AI Engineer

IQUASAR LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

iQuasar LLC is hiring a remote AI Engineer to develop innovative GenAI solutions, leverage LLMs, and deploy models across cloud environments. The role focuses on agentic systems, RAG with citations, and multi-step task execution in distributed settings.

Requirements include a CS/DS/engineering/math degree and 2+ years of AI/ML experience with LLMs, plus strong Python and SQL skills. This is a full-time remote position with US public-trust eligibility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master’s in CS, Data Science, Engineering, or Mathematics.
• 2+ years of hands-on AI/ML engineering experience with LLMs.
• Experience with agentic AI systems or related architectures.
• Proficiency with Python and SQL.

Responsibilities

• Build and deploy agentic AI systems capable of autonomous decision-making and multitask execution.
• Lead end-to-end AI/ML/GenAI projects from data prep to deployment and monitoring.
• Develop LLM-based features like retrieval-augmented generation with citations.
• Design and optimize prompts for LLMs to meet outcomes.
• Use APIs or cloud platforms to work with LLMs (Claude, GPT, Gemini, Llama, etc.).
• Evaluate GenAI features with test sets, grounding, and production monitoring.
• Develop ML models in Python and deploy in distributed/cloud environments.
• Collaborate across teams to guide business decisions.

Skills

Agentic AI systems

LLM applications

Prompt engineering

Python

SQL

Education

Bachelor's/Master's degree in CS/DS/Engineering/Mathematics

Tools

LangGraph

CrewAI

Strands

AutoGen

Job description

iQuasar LLC is hiring for a 100% remote AI Engineer with one of our federal clients. Please find the details below:

We're seeking a talented AI Engineer to develop innovative solutions using generative AI, agentic systems, machine learning (ML), Large Language Models (LLMs), and prompt engineering. You'll design, build, and deploy scalable solutions in distributed and cloud environments, leveraging large and text-based datasets to solve complex challenges and drive innovation.

Position: AI Engineer

Location: Remote

Position Type: Full-Time

Clearance : US Citizens Only (Ability to Obtain Public Trust)

Responsibilities

• Build and deploy agentic AI systems capable of autonomous decision-making, tool use, and multi-step task execution
• Implement end-to-end AI/ML and GenAI projects, from understanding business needs to data preparation, model development, deployment and monitoring
• Develop LLM-based features such as retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) with citations, text summarization, and embedding pipelines
• Design and optimize prompts using prompt engineering techniques for LLMs to achieve desired outcomes
• Work with Large Language Models (LLMs) such as Claude, GPT, Gemini, Llama, etc. via APIs or cloud AI platforms to develop solutions for specific tasks
• Evaluate and test GenAI features: building test sets, grounding and citation checks, LLM-as-judge scoring, and production quality monitoring
• Design, develop, and optimize machine learning models using Python
• Deploy and manage solutions in distributed and cloud environments
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to guide business decisions

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's/Master's degree in CS, Data Science, Engineering, or Mathematics field
• 2+ years of hands-on AI/ML engineering experience, including demonstrable LLM application work
• Experience building agentic AI systems (agents with tool/function calling, planning or task decomposition, and multi-step execution), or strong working knowledge of agent architectures and frameworks such as LangGraph, CrewAI, Strands, or AutoGen
• Working knowledge of the modern LLM stack: prompt engineering, RAG, embeddings, and structured outputs
• Experience in one or more areas of machine learning / artificial intelligence such as classification, clustering, anomaly detection, sentiment analysis, and NLP problems such as text categorization, topic modeling, entity extraction, and text summarization
• Ability to think critically about AI or ML system design, including model selection, tradeoffs, and real-world deployment considerations
• Experience evaluating AI/ML systems: testing, measuring accuracy, and catching hallucinations
• Programming experience using Python and iPython notebooks; good SQL skills
• Excellent communication skills to communicate with wide technical and business users
• Demonstrate ability to quickly learn new tools and paradigms to deploy cutting edge solutions
• Adept at simultaneously working on multiple projects, meeting deadlines, and managing expectations

iQuasar LLC is a proud partner of the Military Spouse Employment Partnership (MSEP) and the Virginia Values Veterans (V3) Program, reflecting our strong commitment to supporting military spouses, veterans, and inclusive hiring practices. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, political affiliation, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital/parental/veteran status, disability, genetic information, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, military service, non-merit factors, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law.

This is a remote position.