Generative AI Implementation Specialist

Generative AI Implementation Specialist (Remote)

Join the Innovation Services Team @ ICF

ICF's Innovation Services Team helps our clients and peers to address complex challenges facing the company, society, and the world. With experts in facilitation, data analytics, solution development, and experience design, we bring a combination of skills and experience that foster ingenuity and catalyze progress. 

Both our team and our work are fun and creative. We value psychological safety, diversity, and curiosity, while holding ourselves accountable for results. We collaborate often and build on each other's success. No day, and no challenge, is ever the same, and our mandate and services are continually evolving to meet the changing needs of the teams we serve.

This is a remote position working from anywhere within the US. Occasional travel to ICF and/or client office locations is expected. 

What You Will Do:

We are seeking a driven, quick learning Generative AI Implementation Specialist who is interested in using natural language processing and large language models to tackle diverse and complex challenges - you'll consult with stakeholders as well as work in development environments. You will frequently collaborate with others to create, develop, and deploy lasting generative AI solutions for a wide range of problem spaces. You will also interact with stakeholders from different roles and domains to understand their needs, explain technical possibilities and limitations and establish and measure success metrics to enhance the outcomes of solutions. This role focuses on the implementation of models, not the training of novel foundation models.

• Use one or more common NLP/LLM focused languages (Python, JavaScript, etc.) to implement generative AI solutions for various use cases.

• Leverage existing foundation models for implementation and/or fine-tuning.

• Work with data sets of varying sizes, types, and complexities to prepare, process, and analyze them for generative AI solutions.

• Work with stakeholders across a variety of roles and domains to understand their business needs, technical feasibility, and operational constraints.

• Communicate complex technical systems to non-technical staff clearly and concisely.

• Integrate with a cross-functional interdisciplinary team to explore generative artificial intelligence tools and services, supporting a wide range of use cases across ICF.

• Assist in the design, development, and user testing of AI-driven solutions, ensuring their alignment with client needs and project objectives.

• Define, measure, and improve success metrics for generative AI solutions using a metrics-oriented, iterative mindset.

What You Will Bring With You:

• 0+ years of professional experience.

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field, and/or technical certifications related to generative AI.

• Knowledge of Python and/or JavaScript development.

• A solid understanding of the basic structure, capabilities, and limitations of foundation models and how they can be applied or adapted for different tasks and domains.

What We’d Like You To Bring With You:

• Experience and interest in incorporating NLP approaches and large language models to solve diverse and complex problems.

• Familiarity with using OpenAI and OpenAI-like (Anthropic, Nvidia NeMo, etc.) API endpoints to access and interact with foundation models.

• Familiarity with vectorization and vector databases.

• Demonstrated skills, certifications, or experience in artificial intelligence.

• Experience working in Azure and/or AWS.

• .NET development experience.

Professional Skills:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with an exceptional eye for detail.

Working at ICF

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Reasonable Accommodations are available, including, but not limited to, for disabled veterans, individuals with disabilities, and individuals with sincerely held religious beliefs, in all phases of the application and employment process. To request an accommodation please email [email protected] and we will be happy to assist. All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.

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Pay Range - There are multiple factors that are considered in determining final pay for a position, including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications and competencies that align to the specified role, geographic location, education and certifications as well as contract provisions regarding labor categories that are specific to the position. The pay range for this position is: