Full Stack AI Developer

We have an opening for a Full Stack AI Developer to help design build and support LLNLs Enterprise Search and LivChat platforms. LivChat is LLNLs first AIpowered conversational assistant and our group operates multiple AI platforms that deliver secure scalable naturallanguage access to information and tools across the Laboratory.

As part of the Digital Experience and Search group you will work in a modern productoriented environment that values teamwork good engineering practices experimentation and continuous improvement. You will turn cuttingedge AI capabilities into intuitive highimpact applications used daily across LLNL. Our team is responsible for missioncritical services provides strong mentorship and technical growth opportunities and plays a central role in shaping how staff discover access and interact with information.

This position is in the Digital Experience and Search group within the Information Technology Solutions Division in the Computing Directorate in support of the LivIT program.

This position offers a hybrid schedule blending in-person and virtual presence. You will have the flexibility to work from home one or more days per week.

This position will be filled at either level based on knowledge and related experience as assessed by the hiring team. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned if hired at the higher level.

You will

• Provide software application engineering and maintenance for all phases of the software development lifecycle including analysis design implementation automated testing and support. This includes both frontend and backend development for all aspects of our search and LivChat environments.
• Leverage Elasticsearch Java Angular TypeScript python and other technologies in the support of various facets of the Labs enterprise search and LivChat applications including crawling indexing query tuning report building and updating the search APIs and User Interfaces.
• Create and update CI/CD pipelines to build and test new features and applications.
• Deploy software following an agile design methodology to be secure free of vulnerabilities and componentized for ease of maintenance.
• Provide analysis and innovative methods to enhance and extend the product services to customers.
• Provide knowledge sharing with team members and/or mentoring in application design and business processes.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Additional job responsibilities at the SES.3 level 

• Lead technical direction and architecture for key aspects of the Enterprise Search and LivChat platforms making decisions on cross-cutting capabilities that impact multiple programs and mission areas across the Laboratory.
• Serve as the primary technical point of contact for Enterprise Search and LivChat coordinating roadmaps and dependencies across organizations and representing the group on internal technical or advisory committees to advance LivIT and Laboratory information access objectives.
• Drive the adoption of advanced engineering and AI best practices including scalable secure-by-design architectures and MLOps/LLMOps techniques while mentoring developers and guiding project teams so that technical advancements in search and conversational AI have impact beyond the immediate products.

Qualifications :

• Ability to secure and maintain a U.S. DOE Q-level security clearance which requires U.S. citizenship. 
• Bachelors degree in a computer or engineering related field or the equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Broad experience with DML and/or DDL as they relate to one or more relational database management systems (e.g. Oracle MySQL).
• In-depth knowledge of current trends and best practices in web architecture and design in one or more of the following areas: performance accessibility UI/UX design prototyping scalability compliance and/or usability.
• Broad experience with ML models in the areas of text and image analysis.
• Experience with software development lifecycle version controls and issue tracking tools.  
• Ability to own projects from beginning to end. This covers research technical design and working with others to develop needed components. Able to effectively manage concurrent technical tasks with competing priorities approach difficult problems with enthusiasm and creativity and ability to change focus when necessary.
• Proficient verbal and written communication skills necessary to effectively collaborate in a team environment and present and explain technical information and provide advice to management.

Additional qualifications at the SES.3 level 

• Significant experience developing and optimizing data processing workflowsincluding chunking indexing ingestion and vectorizationfor text and/or non-text data.
• Significant experience implementing and maintaining auto-tagging systems and data/or preparation processes to enhance Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) effectiveness and support accurate context-aware responses in GenAI applications.
• Advanced knowledge in leveraging prompting techniques to develop test and optimize prompts for large language models (LLMs) ensuring high model performance response quality and accuracy across various use cases.

Pay Range

$146340 - $185544 Annually for the SES.2 level
$175530 - $222564 Annually for the SES.3 level

This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting; pay will not be below any applicable local minimum wage. An employees position within the salary range will be based on several factors including but not limited to specific competencies relevant education qualifications certifications experience skills seniority geographic location performance and business or organizational needs. 

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This is a Career Indefinite position open to Lab employees and external candidates.

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