Deliver a fixed-scope evaluation sprint that converts production queries, documents, and failure reports into a curated golden dataset and repeatable regression suite. After the initial build, operate a managed evaluation service that tests proposed model, prompt, chunking, reranking, and retrieval changes and supplies release recommendations with human-reviewed failure analysis.

Production AI teams are moving beyond prototypes and are hiring specifically for evaluation infrastructure, golden datasets, regression testing, and human review. Frequent changes to models and retrieval configurations make quality assurance a recurring operational requirement rather than a one-time project.