Contract 
Hybrid LLM Architecture 
Edge + DDIL Environments 

Axyde Analytics is hiring a Semantic Logic Engineer to lead the development of an inference pipeline.  You’ll fine-tune compact language models, shape COA generation logic, and enable real-time query handling in degraded environment.

🔹 Key Responsibilities:

• Containerize LLMs (Phi-2, Mistral 7B) using Ollama, llama.cpp, or comparable frameworks

• Develop retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipeline

• Tune semantic search indexes for logistics queries and COA alignment

• Collaborate with UX and orchestration teams to enforce persona behavior and memory shaping

• Benchmark inference latency and fallback behavior under DDIL (Denied, Degraded, Intermittent, or Limited) conditions

🔹 Preferred Qualifications:

• Hands-on LLM deployment experience (open-source, quantized, edge-friendly models)

• Experience with embeddings, sentence transformers, Pinecone/Chroma-style vector stores

• Prior DoD or national security application experience a plus

• Python, FastAPI, containerization, and basic security awareness

• Demonstrated ability to optimize for low-latency performance on CPU-only systems

🔹 Role Structure:

• Independent contractor (1099) or deliverable-based milestone work

• Rate: $120K+ equivalent, with performance bonus at TRL-6 validation

• Remote with infrequent travel to Alexandria, VA / Richmond, VA / Arizona

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