AI Implementation Engineer: LLM & Prompt Architect

DRT Strategies; Silver Spring (MD); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

DRT Strategies, a leading federal-focused consulting firm, seeks an AI Implementation Specialist to design and integrate AI services across operations. You will build AI-driven solutions, design knowledge repositories, and develop prompt templates to improve efficiency and decision-making.

The role requires 3+ years in software development with AI/LLM focus, strong Python skills, and experience with LangChain/LangGraph, and vector databases. U.S. citizenship or green card is required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software development experience with at least 1 year in AI/ML or LLM-based app development
• Strong proficiency in Python and deploying AI-powered applications
• Hands-on experience with LLM APIs (Anthropic Claude, OpenAI GPT, Google Gemini) and agentic frameworks (LangChain, LangGraph)
• Experience with prompt engineering techniques including chain-of-thought, RAG
• Familiarity with vector databases, embeddings, and semantic search (Pinecone, Weaviate, ChromaDB, pgvector)
• Understanding of responsible AI principles including transparency and human oversight in agentic systems
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to explain AI concepts to non-technical stakeholders

Responsibilities

• Design and implement structured compliance and enforcement knowledge repositories
• Establish taxonomy and metadata standards for searchable information
• Develop quality assurance protocols to ensure accuracy of stored information
• Assist leadership in assessing office needs and AI agent/prompt development plans
• Develop standardized prompt templates for common office use cases
• Create a prompt library categorized by function and complexity
• Test and refine prompts to maximize output quality and consistency
• Develop user guides, quick reference materials, and video tutorials
• Provide ongoing consultation to office users implementing Elsa in workflows
• Gather user feedback and identify pain points for improvements
• Assist training staff to incorporate Elsa into workflows

Skills

Python

AI/ML

LLM APIs

LangChain

LangGraph

Prompt engineering

Vector databases

Semantic search

Responsible AI

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems/CS/SE

AI/ML cloud certifications

Tools

Anthropic Claude

OpenAI GPT

Google Gemini

Job description

DRT Strategies, a leading federal-focused consulting firm, seeks an AI Implementation Specialist to design and integrate AI services across operations. You will build AI-driven solutions, design knowledge repositories, and develop prompt templates to improve efficiency and decision-making.

The role requires 3+ years in software development with AI/LLM focus, strong Python skills, and experience with LangChain/LangGraph, and vector databases. U.S. citizenship or green card is required.