Offer summary

Qualifications:

Experience with RAG-based chatbots development and optimization., Proficiency in Python programming and familiarity with Streamlit for frontend development., Knowledge of embedding models like BGE-M3 and vector databases such as qdrant., Familiarity with OpenAI's generating LLM for chatbot functionalities..

Key responsibilities:

Conduct code reviews and tidy up the existing chatbot prototype.

Automate data preparation by integrating content from a SharePoint-based knowledge database.

Enhance the chatbot's performance by addressing weaknesses and improving error handling.

Prepare the chatbot for productive use, including session handling and deployment, followed by regular maintenance.

Job description

About Virtido

Virtido is an entrepreneurial and innovative IT company headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. We realize ideas and projects - from strategic concept to technical implementation closely alongside our dynamic clients with a strong focus on start-up or fast-growing companies. Since inception in 2015, we have grown rapidly to currently 140+ professionals in Switzerland, Poland and Ukraine.

About our Client and the role

Our Client is a Swiss company that focuses on building digital value chains and radically renewing construction planning and realization with their solutions.

A prototype of a RAG-based chatbot was developed as part of a master's thesis. The prototype is currently fully functional - but only locally. There are known weaknesses and certain functionalities are missing before it can be used productively.

Tasks

- Code review and tidying up of the current prototype
- Automation of data preparation, i.e. tagging and integration of content from our SharePoint-based knowledge database
- Improvement of existing weaknesses:
o Missing relevance of displayed sources
o Increase correctness of answers (possibly through fine-tuning)
o Error handling & security
- Preparation for productive use:
o Introduce session handling/multi-user capability
o Optimize loading times
o Deployment
- Regular maintenance work after go-live.

Requirements
- Experience with the development, optimization (incl. fine-tuning), deployment and operation of RAG-based chatbots
- Ideally deep knowledge or familiarity with the technologies used:
o Programming language: Python
o Frontend: Streamlit
o Embedding Model: BGE-M3
o Vector Database: qdrant
o Generating LLM: OpenAI.

Why Join

Work on impactful AI problems at the frontier of research and application.
Collaborate with a high-caliber, interdisciplinary team in a fast pace start-up environment.
Ability to work fully remote or from one of Virtido offices
Courses of English and German
Flexible schedule options.

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