Position: Software Engineer (I)
Location: Mountain View, California (Hybrid)
Duration: 06+ months Contract
Job ID: 178181
Pay rate: $70-$80/hour on W2
Job Overview: As a Software Engineer (I), you will make direct technical contributions to projects and execute assigned software engineering tasks with guidance and support from your manager, tech lead, or senior team members.
Qualifications: - Proficiency in code and system health, data structures and algorithms, debugging, programming, test engineering, and code comprehension.
- 1 year of experience with software development in one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, C, C++, Java, JavaScript).
- 1 year of experience with data structures or algorithms.
- 1 year of experience implementing core machine learning concepts.
- Design and implement production-grade multi-agent AI solutions using modern frameworks optimized for enterprise cloud infrastructure.
- Architect and optimize large-scale ETL pipelines leveraging Kubernetes, container orchestration, and cloud-native AI pipelines to process high volumes of imagery data efficiently.
- Design database scaling strategies using enterprise distributed SQL databases to manage and query massive geospatial and aerial imagery datasets.
- Build automated QA and validation pipelines using LLMs and execute rigorous evaluations for prompts and models.
- Establish automated regression tests, tracing, and observability across LLM agent runs and cloud infrastructure to monitor quality, latency, and cost.
Minimum Qualifications: - Master's degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Professional experience in software development, including building large-scale, asynchronous data pipelines using Kubernetes, Docker, or similar tools.
- Extensive experience with Python programming and standard software engineering practices.
- Practical experience with enterprise cloud services (AWS, Google Cloud Platform, or Azure) and containerized infrastructure orchestration.
- Proficiency in schema validation (e.g., Pydantic, Protobuf) and large-scale AI evaluations using precision/recall, F1 score, or LLM-as-a-judge methodologies.
Preferred Qualifications: - Experience with generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs), including advanced prompting techniques, fine-tuning, and evaluation.
- Background in designing and deploying multi-agent systems and modern agentic orchestration frameworks.
- Experience with tool-calling protocols, API integrations, and function-calling schemas.
- Experience with vector databases and vector search integrated with enterprise cloud databases for RAG architectures at scale.
- Strong understanding of distributed systems and performance optimization in high-growth, high-volume data environments.
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Pay Range: $70 - $80/hour on W2
The specific compensation for this position will be determined by several factors, including the scope, complexity, and location of the role, as well as the cost of labor in the market; the skills, education, training, credentials, and experience of the candidate; and other conditions of employment. Our full-time consultants have access to benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and 401K contributions, as well as PTO, sick leave, and other benefits mandated by applicable state or localities where you reside or work.
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