Verizon

Distinguished Engineer - Applied AI Solutions

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5 days ago
Alpharetta, GA, USA or Irving, TX, USAStaff+
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$137k - $263k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and deploy applied AI and Generative AI solutions on Verizon’s Gen AI platform for network and product use cases.
  • Partner with network and product teams to identify high-value use cases and translate them into scalable AI solutions.
  • Evaluate and integrate LLMs, RAG, prompt engineering, fine-tuning, and agentic AI frameworks into production systems.
  • Architect and deploy AI workloads across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
  • Collaborate with engineering, data science, and product teams to streamline AI solution development.
  • Establish best practices for model evaluation, responsible AI, security, and governance across Generative AI deployments.
  • Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership for Generative AI adoption across the organization.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.
  • Eight or more years of relevant experience through work, military experience, or specialized training.
  • Strong familiarity with Generative AI concepts, including LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG, embeddings, fine-tuning, and agentic or multi-agent architectures.
  • Experience building and deploying cloud-based solutions across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
  • Experience with on-premise AI inference at the edge, including optimization for resource-constrained, low-latency, or disconnected environments.
  • Strong security background, including designing AI security guardrails for threats such as prompt injection, data leakage, model abuse, and adversarial inputs.
  • Strong verbal and written communication and problem-solving abilities.
  • Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field is preferred.
  • Experience with Gen AI platforms and tools such as Amazon Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, and LangChain is preferred.
  • Experience with MLOps or LLMOps, model monitoring, fine-tuning, evaluation pipelines, and AI system delivery practices is preferred.
  • Knowledge of cloud architecture across AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud Platform is preferred.
  • Experience leading technical projects or mentoring engineering teams is preferred.
  • Ability to synthesize project findings and translate them into architecture and platform recommendations is preferred.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work arrangement with work from home and a minimum of three days per week in the office.
  • Medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, AD&D, identity theft protection, pet insurance, and group home and auto insurance options.
  • Matched 401(k) savings plan, up to eight company-paid holidays, personal days, paid parental leave, adoption assistance, and tuition assistance.
  • Newly hired employees receive up to 15 vacation days per year, increasing with service.
  • Scheduled work hours are 40 per week.
  • Eligible employees may receive premium pay such as overtime, shift differential, holiday pay, or allowances.
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