AI Tech Lead / NYC, NY & Alpharetta, GA (3 days onsite in a week)

Role: Tech Lead (AI)

Department: Wealth Management

Location: NYC, NY & Alpharetta, GA (3 days onsite in a week)

Position Type: Fulltime

Note- We are looking for candidates with strong hands-on Python experience, who can actively write code as well as review code, and who have proven experience leading both onshore and offshore teams. The candidate must be hands-on with Python development, capable of independent coding and code reviews, and have experience leading and mentoring onshore and offshore engineering teams.

Position Overview

We are seeking a Tech Lead with hands-on experience in Python, Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Chatbot development to support technology initiatives within Wealth Management business.

This role will contribute to modernizing advisor-facing experiences by embedding AI-enabled orchestration into existing workflows and the development of scalable backend services that enable intelligent, conversational platforms. The ideal candidate combines strong backend engineering skills with the ability to work closely with business and global technology stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain Python-based backend services supporting NLP and chatbot solutions

Contribute to technology transformation initiatives, driving innovation and adoption of cloud-native platforms

Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand requirements, priorities, and objectives

Translate business needs into robust, scalable, and secure technical solutions

Act as a local liaison between New York and India technology teams, ensuring effective communication and delivery alignment

Build and maintain strong, long-term partnerships with business and technology stakeholders

Provide thought leadership on backend, NLP, and conversational AI solutions and identify opportunities where technology can improve business outcomes

Support development, testing, deployment, and operational readiness of applications

Required Skills & Experience

Full stack development with strong knowledge in Python in a Unix environment.

SOA: Webservices (REST/SOAP), XML/JSON Processing, Swagger, Open Spec

Experience with Gen AI based applications, LLM, Agentic, RAG and Vector DB

Messaging: IBM MQ/JMS

Source Control, Build Packaging: Git, Ivy, Maven/Gradle

Object Oriented Analysis and Design, SOLID principles, Clean code, Refactoring, Design patterns

Test Automation (Unit Test and/or Functional Testing)

Solution Design and Architecture

Distributed application design

Cloud architectures, Performance Engineering, Scaling

Deep familiarity with modern software development and design concepts encompassing a range of languages and platforms.

Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs

Ability to work effectively in a global, distributed team environment

Good-to-Have Skills

Experience in Web Development using modern UI frameworks (Bootstrap or similar)

Knowledge of PowerShell or Unix shell scripting

Experience with CI/CD pipelines using tools such as:

o TFS / Azure DevOps

o Jenkins

o TeamCity

o Build and release automation

o A/B testing frameworks

Experience developing cloud-native applications on:

o AWS, Azure, or OpenShift

Familiarity with workflow orchestration tools

Understanding of Microservices and Serverless architectures