Production AI Engineer – LLMs, RAG & Client Delivery

Elios AI; Raleigh (NC); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Elios AI in Raleigh, NC, seeks a hands-on software engineer to build production AI systems for enterprise clients. You will work on LLM integrations, RAG pipelines, observability, and cost controls, shipping features that real users depend on.

This is a hybrid full-time role in a fast-moving team; you’ll translate technical decisions for non-technical stakeholders, own your workstream from scoping to deployment, and stay current with evolving tooling.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of production software engineering with hands-on LLM-focused work.
• Measurable outcomes from AI systems shipped to clients.
• Full-stack capability across Python, TypeScript, React and modern backend frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship LLM-powered features into production, including RAG pipelines and model integrations.
• Instrument what you build with evals, observability, latency optimization, and cost management.
• Work directly with client stakeholders, translating technical decisions for non-technical audiences.
• Own your workstream from scoping through deployment.

Skills

LLM-focused development

Python

TypeScript

React

Full-stack development

Client-facing delivery

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

Codex

Job description

Elios AI in Raleigh, NC, seeks a hands-on software engineer to build production AI systems for enterprise clients. You will work on LLM integrations, RAG pipelines, observability, and cost controls, shipping features that real users depend on.

This is a hybrid full-time role in a fast-moving team; you’ll translate technical decisions for non-technical stakeholders, own your workstream from scoping to deployment, and stay current with evolving tooling.