Artificial Intelligence Engineer at NextGenPros Inc

Role: AI EngineerLocation: San Jose, CA (Hybrid)Type: Contract Job Description: Key ResponsibilitiesResearch and prototype Advanced RAG techniques (e.g., chunking strategies, retrieval optimization, knowledge graph integration).Explore and implement Agentic AI patterns (e.g., supervisor vs plan-execute workflows).Investigate and develop methods for reducing memory footprint and improving LLM response quality.Design and experiment with LLM fine-tuning strategies for domain-specific applications.Collaborate on data preprocessing pipelines, including SQL-based processing and advanced text preprocessing techniques.Leverage LangChain ecosystem tools: LangChain, LangGraph, LangSmith for building and evaluating AI workflows.Experiment with LLMs such as GPT-4+, Gemini, LLaMA, and others for various use cases.Apply design patterns in AI and backend development for scalability and maintainability.Contribute to ML Ops and LLM Ops best practices to streamline research-to-production pipelines.Must-Have Skills & ExperienceProgramming: Deep expertise in Python, asynchronous programming, and software design patterns.Data Processing: Strong SQL skills, data preprocessing, and transformation techniques.LangChain Ecosystem: Hands-on experience with LangChain, LangGraph, and LangSmith.LLM Experience: Familiarity with leading models like GPT-4+, Gemini, LLaMA.AI Expertise:Agentic AI patterns.Advanced RAG methods.LLM fine-tuning approaches.ML Ops & LLM Ops workflows.Nice-to-Have SkillsCloud Platforms: AWS or GCP experience.DevOps: CI/CD and containerized environment familiarity