+4 years of experience in AI/ML-focused roles with shipped software products. Hands-on experience with LLMs (OpenAI, Claude, Mistral, open-source models) and agent frameworks (LangChain, AutoGPT, etc.). Proficiency in prompt engineering, vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, etc.), and embedding strategies. Experience with testing AI systems using tools such as Promptfoo, Giskard, etc Solid Python skills, with experience building APIs using FastAPI, Django, or similar. Production experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and tools like Docker, Terraform, Kubernetes. Good software development practices: testing, code reviews, version control (Git), and modular design. Experience deploying and monitoring AI systems in production. Familiarity with MLOps and model deployment workflows is a plus.