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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

AI/LLM Developer/Engineer

🇺🇸 Chapel Hill, NC

🕑 Temporary

💰 $26 - $34 per Hour

💻 Software Engineering

🗓️ October 24th, 2025

Langchain LLAMA Python

Edtech.com's Summary

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is hiring an AI/LLM Developer/Engineer. The role involves designing, fine-tuning, and evaluating large language models for domain-specific applications, building intelligent LLM-powered applications, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to enhance healthcare delivery through advanced AI technologies.

Highlights
  • Design and fine-tune large language models using techniques like transfer learning, LoRA, and RLHF.
  • Develop intelligent applications such as chatbots, virtual agents, and clinical decision tools with frameworks like LangChain and LlamaIndex.
  • Create scalable LLM pipelines including data ingestion, preprocessing, model serving on GPUs/TPUs, and performance monitoring.
  • Integrate commercial and open-source LLMs (OpenAI GPT, Claude, Mistral, LLaMA) via APIs or local deployment.
  • Implement retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) architectures using vector databases such as Pinecone, FAISS, or Weaviate.
  • Evaluate LLM performance through automated and human-in-the-loop methods assessing accuracy, hallucination, safety, and user satisfaction.
  • Collaborate with data scientists, UX designers, domain experts, and MLOps teams for system usability and alignment with real-world needs.
  • Monitor and optimize system performance metrics including latency, throughput, token usage, and cost-effectiveness.
  • Required skills include proficiency in Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face Transformers, LangChain, and experience with clinical or healthcare data.
  • Compensation ranges from $26.04 to $33.85 per hour for a full-time temporary position lasting up to 11 months.