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LLM Engineer

HCM Staffing and Consulting
San Jose, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 11/14/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/13/2026

Job Details

Job Description:

  • Model Development & Optimization: Design, train, fine-tune, and evaluate large language models (LLMs) for performance, efficiency, and alignment with product or research goals.
  • Systems Integration & Deployment: Implement scalable inference pipelines, optimize serving infrastructure (e.g., quantization, caching, distillation), and integrate models into applications or APIs.
  • Research & Cross-Functional Collaboration: Lead experimentation with new architectures, prompt-engineering techniques, or retrieval systems, and collaborate with product, data, and ML operations teams to translate research into production features. Model Development & Optimization: Design, train, fine-tune, and evaluate large language models (LLMs) for performance, efficiency, and alignment with product or research goals.
  • Systems Integration & Deployment: Implement scalable inference pipelines, optimize serving infrastructure (e.g., quantization, caching, distillation), and integrate models into applications or APIs.
  • Research & Cross-Functional Collaboration: Lead experimentation with new architectures, prompt-engineering techniques, or retrieval systems, and collaborate with product, data, and ML operations teams to translate research into production features.
  • As a DevOps Contractor, you will streamline and automate the software development and deployment processes to enhance efficiency and reliability.
  • Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate the software build, test, and deployment processes.
  • Collaborate with development and operations teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery of applications.
  • Monitor and optimize system performance, ensuring high availability and scalability.
  • Implement and manage infrastructure as code (IaC) to automate provisioning and configuration of resources.
  • Perform regular security assessments and apply necessary patches and updates to maintain system integrity.

Primary Skill Required for the Role:

  • Machine Learning

Level Required for Primary Skill:

  • Advanced (6-9 years experience)

Additional Details for Role:

  • Large language models, infrastructure, weights, and deployments
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