Job Title: Machine Learning EngineerJob Description Engage deeply with business teams to identify opportunities and translate needs into innovative and practical AI/ML solutions. Design, build, and deploy state-of-the-art AI/ML models to solve complex business problems. Understand key performance levers and metrics to highlight AI/ML solution operational issues and drive improvement. Collaborate closely with engineers and infrastructure partners to implement robust and scalable solutions. Communicate results and insights effectively to partners and senior leaders, providing clear and actionable recommendations. Stay updated with the latest trends, technologies, and best practices in AI, GenAI, and data science. Regularly research and present new ideas to improve the team's technical capabilities. Responsibilities + Engage deeply with business teams to identify opportunities and translate needs into innovative and practical AI/ML solutions. + Design, build, and deploy state-of-the-art AI/ML models to solve complex business problems. + Understand key performance levers and metrics to highlight AI/ML solution operational issues and drive improvement. + Collaborate closely with engineers and infrastructure partners to implement robust and scalable solutions. + Communicate results and insights effectively to partners and senior leaders, providing clear and actionable recommendations. + Stay updated with the latest trends, technologies, and best practices in AI, GenAI, and data science. + Regularly research and present new ideas to improve the team's technical capabilities. Essential Skills + Experience in AI system development, foundational model lifecycle training, retrieval of augmented systems, and model evaluation. + Proficiency in large language models (LLMs) architecture, creating targeted instruction datasets, and implementing quantization and inference optimizations. + Ability to cover problem definition, data acquisition, and full-cycle deployment, utilizing tools like MLflow, and cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud, and Azure. + Experience with proprietary models like GPT-4 and open-source models like Llama and Mistral, delivering high-performing, scalable, and cost-efficient AI solutions. + Proficiency with NLP libraries like NLTK, spaCy, GPT-3, BERT, and Hugging Face's Transformers to create sophisticated natural language processing solutions. + Expertise in Python, AI/ML infrastructure, model deployment, and MLOps. + End-to-end GenAI application experience. + Knowledge in RAG, prompt engineering, LoRA, and other GenAI techniques. + Superb communication and interpersonal skills. Additional Skills & Qualifications + Methodologies: Spiral, Agile, Waterfall, Lean. + Programming Languages: C++, Python, Shell, SQL, R. + IDE Tools: PyCharm, RStudio, Visual Studio Code, Jupyter Notebook, Google Collab, Navicat. + ML Frameworks: Transformers, Scikit-Learn, Keras, TensorFlow, PyTorch, ONNX, NLTK, OpenAI, langchain. + DL Architectures: LLM, ANN, CNN, R-CNN, RNN, GRU, LSTM, Transformers, Attention Mechanism, Tokenizers. + Packages: NumPy, Spark, Matplotlib, SciPy. + Cloud Technologies: AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, ECS, Lambda), Azure (Functions, ACR, AKS), Digital Ocean, GCP. + Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, ChromaDB, Pinecone, SQLite. + Web Frameworks and Servers: FastAPI, Flask, Nginx, Gunicorn, Uvicorn, Docker, Kubernetes. + Miscellaneous Tools: JIRA, AutoGluon, GitHub Actions, GitHub Issues, Datadog, MS Power BI, Postman, Locust, Streamlit, CUDA, cuDNN, TensorRT. + Version Control: Git, GitHub, DVC (Data Version Control). + Operating Systems: Windows, Linux, Mac. Work Environment This position is located on-site in San Diego, CA. It works on a hybrid schedule with 3 days onsite and 2 days remote. It requires onsite presence to attend in-person work-related events, trainings, and meetings to ensure teamwork, collaboration, and innovation. Pay and Benefits The pay range for this position is $75.00 - $85.00 About Actalent Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 30,000 consultants and more than 4,500 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion At Actalent, diversity and inclusion are a bridge towards the equity and success of our people. 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