Generative AI Engineer

Codefeast
RemoteContract$83,200–$124,800Posted Sep 16, 2026

About the role

Generative AI Engineer – LLM & AI Applications

Experience: 3–8 Years

Job Type: Contractor

Location: Remote

Compensation: $40–$60/hour

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Generative AI Engineer to design, develop, and optimize production-ready AI applications using LLMs, RAG, AI agents, embeddings, and modern GenAI frameworks.

Key Responsibilities

Develop and deploy Generative AI and LLM-based applications.

Build RAG pipelines, AI agents, copilots, search, and conversational AI systems.

Integrate LLM APIs and open-source models into production applications.

Design prompt engineering, context management, and structured output workflows.

Work with embeddings, vector databases, and semantic search.

Evaluate AI outputs for accuracy, relevance, hallucinations, and overall quality.

Optimize LLM applications for latency, scalability, reliability, and cost.

Key Requirements

3–8 years of experience in AI/ML, Software Engineering, or related roles.

Strong hands-on experience with Generative AI and LLM applications.

Strong proficiency in Python.

Experience with RAG, prompt engineering, embeddings, and vector databases.

Experience with LLMs/APIs such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Llama, or similar models.

Hands-on experience with LangChain, LlamaIndex, LangGraph, or similar frameworks.

Understanding of LLM evaluation, hallucination reduction, and model performance.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and deploy Generative AI and LLM-based applications
  • Build RAG pipelines, AI agents, copilots, search, and conversational AI systems
  • Integrate LLM APIs and open-source models into production applications
  • Design prompt engineering, context management, and structured output workflows
  • Work with embeddings, vector databases, and semantic search
  • Evaluate AI outputs for accuracy, relevance, hallucinations, and overall quality
  • Optimize LLM applications for latency, scalability, reliability, and cost

Qualifications

  • 3–8 years of experience in AI/ML, Software Engineering, or related roles
  • Strong hands-on experience with Generative AI and LLM applications
  • Strong proficiency in Python
  • Experience with RAG, prompt engineering, embeddings, and vector databases
  • Experience with LLMs/APIs such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Llama, or similar models
  • Hands-on experience with LangChain, LlamaIndex, LangGraph, or similar frameworks
  • Understanding of LLM evaluation, hallucination reduction, and model performance

Skills mentioned

Generative AILarge Language ModelsRetrieval-Augmented GenerationAI AgentsEmbeddingsPrompt EngineeringPythonLangChainLangGraphModel Evaluation

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