Senior R&D Engineer; LLM​/Agentic

About The Role

In this role, you will contribute to the development of advanced AI solutions, working with LLMs, agentic systems, and Vision-Language Models alongside computer vision technologies. Operating in a research-oriented environment, you will focus on building and optimizing real-world AI use cases and driving innovation through applied R&D initiatives.

• Design and build evaluation pipelines for LLM/SLM systems
• Optimize SLMs (including quantization)
• Develop use cases such as translation, function calling, data validation, and evaluation
• Deploy and optimize models for edge environments (e.g., ONNX)
• Work with frameworks such as Lang Chain, Lang Graph, and MCP
• Explore Nvidia software products experience, i.e., NVIDIA Blueprints VSS, AI-Q;
  CuOpt Engine

• Strong hands-on experience with LLMs, agentic workflows, and VLMs
• Solid understanding of model optimization, inference, and edge deployment
• Experience with ONNX or similar deployment frameworks
• Background in Computer Vision
• Basic knowledge in Cloud (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Working proficiency in English (upper-intermediate or higher) within a multicultural environment

Soft Serve is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, age, sex, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, veteran status, and other protected characteristics under applicable law. Let’s put your talents and experience in motion with Soft Serve.