Only W2/1099 | Sr. GEN AI Engineer@ Ridgefield Park, NJ
PALNAR
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Machine Learning, or a related field
8+ years
of software engineering, machine/deep learning engineering, or applied AI experience
2+ years
of hands-on experience building and deploying
Generative AI / LLM-based systems in production
Strong programming skills in
Python
and experience with backend/API development
Experience with
LLM application development , including prompt engineering, RAG, tool use, and structured output design
Experience in optimizing RAG pipelines using both structured and unstructured data
Experience with orchestration frameworks such as
LangChain, LlamaIndex, Semantic Kernel , or equivalent
Experience in generative AI techniques such as GANs, and VAEs
Hands-on experience with
vector databases / retrieval systems
such as Pinecone, Weaviate, Chroma, FAISS, Elasticsearch, or Azure AI Search
Experience with cloud platforms such as
AWS, GCP, or Azure
Experience with
Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD , and production deployment practices
Strong understanding of software architecture, scalability, reliability, and distributed systems
Experience building
evaluation, testing, and monitoring
for AI systems
Strong communication skills and ability to work closely with technical and non-technical stakeholder
Preferred Qualifications
Experience fine-tuning or adapting open-source LLMs
Advanced knowledge of natural language processing for text generation tasks
Experience with
PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX , or related ML frameworks
Experience with
MLOps
tools such as MLflow, SageMaker, Vertex AI, Azure ML, Kubeflow, or similar
Experience building
multi-agent systems
or advanced orchestration workflows
Experience with
AI safety, guardrails, red-teaming, privacy, and governance
Familiarity with search, ranking, recommendation, conversational AI, or enterprise knowledge systems
Experience in customer-facing or enterprise SaaS products
Experience in semiconductor/manufacturing, retail and e-commerce sectors