Junior AI Engineer

Junior AI EngineerOptomi, in partnership with a leading technology innovator, is seeking a Junior AI Engineer for an exciting opportunity in Jersey City, NJ! This role is ideal for a software engineer with a strong Python development background and hands-on experience building LLM applications, including prompting, tool calling, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). The right candidate will work on innovative projects involving embeddings, vector search, and retrieval pipelines while leveraging OpenTelemetry to enhance application observability. This is a great opportunity to gain hands-on experience with emerging AI technologies while contributing to impactful projects!What the right candidate will enjoy!The opportunity to work on innovative projects involving LLM applications and emerging AI technologies!Collaborating with a dynamic team on cutting-edge machine learning and data retrieval projects!Hands-on experience developing and optimizing retrieval pipelines, embeddings, and vector search!A 6-month contract opportunity with a strong likelihood of extension!Experience of the right candidate:3+ years of experience in software development.Proficiency in Python.Experience with LLM applications (prompting, tool calling, RAG).Knowledge of embeddings/vector search.Familiarity with retrieval pipelines and evaluations.Understanding of OpenTelemetry.Responsibilities of the right candidate:Develop and optimize retrieval pipelines.Implement and evaluate embeddings and vector search methodologies.Enhance observability through OpenTelemetry integration.Work on LLM applications involving prompting, tool calling, and RAG.Collaborate with a dynamic team on innovative projects involving machine learning and data retrieval.