Excelacom
Lead Generative AI Engineer
Reston, VA
Who We Are:
Excelacom has a global presence in the consulting and technology solutions industry with a focus on Communications and Media providers. We collaborate with our clients to solve their complex business, technology and operational challenges through a combination of consulting expertise and telecom-focused solutions and products. Excelacom provides extensive experience in product development, IT consulting, telecom-focused software and managed services, as well as strategic management and thought leadership to steer our clients towards a successful business and technology transformation.
At Excelacom, we recognize that our most valuable asset is our people. We strive to create an environment where our employees can contribute their unique perspectives and grow individually and collectively. Our diverse and inclusive culture empowers our people to embrace their ideas and transform them into innovative solutions.
Who You Are:
We're seeking an experienced Lead Generative AI Engineer who thrives at the intersection of innovation and practical delivery. You have a proven track record developing sophisticated agentic AI systems using state-of-the-art frameworks and LLMs. You're not just an individual contributor-you're a technical leader who enjoys mentoring junior engineers and guiding teams through the challenges of deploying AI into production. You're comfortable working with globally distributed teams, including offshore developers, and are flexible in coordinating across time zones. You bring a mix of research curiosity, hands-on engineering expertise, and the ability to drive enterprise-ready solutions in fast-paced, client-facing environments.
At the Consultant-level, you will be expected to independently contribute ideas, recommendations, and solutions toward solving business challenges, construct key components of deliverables/presentations, and contribute to the development of Intellectual Capital (IC) and Marketing Collateral. You will serve as a team leader for individual work streams and acquire a comprehensive understanding of the firm's expertise, product set, and capabilities. Most importantly, you will embrace our firm's brand and core values.
Role and Responsibilities:
You may work on various projects throughout your career with Excelacom. The roles and responsibilities noted below pertain to the specific role listed above. Build advanced AI agents capable of reasoning, tool use, and memory integration using frameworks like LangChain, Llama3, or CrewAI. Architect and deploy LLM-powered systems for generative tasks including text generation, summarization, code generation, and knowledge extraction. Fine-tune foundation models (e.g., GPT-J, LLaMA, Mistral, Mixtral) on proprietary datasets using LoRA, PEFT, QLoRA, and reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF). Design and build retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines leveraging vector search engines like FAISS, Pinecone, or Weaviate. Work on multi-modal systems combining LLMs with image, voice, or video models (e.g., text-to-image generation, captioning, diffusion models). Integrate generative AI features into production products with performance monitoring, caching, and safe fallback strategies. Lead and mentor junior engineers and technical team members, supporting their growth in AI/ML engineering. Collaborate closely with offshore development teams, including during off-hours, to ensure alignment on design, development, and deployment of AI solutions. Lead code and research reviews, contribute to open-source projects, and present internally on generative AI advancements. Guide efforts on responsible AI use, model alignment, content filtering, and hallucination prevention strategies. Deliver advisory services to Senior Management and above in support of technology-enabled business changes. Prepare solutions and proposals and present to clients. Required Qualifications:
B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, or related field. 3 years of experience developing deep learning or NLP systems, ideally with production-grade deployments. Proven hands-on experience developing agentic AI systems using frameworks like LangChain, CrewAI, or similar. Proficient in Python and deep learning libraries (PyTorch, Transformers, JAX, Hugging Face). Strong experience with LLMs, including fine-tuning, optimization, and scaling inference. Demonstrated ability to mentor junior engineers and lead technical project workstreams. Experience working collaboratively with offshore engineering teams, including flexibility for off-hour coordination. Prior consulting experience in an agile environment with a leading strategy or technology consulting firm. Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio). Strong stakeholder engagement, facilitation, and communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences. Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with distributed training (e.g., DeepSpeed, FSDP), model parallelism, and inference optimization (quantization, distillation). Familiarity with LLMOps, MLflow, Triton, Ray Serve, and Kubernetes for deploying and managing AI models. Background in retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems and enterprise data integration. Experience working with multi-modal generative models (e.g., image, voice, or video generation). Prior experience in the Telecommunications, Media, or Cable industries. Demonstrated success in client-facing roles, including generating follow-on business or delivering strategic AI solutions.
Compensation and Benefits:
Our competitive salaries are just one component of Excelacom's total compensation package for our regular full-time employees. Other rewards and benefits include: health, vision, and dental insurance, ancillary benefits, Life and AD&D insurance, 401k, and generous paid time off policies.
EEO Statement:
Excelacom, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Any decision affecting employment, compensation, promotion, or transfer will be based solely on personal qualifications and merit, regardless of sex, race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, disability, age, results of genetic testing, service in the military, pregnancy, childbirth or other related medical conditions or any other factor protected under applicable law.
