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Lead AI Engineer
Fa Ertb Saasfaprod1 · United States
About The Role
Key Responsibilities
- Own delivery of LLM API integration and SDK patterns used across applications.
- Set organizational guidance on which LLM to use for what use case and drive delivery of multi-LLM scenarios.
- Define standards for advanced prompt engineering and context window management .
- Own delivery of RAG systems , including vector database selection/topology and knowledgebase design .
- Drive delivery of AI agent and multi-agent systems and tool-use/MCP integration patterns.
- Own guardrails delivery (safety, compliance, PII handling in prompts/outputs) — critical in a financial-services context.
- Define evaluation frameworks and real-time eval strategy; set standards for AI testing in CI/CD .
- Own latency profiling , AI observability , and cost tracking/management for LLM-backed systems.
- Run day-to-day delivery of the offshore development team: sprint commitments, code/design review, real-time unblocking, and hands-on work on critical-path AI features.
- Report delivery status, risks, and blockers to engineering leadership.
Must-Have Qualifications
- 6+ years in software engineering, with 2+ years as a tech lead owning end-to-end delivery of LLM/AI-powered systems (not a pure design/review architect role).
- Proven track record of shipping AI-powered features on committed timelines, including hands-on troubleshooting under delivery pressure.
- Strong, hands-on Python skills at an architectural/systems level.
- Proven experience architecting LLM API integrations and SDK-level abstractions across multiple providers.
- Demonstrated judgment on model selection (cost, latency, capability trade-offs) across use cases.
- Deep expertise in prompt engineering and context window management at scale.
- Proven design experience with RAG systems , including vector database architecture and knowledgebase design .
- Experience architecting AI agents/multi-agent systems and tool-use patterns (MCP or equivalent) .
- Strong understanding of guardrails design — content safety, PII protection, compliance controls for AI outputs.
- Experience defining evaluation frameworks and integrating AI testing into CI/CD .
- Proven ability to design for latency, observability, and cost management of AI systems in production.
- Financial-services or regulated-industry experience strongly preferred given compliance/guardrail stakes.
- Strong stakeholder communication; able to directly manage day-to-day delivery of an offshore team (standups, unblocking, sprint accountability).
Nice-to-Have Qualifications
- Direct experience with specific frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, Semantic Kernel, or equivalent).
- Experience with AWS Bedrock or comparable managed LLM platforms.
- Contributions to or deep familiarity with MCP (Model Context Protocol) implementations.
- Experience building internal LLM gateways.
- Familiarity with responsible-AI/model-risk-management frameworks used in financial services.
Compensation, Benefits and Duration
- Minimum Compensation: USD 56,000
- Maximum Compensation: USD 196,000
- Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role.
- Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full-time employees.
- This position is not available for independent contractors
- No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post
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