Job Title: Lead AI Engineer
Job Location: Phoenix, AZ | Onsite
Description:
AgreeYa is a global Systems Integrator and is seeking an experienced Lead AI Engineer to join our growing team.
Job Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, and implementation of Generative AI and Agentic AI solutions for banking and financial services applications.
- Architect and develop LLM-powered applications, AI agents, RAG pipelines, prompt-engineering frameworks, and intelligent automation solutions.
- Build scalable AI solutions using Azure AI, Azure OpenAI, Python, .NET, APIs, vector databases, and cloud-native services.
- Develop and optimize Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions for enterprise knowledge retrieval, document processing, and business decision support.
- Design and implement AI agents and multi-agent workflows to automate business processes and improve operational efficiency.
- Integrate LLM and AI capabilities with enterprise applications through REST APIs, Azure API Management, microservices, and event-driven architectures.
- Lead the development of AI prototypes and Proofs of Concept (PoCs) and transition successful solutions into production.
- Implement prompt engineering, model evaluation, guardrails, responsible AI, security, and data protection practices within AI applications.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners, architects, data engineers, cybersecurity, risk, and compliance teams to identify and prioritize AI use cases.
- Establish reusable AI engineering frameworks, development standards, architecture patterns, and best practices across enterprise AI initiatives.
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub, Azure DevOps, and Azure Pipelines for AI and application deployments.
- Monitor AI applications for performance, accuracy, reliability, latency, cost, and model quality, implementing continuous improvements.
- Work with structured and unstructured banking data to develop machine learning, NLP, document intelligence, and predictive analytics solutions.
- Ensure AI solutions meet banking regulatory, security, privacy, audit, governance, and compliance requirements.
- Conduct technical design and code reviews, mentor engineers, and provide technical leadership across AI engineering initiatives.
- Stay current with emerging technologies in LLMs, Agentic AI, MCP, RAG, AI orchestration, AI-assisted development, and cloud AI platforms.
AgreeYa is a global systems integrator delivering competitive advantage for its customers through software, solutions, and services. Established in 1999, AgreeYa is headquartered in Folsom, California, with a global footprint and a team of more than 2,200 staff across offices. AgreeYa works with 500+ organizations ranging from Fortune 100 firms to small and large businesses across industries such as Telecom, Banking, Financial Services & Insurance, Healthcare, Utility & Energy, Technology, Public sector, Pharma & Biotech, and others. Please visit us at for more information.
AgreeYa is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or other protected characteristics. Visit our website to learn about our Career & Culture.
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