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Applied LLM Systems Engineer

Santa Ana, CA (OC-32)💼 Full-time💰 $112,000–$112,000🗓 2026-08-07 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design, build, and operate production AI systems to automate and improve the creation, transformation, validation, and delivery of technical documentation for defense systems.

Role type

Senior IC Applied LLM Systems Engineer

Builds

AI-assisted authoring, automated publishing, and multi-agent coordination tooling for the Technical Publications pipeline

Domain

Defense technology / Technical documentation automation

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python, production service architecture, LLM system optimization, multi-agent orchestration, evaluation framework design, observability, security boundaries, deterministic workflow integration

Preferred skills

Retrieval-augmented generation, structured output design, tool calling, enterprise application integration, regulated industry experience, documentation frameworks (S1000D, DITA)

Technologies

Python, LLMs, orchestration frameworks, enterprise content systems, containerized services, CI/CD

Responsibilities

Build production-grade LLM applications for documentation workflows; Design orchestration for multi-step workflows coordinating models and deterministic services; Optimize context management, token usage, and caching; Build retrieval and tool-integrated systems; Design evaluation frameworks and regression testing; Establish observability, auditability, and safe failure modes; Collaborate with technical writers and engineers to identify AI application opportunities

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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