Applied AI Engineer (Part-Time, Remote - U.S.)
Innovation is at the heart of what we do.
At Implicit, we're building the leading AI Knowledge Engine for Maintenance and Support. Our secure, no-code platform transforms complex technical documents, manuals, procedures, and operational data into trusted, structured knowledge that powers both human experts and AI agents.
We're looking for a part-time Applied AI Engineer to help build the next generation of enterprise AI. You'll work alongside experienced engineers, product leaders, and AI researchers to develop production-grade AI capabilities that solve real-world problems across defense, manufacturing, customer support, and other knowledge-intensive industries.
What You'll Do
- Design and build AI applications powered by LLMs, RAG, semantic search, and AI agents.
- Develop intelligent pipelines for document ingestion, knowledge extraction, and retrieval.
- Improve answer quality through prompt engineering, evaluation frameworks, and retrieval optimization.
- Build and optimize production AI services using Python and modern AI frameworks.
- Work with agentic development tools including Claude Code, Cursor, and AI-assisted coding workflows.
- Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code with a strong focus on quality and reliability.
- Collaborate closely with product, engineering, and data science teams to rapidly prototype and ship new capabilities.
- Evaluate emerging AI models, tools, and techniques to continuously improve the platform.
Required Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience building AI, machine learning, or NLP applications through industry, open-source, or research.
- Strong experience with Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), embeddings, and semantic search.
- Solid understanding of NLP, machine learning, and modern deep learning techniques.
- Hands-on experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, or similar ML frameworks.
- Strong Python development skills and experience building production software.
- Experience working with APIs, vector databases, and AI application frameworks.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience building AI systems for enterprise knowledge management or technical documentation.
- Experience with AI agents, tool calling, and agentic workflows.
- Familiarity with knowledge graphs, OCR, document parsing, or multimodal AI.
- Experience deploying AI applications using modern MLOps practices.
- Experience evaluating and benchmarking LLM performance.
What We Offer
- Competitive compensation.
- Flexible part-time schedule.
- Remote work within the United States.
- Flexible vacation policy.
- Opportunity to build cutting-edge AI products with a small, experienced, and highly technical team tackling challenging real-world problems.