Professional Resume Template for

LLM Engineer

Sylvia R. Montgomery

Seattle, WA

(206) 555-0143

sylvia.montgomery@ai-mail.com

linkedin.com/in/sylvia-montgomery-ai | github.com/sylviamontgomery-ai | sylvia-ai.dev

Professional Summary

Methodical LLM Engineer with 5 years of experience building, optimizing, and deploying generative AI systems and large language models within enterprise technology environments. Expertise includes orchestrating Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines, agentic workflows, fine-tuning open-source models, and managing LLM lifecycle observability. Successfully reduced model inference costs by 35% and decreased latency by 28% through custom quantization and caching strategies. Proficient with Python, PyTorch, LangChain, LlamaIndex, Hugging Face, Qdrant, Triton, and AWS SageMaker.

Work Experience

LLM Engineer — Apex Cognitive Systems

Seattle, WA | January 2023 – Present

  • Orchestrated a production Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipeline using Qdrant vector database and LangChain, reducing response hallucination rates by 42% across 3 enterprise applications.
  • Fine-tuned open-source Llama 3 models using QLoRA and Hugging Face PEFT libraries, improving domain-specific summarization accuracy by 26% while reducing model size by 60%.
  • Deployed Triton Inference Server for model serving and optimized GPU allocation, boosting inference throughput by 55% and saving $14,000 monthly in cloud infrastructure expenses.
  • Established an automated LLM evaluation suite using Ragas and LangSmith, reducing the QA cycle time for prompt adjustments from 5 business days to under 4 hours.

Machine Learning Engineer — Vortex Software Solutions

Bellevue, WA | September 2021 – December 2022

  • Developed and maintained Python-based ETL pipelines utilizing Apache Spark and pandas to process 12TB of unstructured textual data for model training datasets.
  • Built and deployed a random forest classifier for customer churn prediction in AWS SageMaker, increasing prediction recall by 18% and retaining $85,000 in annual recurring revenue.
  • Implemented MLflow for experiment tracking and model registry across 4 engineering teams, reducing production deployment times for new ML models from 3 weeks to 2 business days.
  • Automated model performance drift monitoring using Prometheus and Grafana, lowering the average time-to-remediate production model degradation by 38%.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

University of Washington · Seattle, WA · 2021

Skills

Large language models (LLMs), Generative AI, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), Fine-tuning (LoRA/QLoRA), Prompt engineering, Vector databases (Qdrant, Pinecone), LangChain, LlamaIndex, PyTorch, Python, Hugging Face, MLflow, Triton Inference Server, AWS SageMaker, Docker, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Grafana

Projects

Enterprise Knowledge Base Chatbot

Role: Lead AI Engineer

Tools: Python, LangChain, Qdrant, OpenAI API, Streamlit, Docker

Architected and deployed a multi-source RAG system querying 50,000+ internal documents, reducing customer support ticket volume by 32% and achieving a 91% user satisfaction rating.

Open-Source LLM Quantization & Deployment

Role: LLM Engineer

Tools: PyTorch, Hugging Face PEFT, Triton Inference Server, CUDA, Kubernetes

Quantized and optimized Llama-based models to 4-bit precision, reducing GPU memory footprint by 58% and enabling local deployment on cost-effective hardware configurations.

Certifications

  • Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate (2025)
  • Google Cloud Professional Machine Learning Engineer (2024)
  • NVIDIA Certified Associate: Generative AI & Large Language Models (2025)

Additional information

  • Languages: English (Native), Mandarin (Conversational)
  • Open Source: Contributor to LangChain and Hugging Face repositories
  • Availability: 2 weeks notice

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LLM Engineer

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$165,000

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$240,000

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$202,000

Growth Outlook:

The demand for specialized AI and LLM Engineers in the United States is growing rapidly, driven by enterprise-wide integration of generative AI. While the Bureau of Labor Statistics does not yet track LLM Engineers separately, the broader category of Computer and Information Research Scientists is projected to grow by 20% from 2024 to 2034. As companies transition from experimental pilots to production-grade deployments, engineers skilled in LLMOps, RAG architectures, and fine-tuning will continue to see strong hiring demand across technology, finance, and healthcare sectors.

20% growth over 10 years (2024–2034)

Key Skills Required

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Experience developing and deploying Large Language Model (LLM) applications using LangChain or LlamaIndex || Deep understanding of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and experience optimizing vector databases like Qdrant || Proficiency in fine-tuning open-source models using techniques like QLoRA and libraries like PyTorch and Hugging Face

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