Vertex - Applied AI Engineer (LLM / GenAI Product Engineer)

AI Developer is needed in United States.

Client: Vertex

Location: Lagos, TX, us

Contract: Freelance

Job Description

This is a remote position. Vertex is looking for Applied AI Engineers who can take large language models from concept to production and integrate them into real products. We are building a curated pool of senior AI engineers for upcoming roles with partner/client companies. Selection into the pool is based on experience, technical depth, and demonstrated production impact.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement LLM-powered features for real-world applications.
• Build and maintain RAG pipelines, prompt workflows, and evaluation loops.
• Integrate AI systems with APIs, backend services, and data stores.
• Optimize models for latency, cost, and reliability in production.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to ship AI features.

Requirements

• Strong Python experience and backend engineering fundamentals.
• Hands-on experience deploying LLMs or GenAI systems in production.
• Experience with embeddings, vector databases, and retrieval systems.
• Ability to reason about trade-offs between models, cost, and performance.
• Clear evidence of shipped AI features used by real users.

Benefits

• An energized, upbeat environment that strongly fosters employee work-life balance.
• A work culture that rewards goal-oriented professionals who enjoy meeting challenges head-on.
• Amazing personal growth experience.
• Working with a motivated and talented team.
• More importantly, an opportunity to meaningfully contribute to bringing cutting-edge Tech solutions to life.