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Base pay range
$55.00/hr - $65.00/hr
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Location:
Remote
Contract:
6 months
Clearance Requirement:
U.S. Citizenship (per federal contract requirements)
Our client is seeking a
skilled AI Product Developer
with strong
Python expertise
to join their team. You’ll design and integrate AI-powered features—focusing on
embedding-based systems, semantic search, and large language models (LLMs) —with an initial project building an
Outlook bot
and opportunities to develop other AI-driven tools like SharePoint widgets.
This is an exciting opportunity to work hands-on with cutting-edge AI technologies, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and see your innovations directly impact business operations.
What You’ll Do
Develop and maintain embedding-based systems and LLM integrations for AI-driven products.
Build AI-powered capabilities including semantic search, summarization, drafting assistance, and context-aware recommendations.
Architect APIs and backend services (FastAPI or similar) to expose AI functionality to client apps (including VSTO add-ins for Microsoft Outlook).
Integrate self-hosted and cloud-based AI models into production.
Implement scalable solutions for data preprocessing, feature engineering, and model serving.
Apply generative AI techniques: prompt engineering, fine-tuning LLMs, and building chatbots/Q&A tools.
Ensure compliance with data security, privacy, and responsible AI standards.
Collaborate with the DLA team to support and integrate self-hosted AI models.
Monitor and optimize AI features for performance and reliability.
Required Skills
AI/NLP Expertise:
Strong experience with LLMs (OpenAI, HuggingFace Transformers), vector embeddings, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).
API & Backend Development:
Python APIs (preferably FastAPI), integrating AI into production systems.
Data Engineering:
Preprocessing, feature extraction, embedding storage/retrieval.
Search & Ranking:
Semantic search, hybrid/fusion ranking, metadata-based boosting.
Security & Compliance:
Privacy-aware AI deployment.
Strong documentation and collaboration skills.
Nice to Have
C# experience.
Familiarity with Azure or other cloud platforms.
Environment:
Initial focus on an Outlook bot using VSTO + Python APIs, with opportunities to work on a range of AI-driven applications.
Seniority level
Seniority level Associate
Employment type
Employment type Contract
Job function
Job function Information Technology
Industries Government Administration, Defense and Space Manufacturing, and Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
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AI Product Developer - 4538
Tier4 Group, New York, NY, USA
Pay: $70,000-$100,000/yr
Job type: Contract