Technical/Functional Skills 10+ years of experience building large-scale distributed systems + strong experience with LLM systems| agentic workflows or advanced ML infrastructureAI engineers with recent NodeJS/Javascript/Typescript experienceProven ownership of complex| cross-cutting agentic systems spanning multiple teams or products.Strong engineering fundamentals across backend systems| APIs| data pipelines| and cloud infrastructure.Deep experience across the agentic AI stack| including planning| tool use| memory| and evaluation.Fluency with AI-assisted and agentic development workflows.Comfort operating in ambiguous problem spaces and translating them into shipped| reliable autonomous systems.Ability to influence technical direction and align teams without formal authority.Experience in workflow engines| async processing| queues| and streaming systems.Languages: NodeJS/Javascript/Typescript|Python| GoAPIs and services: REST| gRPCCloud and infrastructure: AWS and/or GCP| KubernetesDistributed systems: event-driven architectures| including KafkaOrchestration Frameworks: LangGraph| LangChain| AirFlow| etcIntegration of commercial and open-source LLMs into agentic workflowsAgent and orchestration frameworks such as LangChain| LlamaIndex| Semantic Kernel| or CrewAI| with strong judgment about when to use frameworks versus building lighter-weight primitivesModel-level work using PyTorch and the Hugging Face ecosystem (embeddings| fine-tuning| inference tooling)| with some exposure to TensorFlowStrong schema| validation| and state management practices using tools such as Pydantic (Python) and Zod (TypeScript) Experience building agentic systems in fintech or other regulated industries.Experience as a founding engineer or early technical leader in AI-driven products.Demonstrated success delivering technically complex autonomous systems that customers actively rely on.Meaningful contributions to open-source AI or agentic frameworks.Familiarity with fine-tuning| model optimization and inference pipelines is a plus.Roles & ResponsibilitiesDrive technical direction for agentic AI initiatives| influencing architecture patterns| autonomy boundaries| and system design.Design| build| and operate production-grade agentic AI systems used across multiple products.Own and evolve shared agentic AI capabilities| including:Agent frameworks and orchestration layersPlanning| tool use| and memory strategiesRetrieval and grounding (RAG) pipelinesLLM infrastructure| inference| and model gatewaysEvaluation| observability| and safety tooling for autonomous systemsLead technical design reviews and help teams navigate tradeoffs involving autonomy| safety| reliability| scalability| and cost.Partner across teams to deliver complex| cross-cutting agentic AI initiatives from concept to production.Evaluate emerging models| techniques| and agentic patterns and translate the
Numbers & Facts
Location
Aurora, IL
Industry
Computer/IT Services
Company Size
500 to 999 employees
Year Founded
1990
Website
http://q1tech.com/
About Company
Q1 consists of experienced and recognized experts providing the capability to respond to market demand in order to provide professional services for our clients including Enterprise software implementations, application integration and technical / functional support.
Q1 has steadily grown into a Quality IT services and solutions organization with the average experience of our team being over 10 years. We have continuously met or exceeded client expectations by delivering professional services and project implementations on time and under budget to help clients truly recognize return on investment.
Skills
Amazon Web Services (AWS)unmatched
Application Programming Interface (API)unmatched
Artificial Intelligence (AI)unmatched
Cloud Computingunmatched
Data Managementunmatched
Distributed Computingunmatched
Ecosystemsunmatched
GCP (Good Clinical Practices)unmatched
JavaScriptunmatched
Kernel Programmingunmatched
Large-Scale Systemsunmatched
Machine Toolunmatched
Memory Hardwareunmatched
Node.jsunmatched
Open Sourceunmatched
Product Engineeringunmatched
Python Programming/Scripting Languageunmatched
REST (Representational State Transfer)unmatched
Technical Deliveryunmatched
Technical Leadershipunmatched
Technical/Engineering Designunmatched
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