Offer summary

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field., 5+ years of experience in AI/ML development., Proficiency in Python and hands-on coding experience., Familiarity with GCP-native services and AI frameworks..

Key responsibilities:

Develop and prototype LLM-powered applications such as chatbots and summarization tools.

Evaluate LLM outputs for relevance and factuality, addressing hallucination risks.

Implement prompt engineering and tuning strategies for model optimization.

Collaborate on POC development using GCP-hosted models and tools.

Hollstadt, a woman-owned Twin Cities based management consulting firm, has been a partner to more than 150 domestic and global companies since 1990, creating challenging and rewarding opportunities for our consultants. Hollstadt believes in delivering high quality talent to solve all our clients’ end-to-end project lifecycle & Agile needs. We dominate our markets in management and technology consulting services, producing strategy, process and solutions, by giving our clients and consultants the quality service they expect, the depth of service they deserve… and then delivering more.We are a refreshingly real company, led and staffed by seasoned experts who are also down-to-earth, good people. Our Core Values impact our consultant’s and client’s decision to choose Hollstadt Consulting and stay with us long term. From working with our clients to find top talent, to placing our consultants in rewarding roles, our values influence each and every decision we make at Hollstadt.Hollstadt Consulting has earned a number of awards including:- WBENC Certified Woman-Owned Organization- Top 25 List of Woman-owned Businesses- Top 25 List of Management Consulting Firms- 2017 Women in Business Awards: Molly Jungbauer- Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal's "Fast 50"- Minnesota Business Ethics Award.- Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal's "Fast 50" - Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal 5th Largest Management Consulting Firm- Jefferson Award Winner

Job description

Role: AI/ML Engineer

Location: Remote

Pay Rate: $80.41-$84.24

Required Experience and Skills:

Bachelor’s degree
5+ years of experience in AI/ML development
Hands-on coding in Python
Rapid prototyping of LLM-powered applications (e.g., chatbots, summarization tools, agents)
Prompt engineering and tuning strategies
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
Embeddings and vector search (e.g., using Vertex AI)
Fine-tuning or adapting pre-trained models
POC development with GCP-hosted models
Ability to evaluate LLM outputs for relevance, factuality, and hallucination risks
Familiarity with human-in-the-loop (HITL) feedback loops
Experience applying guardrails (e.g., content filtering, grounding techniques)

Cloud & Tools Experience:

GCP-native services: Cloud Functions, Cloud Run, GKE, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, Cloud Storage, IAM
Languages & Tools: Python, Jupyter, Git, Docker, REST APIs
AI Frameworks: LangChain, Hugging Face, TensorFlow
GCP AI Tools: Vertex AI (Model Garden, PaLM API, Pipelines, Prediction Endpoints), BigQuery ML (for light use)

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