Software Developer/Engineer (Mid Level experience)

Title: Software Developer/Engineer (Mid Level experience) Duration: 12 Months Location: Philadelphia, PA 19122 | Work Mode: Hybrid, minimum 3 days in the office Client: Philadelphia Gas Works Interview Schedule: 1st interview, 1-hour, in-person; 2nd interview, 1-hour, in-person Job Description: Consultant Requirements On-Prem LLM & Vector DB Implementation Core Experience: Hands-on experience deploying open-source LLMs such as Meta Llama 3 and Mistral / Mixtral in on-prem or private environments Strong proficiency in Python for LLM inference, prompt engineering, and integration Experience with CPU-based inference, model quantization, and performance tuning Vector Databases & RAG: Practical experience with open-source vector databases such as Qdrant, Chroma, Milvus, or pgvector Proven implementation of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines Experience generating and managing embeddings and metadata filtering Security & Governance: Understanding of data privacy, air-gapped deplo...