Kforce has a client that is seeking a highly skilled LLM Engineer in Evanston, IL. Summary: The LLM Engineer will be responsible for designing and developing scalable software solutions, leading architecture design, and ensuring the performance and reliability of our systems. They will be responsible for designing and developing scalable software solutions, leading architecture design, and ensuring the performance and reliability of our systems. Responsibilities: * LLM Engineer will take ownership of architecture design and development of scalable and distributed software systems * Translate business to technical requirements * Own technical execution, ensuring code quality, adherence to deadlines, and efficient resource allocation * Data driven decision making skills with focus on achieving product goals * Design, develop and deploy LLM based pipelines involving patterns like RAG, Agentic workflows, PEFT (e.g. LORA, QLORA, etc.) * Responsible for the complete software development lifecycle, including requirements analysis, design, coding, testing, and deployment * As a LLM Engineer, you will utilize AWS services/Azure services like IAM, Monitoring, Load Balancing, Autoscaling, Database, Networking, storage, ECR, AKS, ACR, etc. * Implement DevOps practices using tools like Docker, Kubernetes to ensure continuous integration and delivery; Develop DevOps scripts for automation and monitoring * Collaborate with cross-functional teams, conduct code reviews, and provide guidance on software design and best practices