Artificial Intelligence Engineer

Latitude; Champaign (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Latitude seeks an AI Engineer to design, build, and deploy LLM-powered applications and AI agents in Champaign, IL. You will develop RAG pipelines, orchestration workflows, and work with foundation models to deliver scalable AI solutions.

The role emphasizes deploying production-grade systems with robust governance, monitoring, and guardrails to ensure safe AI operations on-site.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience building and deploying LLM-powered applications.
• Proficient in developing RAG pipelines and orchestration workflows.
• Strong understanding of foundation models and their practical use.

Responsibilities

• Build and deploy LLM-powered applications and AI agents.
• Design and implement RAG pipelines and orchestration workflows.
• Work with foundation models to deliver production-ready AI solutions.
• Establish governance, monitoring, and guardrails for AI systems.

Skills

Python

LangChain/LangGraph

RAG

AI Agents

model fine-tuning & evaluation

AI governance

monitoring & guardrails

Education

Tools

Agents SDK

PyTorch

HuggingFace

Azure OpenAI

AWS Bedrock

Snowflake

Databricks

Pinecone

Job description

Job Title: AI Engineer

Location: Champaign, IL (On-Site)

Direct Hire

Must be USC/GC/GC-EAD

No H1b/OPT/CPT

We are seeking an AI Engineer to build and deploy LLM-powered applications and AI agents. The ideal candidate will have experience developing RAG pipelines, orchestration workflows, and working with foundation models.

Key Skills:

• Python, Agents SDK, LangChain/LangGraph
• PyTorch, HuggingFace
• Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock
• Snowflake, Databricks, Pinecone
• RAG, AI Agents, model fine-tuning & evaluation
• AI governance, monitoring & guardrails