Gen AI Engineer - Ztek Consulting INC

This role requires versatility and expertise across a wide range of skills. Someone with a diverse background/experience and an engineer at heart will fit into this role seamlessly.
The Generative AI team is comprised of a multiple cross-functional group that works in unison and ensures a sound move from our research activities to scalable solutions.
You will collaborate closely with our cloud, security, infrastructure, enterprise architecture and data science team to conceive and execute essential functionalities.

Responsibilities:
Design and build fault-tolerant infrastructure to support the Generative AI Ref architecture (RAG, Summarization, Agent etc).
Ensure code is delivered without vulnerabilities by enforcing engineering practices, code scanning, etc.
Build and maintain IAC (terraform/Cloud Formation), CICD (Jenkins) scripts, Code Pipeline, uDeploy, & GitHub Actions.
Partner with our shared service teams like Architecture, Cloud, Security, etc to design and implement platform solutions.
Collaborate with the DS team to develop a self-service internal developer Generative AI platform.
Design and build the Data ingestion pipeline for Finetuning LLM Models.
Create templates (Architecture As Code) implementing Ref architecture application's topology.
Build a feedback system using HITL for Supervised finetuning.

Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a technical field.
4+ years of experience with AWS cloud.
At least 8 years of experience designing and building data-intensive solutions using distributed computing.
7+ years building and shipping software and/or platform infrastructure solutions for enterprises.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Automated Testing, Automated Deployments, Agile methodologies, Unit Testing and Integration Testing tools.
Experience with building scalable serverless application (real-time / batch) on AWS stack (Lambda + step function)
Knowledge of distributed NoSQL database systems.
Experience with data engineering, ETL technology, and conversation UX is a plus.
Experience with HPCs, vector embedding, and Hybrid/Semantic search technologies.
Experience with AWS OpenSearch, Step/Lambda Functions, Sage Maker, API Gateways, ECS/Docker is a plus.
Proficiency in customization techniques across various stages of the RAG pipeline, including model fine-tuning, retrieval re-ranking, and hierarchical navigable small-world graph (HNSW) is a plus.
Strong proficiency in embeddings, ANN/KNN, vector stores, database optimization, & performance tuning.
Extensive programming experience with Python, Java.
Experience with LLM orchestration frameworks like Lang chain, Llama Index etc.
Foundational understanding of Natural Language Processing, and Deep Learning.
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Automated Testing, Automated Deployments, Agile methodologies, Unit Testing, and Integration Testing tools.
Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a collaborative team environment.
Excellent communication skills.

ABOUT Ztek:

Website:www.ztekinc.com

Ztek Consulting Inc is a minority- and woman-owned business enterprise that leverages a unique blend of human talent, machine learning algorithms, and artificial intelligence to provide customized talent management solutions for clients. Ztek's diversity-focused hiring models have proven successful, particularly in hiring veterans. The company's veteran-focused hiring and deployment program, Z-V.E.T, matches skilled veterans with clients' needs in various areas.

Disclaimer:

Ztek is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits any kind of unlawful discrimination and harassment. Ztek is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national origin, citizenship, social or ethnic origin, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by the statutes, rules, and regulations in the locations where it operates. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us at hrd@ztekinc.com Please indicate the specifics of the assistance needed. Ztek encourages all interested and qualified candidates to apply for employment opportunities. Ztek does not discriminate against applicants based on citizenship status, immigration status, or national origin, in accordance with 8 U.S.C. 1324b.