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Reston, VA
Who We Are:
Excelacom has a global presence in the consulting and technology solutions industry with a focus on Communications and Media providers. We collaborate with our clients to solve their complex business, technology and operational challenges through a combination of consulting expertise and telecom-focused solutions and products. Excelacom provides extensive experience in product development, IT consulting, telecom-focused software and managed services, as well as strategic management and thought leadership to steer our clients towards a successful business and technology transformation.
At Excelacom, we recognize that our most valuable asset is our people. We strive to create an environment where our employees can contribute their unique perspectives and grow individually and collectively. Our diverse and inclusive culture empowers our people to embrace their ideas and transform them into innovative solutions.
Who You Are:
We're seeking an experienced Lead Generative AI Engineer who thrives at the intersection of innovation and practical delivery. You have a proven track record developing sophisticated agentic AI systems using state-of-the-art frameworks and LLMs. You're not just an individual contributor-you're a technical leader who enjoys mentoring junior engineers and guiding teams through the challenges of deploying AI into production. You're comfortable working with globally distributed teams, including offshore developers, and are flexible in coordinating across time zones. You bring a mix of research curiosity, hands-on engineering expertise, and the ability to drive enterprise-ready solutions in fast-paced, client-facing environments.
At the Consultant-level, you will be expected to independently contribute ideas, recommendations, and solutions toward solving business challenges, construct key components of deliverables/presentations, and contribute to the development of Intellectual Capital (IC) and Marketing Collateral. You will serve as a team leader for individual work streams and acquire a comprehensive understanding of the firm's expertise, product set, and capabilities. Most importantly, you will embrace our firm's brand and core values.
Role and Responsibilities:
You may work on various projects throughout your career with Excelacom. The roles and responsibilities noted below pertain to the specific role listed above. Build advanced AI agents capable of reasoning, tool use, and memory integration using frameworks like LangChain, Llama3, or CrewAI. Architect and deploy LLM-powered systems for generative tasks including text generation, summarization, code generation, and knowledge extraction. Fine-tune foundation models (e.g., GPT-J, LLaMA, Mistral, Mixtral) on proprietary datasets using LoRA, PEFT, QLoRA, and reinforcement learning from human feedback (RLHF). Design and build retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines leveraging vector search engines like FAISS, Pinecone, or Weaviate. Work on multi-modal systems combining LLMs with image, voice, or video models (e.g., text-to-image generation, captioning, diffusion models). Integrate generative AI features into production products with performance monitoring, caching, and safe fallback strategies. Lead and mentor junior engineers and technical team members, supporting their growth in AI/ML engineering. Collaborate closely with offshore development teams, including during off-hours, to ensure alignment on design, development, and deployment of AI solutions. Lead code and research reviews, contribute to open-source projects, and present internally on generative AI advancements. Guide efforts on responsible AI use, model alignment, content filtering, and hallucination prevention strategies. Deliver advisory services to Senior Management and above in support of technology-enabled business changes. Prepare solutions and proposals and present to clients. Required Qualifications:
B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Data Science, or related field. 3 years of experience developing deep learning or NLP systems, ideally with production-grade deployments. Proven hands-on experience developing agentic AI systems using frameworks like LangChain, CrewAI, or similar. Proficient in Python and deep learning libraries (PyTorch, Transformers, JAX, Hugging Face). Strong experience with LLMs, including fine-tuning, optimization, and scaling inference. Demonstrated ability to mentor junior engineers and lead technical project workstreams. Experience working collaboratively with offshore engineering teams, including flexibility for off-hour coordination. Prior consulting experience in an agile environment with a leading strategy or technology consulting firm. Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio). Strong stakeholder engagement, facilitation, and communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences. Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with distributed training (e.g., DeepSpeed, FSDP), model parallelism, and inference optimization (quantization, distillation). Familiarity with LLMOps, MLflow, Triton, Ray Serve, and Kubernetes for deploying and managing AI models. Background in retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems and enterprise data integration. Experience working with multi-modal generative models (e.g., image, voice, or video generation). Prior experience in the Telecommunications, Media, or Cable industries. Demonstrated success in client-facing roles, including generating follow-on business or delivering strategic AI solutions.
Compensation and Benefits:
Our competitive salaries are just one component of Excelacom's total compensation package for our regular full-time employees. Other rewards and benefits include: health, vision, and dental insurance, ancillary benefits, Life and AD&D insurance, 401k, and generous paid time off policies.
EEO Statement:
Excelacom, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Any decision affecting employment, compensation, promotion, or transfer will be based solely on personal qualifications and merit, regardless of sex, race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, disability, age, results of genetic testing, service in the military, pregnancy, childbirth or other related medical conditions or any other factor protected under applicable law.
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