Production AI Systems Engineer

Elios Talent; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology staffing firm in Chicago is seeking Forward Deployed Engineers to build and deploy AI systems. This role involves designing and implementing LLM-powered applications, working directly with business stakeholders, and iterating in live environments. Ideal candidates will have 3-8 years of software engineering experience with strong Python skills and familiarity with deploying distributed systems. You will be responsible for producing scalable solutions that effectively integrate with client workflows and meet performance metrics.

Qualifications

• 3–8+ years of software engineering experience is required.
• Strong proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript is essential.
• Experience with AI systems and LLM orchestration is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy LLM-powered applications.
• Build and optimize data pipelines for performance.
• Work directly with stakeholders to solve business problems.

Skills

Software engineering experience

Strong proficiency in Python

Experience with TypeScript

Experience building distributed systems

API development

Data-intensive applications

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Azure

Airflow

Kafka

Snowflake

Databricks

BigQuery

Postgres

LangChain

LangGraph

Job description

A leading technology staffing firm in Chicago is seeking Forward Deployed Engineers to build and deploy AI systems. This role involves designing and implementing LLM-powered applications, working directly with business stakeholders, and iterating in live environments. Ideal candidates will have 3-8 years of software engineering experience with strong Python skills and familiarity with deploying distributed systems. You will be responsible for producing scalable solutions that effectively integrate with client workflows and meet performance metrics.