
• Hands-on work with open-source generative media models Flux, LTX, Wan, or similar
• Experience deploying open-source models for inference (vLLM, ComfyUI, Replicate/Cog, Docker + GPU)
• Experience writing evals or LLM-as-judge scoring
• Node.js and Fastapi familiarity, or experience deploying on AWS