[Hiring] AI Developer @Salvo Software

Role Description

We are looking for an AI Developer to join and strengthen our AI department. Your core work will be building and operating LLM-powered systems:

• Serving open-source models with Ollama and llama.cpp, locally and in on-prem environments.
• Building and maintaining RAG pipelines: embeddings, vector databases, chunking strategies, and retrieval quality.
• Developing MCP (Model Context Protocol) integrations connecting LLMs to internal tools and data sources.
• Building backend services in Python that power ML inference and AI-driven product features.
• Parsing and processing structured and semi-structured data (XML/XSD, Office document formats) as pipeline inputs.
• Growing into model optimization over time: quantization (GGUF), GPU/CUDA tuning, and offline/air-gapped deployments.

Solid DevOps fundamentals - Docker, CI/CD, Azure - support this work, but AI engineering is the heart of the role.

You don't need to be a deep ML researcher. What matters is production-grade Python, strong fundamentals, and the aptitude to learn fast. You'll work closely with our engineering and product teams to take LLM-powered features from prototype to reliably deployed systems, with mentorship available as you ramp up in areas like RAG architecture, Kafka, and advanced MCP work.

Qualifications

• 3–5+ years engineering experience with production-level Python for building real services, LLM inference, RAG pipelines, and automated tooling.
• Hands-on LLM & AI integration serving models via Ollama/llama.cpp, implementing vector retrieval/RAG, and developing MCP integrations (GPU/CUDA tuning & model quantization nice to have).
• Cloud & Infrastructure expertise covering Azure/AWS deployments, Docker containerization, Linux/Windows admin, and CI/CD automation (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI), with Terraform, Kubernetes, Kafka, or systems languages (Go, Rust, C++) as a plus.
• DevOps, Security & Operations awareness, including Git workflows, scripting (Python, Bash, PowerShell), observability tools (Prometheus/Grafana), DevSecOps, and compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, Zero Trust).
• Strong problem-solving & communication with a root-cause troubleshooting mindset, self-directed learning, strong ownership, and seamless remote/distributed team collaboration.

Requirements

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for AI services (Azure DevOps preferred; GitHub Actions / GitLab CI also used).
• Deploy AI workloads to Microsoft Azure, AWS and containerize services with Docker.
• Automate operational tasks with Python, Bash and/or PowerShell scripting.
• Troubleshoot across the stack - dig into root causes rather than patching symptoms.
• Support event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka (producers/consumers).

Company Description

Salvo Software is a global technology company specializing in custom software development and advanced engineering solutions. With distributed teams across the US, LATAM, and India, we partner with clients to build high-performance, scalable systems that solve complex technical challenges. Our culture values innovation, ownership, and engineering excellence. We're growing our AI department and are looking for a hands-on AI Developer to help build it.