Technical Lead Engineer, Artificial Intelligence

Overview

Hybrid
Depends on Experience
Full Time

Skills

AI
artificial intelligence
engineer
data
LLM
large language
model
aws
docker
kubernetes
terraform
IaC

Job Details

Technical Lead Engineer, Artificial Intelligence

Salary: Open + Bonus

Location: Chicago, IL

Hybrid: 3 days onsite 2 days remote

*We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role*

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or related technical field
  • 10+ years software engineering/systems architecture experience with strong technical leadership
  • 5+ years as senior technical contributor on complex production systems
  • Expert in Python and proficient in SQL
  • System design expertise: monolithic and microservice architecture, distributed systems, event-driven architecture, APIs
  • Hands-on experience in data (e.g., data engineering, data pipelines, data transformation)
  • Experience with LLMs and familiarity with multiple frontier lab models (e.g., Gemini, Claude, GPT)
  • Familiarity of risk vectors in AI applications including hallucinations, bias, prompt injection, data privacy
  • Cloud platforms/technologies: AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, Terraform
  • Experience with RAG architecture and context engineering
  • Familiarity with diverse LLM provider APIs and experience connecting agents to systems

Responsibilities

  • Partner with the Executive Director, AI Engineering to help define and execute on AI technical roadmap
  • Lead and partner on the architecture of scalable systems incorporating LLMs and AI into organizational processes and infrastructure
  • Design and build production applications in support of organizational use cases
  • Provide technical mentorship to junior engineers on engineering best practices and system design (no direct reports)
  • Conduct code/architectural reviews ensuring production readiness, safety, and adherence to high security and compliance standards
  • Implement testing, evaluation, and monitoring frameworks for AI systems including hallucination detection and bias assessment
  • Establish safety guardrails and responsible AI practices for LLM applications in a regulated environment
  • Connect AI agents to organizational systems and workflows
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