Applied AI Operations Engineer — LLM Systems & Apps

United States Digital Space LLC; Starbase (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC in Texas is seeking an Operations Engineer, Applied AI (Application Software), to partner with Sales, Product, and Engineering, designing strategies to integrate large language models into products and infrastructure, while prioritizing safety and responsible deployment.

You will collaborate to build prototypes, advise on architecture, and stay ahead of evolving LLM technologies in a fast-paced environment, delivering practical AI-powered solutions across programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM or engineering.
• 1+ years of experience in engineering or operations/process development.
• Hands-on experience supporting cross-functional teams in fast-paced environments.
• Experience shipping real-world applications using large language models and related ML tools.

Responsibilities

• Work with internal teams to design technical approaches aligned with their goals.
• Serve as main technical contact, supporting end-to-end while coordinating with internal teams.
• Build prototypes and proofs-of-concept integrating with Spok/Grok.
• Advise on system architecture and support development of AI-powered applications with LLMs.
• Keep current with evolving LLM technologies, best practices, and tools.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Production-level coding

LLM deployment

Prompt design

Agent systems

Retrieval architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in STEM

Tools

Spok

Grok

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC in Texas is seeking an Operations Engineer, Applied AI (Application Software), to partner with Sales, Product, and Engineering, designing strategies to integrate large language models into products and infrastructure, while prioritizing safety and responsible deployment.

You will collaborate to build prototypes, advise on architecture, and stay ahead of evolving LLM technologies in a fast-paced environment, delivering practical AI-powered solutions across programs.