Senior GenAI & LLM Engineer — Production AI Systems

Lippert; Mishawaka (IN); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision benefits

401k with employer match

Paid time off

Career development

Mentoring and growth opportunities

Job summary

Lippert's Data + AI team builds and operates production AI systems to drive efficiency in manufacturing, engineering, and corporate functions.

As a Senior AI/ML Engineer – GenAI & LLM, you will hands-on build, deploy, and maintain LLM-powered applications in production, owning end-to-end delivery.

This role requires strong coding, collaboration with product and engineering, and mentoring junior teammates.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of hands‑on experience in AI/ML or ML engineering.
• Strong experience with LLMs and GenAI, including RAG and prompt engineering.
• Hands‑on use of LangChain, OpenAI / Azure OpenAI, Hugging Face, or similar.
• Advanced Python skills and ML libraries (PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn).
• Experience with cloud‑based ML systems (Azure preferred).
• Working knowledge of MLOps (CI/CD, versioning, monitoring).
• Strong problem‑solving skills and a delivery‑focused mindset.

Responsibilities

• Build, test, and deploy production-grade Generative AI and LLM solutions
• Design and implement RAG pipelines, prompt strategies, embeddings, and agent workflows
• Own the full solution lifecycle: data → model → deployment → monitoring → iteration
• Develop and maintain scalable data pipelines for training and inference
• Deploy and operate AI systems in Azure and Databricks
• Implement evaluation, logging, monitoring, and cost controls for LLM systems
• Integrate AI services into internal tools and enterprise applications via APIs
• Collaborate closely with product, engineering, and business stakeholders
• Contribute to team standards through hands‑on coding and code reviews
• Mentor junior team members through technical guidance and example

Skills

LLMs

GenAI

RAG

Prompt engineering

Python

PyTorch

TensorFlow

cloud ML

MLOps

LangChain

OpenAI/Azure OpenAI

Hugging Face

Tools

LangChain

OpenAI/Azure OpenAI

Hugging Face

Job description

Lippert's Data + AI team builds and operates production AI systems to drive efficiency in manufacturing, engineering, and corporate functions.

As a Senior AI/ML Engineer – GenAI & LLM, you will hands-on build, deploy, and maintain LLM-powered applications in production, owning end-to-end delivery.

This role requires strong coding, collaboration with product and engineering, and mentoring junior teammates.