IT Technology Specialist

Job Title: Technology Specialist - IT Service, Support and Operations Job Role Type: Contract Contract Duration: 12 months Job Location: Bellevue, Washington Experience Required: Minimum 8 years overall with at least 5 years in AI development About the Role: This role requires extensive experience in AI development, IT service, support, and operations. The candidate will work with advanced AI and machine learning systems including LLMs, neural networks, and traditional ML models, along with building scalable data engineering and ETL processes. Responsibilities include implementation and management of AI architectures, fine-tuning LLMs, managing agent systems, and integration with enterprise platforms. Key Responsibilities: Langfuse trace instrumentation, evaluation and prompt management; LLM fallback chains and error recovery; LLM fine-tuning; traditional machine learning model development and tuning (random forest, k-means clustering, linear regression, etc.) Tech Stack / Domain Knowledge: Python 3.11+, Async programming (asyncio, async/await), Pydantic v2, Redis, REST APIs, Retry/backoff, concurrency patterns, LangGraph, LangChain, Azure OpenAI/OpenAI APIs, prompt engineering, guardrails, memory abstractions, Langfuse, RAG strategies, neural network training, traditional ML models, vector databases (Qdrant, Milvus), HNSW indexing, FastAPI, LangChain retrievers, RAG evaluation metrics, Prefect, PostgreSQL 16/17, SQLAlchemy, Alembic, Pandas, PyArrow, Azure Blob Storage, Docker, Linux fundamentals, OAuth 2.0, MSAL, Microsoft Graph API, SharePoint, Outlook, Planner, OneDrive, ServiceNow REST APIs, Splunk SDK Primary skills: Python, AI Development, LLM fine-tuning, LangChain, Langfuse, Neural Networks, Traditional ML, Data Engineering, Async Programming Secondary skills: Ray, Columnar performance tuning, Network operations domain knowledge, NOC/alarm correlation, OAuth 2.0, Microsoft Graph, ServiceNow, Splunk