TEGNA · 7 hours ago
Generative AI Engineer
Tysons Corner, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expTEGNA Inc. is a leading provider of trusted local news and services across the United States. They are seeking a Generative AI Engineer to design, develop, and deploy scalable AI solutions leveraging AWS and Snowflake, focusing on building production-grade AI systems and optimizing LLM inference.
Media and EntertainmentAdvertisingMarketingBroadcastingTV
Responsibilities
Design, develop, and deploy LLM-powered applications and agentic AI systems in production environments
Implement advanced prompt engineering strategies including:
Prompt chaining and multi-turn orchestration
Few-shot learning and in-context learning
Chain-of-Thought (CoT) and Tree-of-Thought (ToT) prompting
Function calling and tool use optimization
Structured output generation (JSON, XML schemas)
Build and optimize Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems integrating Snowflake data with LLMs
Evaluate and fine-tune foundation models via AWS Bedrock or other managed AI services
Develop guardrails for AI systems including hallucination mitigation, grounding, and safety controls
Implement LLMOps best practices for model lifecycle management:
Model versioning, deployment, and rollback strategies
Prompt versioning and experimentation frameworks
Monitor and observe LLM application performance using observability tools
Evaluation frameworks for LLM outputs
Architect Scalable AI Solutions Using AWS Services Such As
Bedrock - Sagemaker – Access and fine-tune foundation models
Lambda – Serverless LLM application deployment
EC2 – GPU-accelerated inference and batch processing
Step Functions – Orchestrate complex LLM workflows and agentic pipelines
CloudWatch – Monitoring, logging, and alerting for AI systems
Build and optimize data pipelines between Snowflake and AI services
Design feature stores and embeddings pipelines using Snowflake
Leverage Snowflake's Cortex LLM functions for in-database AI operations
Implement vector search and semantic search capabilities
Work with structured and unstructured enterprise data
Ensure data quality, governance, and security
Optimize Snowflake queries for AI workloads and cost efficiency
Build APIs and backend services to operationalize AI solutions
Integrate LLM/AI systems into internal applications, sales tools, or analytics platforms
Implement streaming and real-time inference for low-latency AI applications
Collaborate with stakeholders to translate use cases into production AI systems
Qualification
Required
5+ years of experience in AI/ML, Software or Data engineering
Proficiency in Python with solid understanding of ML fundamentals
Strong hands-on experience with AWS, APIs and microservices architecture
Experience integrating AI solutions with data systems like Snowflake
Practical experience with prompt engineering
Experience with LLM orchestration frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LlamaIndex, Semantic Kernel, or similar)
Experience with agentic frameworks (AutoGen, CrewAI, or equivalent)
Preferred
Experience building RAG pipelines in enterprise environments
Knowledge of MLOps best practices
Experience with vector databases and embeddings
Familiarity with model evaluation frameworks (e.g., LLM eval metrics)
Experience implementing AI governance and responsible AI practices
Background in sales, media, marketing analytics, or enterprise data platforms (a plus)
Benefits
TEGNA offers two medical plan options for full and part-time employees through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas
Access to dental and eye care coverage
Fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance
Disability and life insurance
401(k) program offers full, part-time and temporary employees the opportunity to contribute 1% - 80% of their pay on a pre-tax basis to TEGNA’s 401(k)
Contributions made up to the first 4% of pay are eligible for a 100% match from the company and are 100% vested from day one
ALL employees and their eligible family members receive nine free virtual doctor’s appointments with a physician through Teladoc
12 free annual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician through Spring Health
Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) benefit
Nine paid holidays per year
Company
TEGNA
Tegna provides local news and services through its television stations and offers marketing solutions for businesses.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
unknown2025-08-19Acquired
1978-01-13IPO
Leadership Team
Dhanusha Sivajee
CEO
David Loving
President & General Manager
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