Lead AI Engineer (Chicago)

Overview

As an AI Engineer specializing in AI Agents, you will play a pivotal role in our organization's transformation strategies by designing and developing domain-specific AI agents and solutions. Prototyping, iterating, and taking these solutions to production, you serve as the technical complement to the business side of the AI Solutions Lead. Your work will involve close collaboration with transformation teams, business stakeholders, and AI platform teams to create scalable, cross-domain AI solutions that deliver actionable insights and perform intelligent tasks.

Responsibilities

• AI Development (40%).
• Prototyping, iterating, and taking to production domain-specific AI agents that can communicate and work with other AI agents, performing tasks such as information gathering, insight generation, and intelligent actions.
• Writing and optimizing code for high-performance AI models.
• Develop an actionable Generative AI roadmap and drive solution development using Gen-AI and Agentic AI capabilities.
• Collaboration with Teams (20%).
• Collaborate with transformation teams and business stakeholders to understand requirements and tailor AI agents to specific domains.
• Work closely with AI platform teams to build scalable and cross-domain AI agents while ensuring end-to-end observability.
• Integration & Deployment (20%).
• Lead AI projects, demonstrating hands-on experience in code development and software engineering.
• Deploy, monitor, and optimize AI agents on cloud infrastructure, ensuring high availability and performance.
• Continuous Learning (20%).
• Stay updated with the latest advancements in AI and machine learning technologies and integrate these into existing or new AI agents.
• Conduct thorough testing and validation to ensure the reliability and accuracy of AI agents and solutions.
• Decision-Making Autonomy Moderate Significant autonomy in the technical aspects of AI model development and implementation, working under the strategic direction provided by the Senior AI Solutions Manager.
• Supervision Required Moderate Operates with general guidance from the Senior AI Solutions Manager, with regular updates for alignment and support.
• Complexity of Role High The role requires managing complex AI / ML projects, working with large datasets, and ensuring successful integration with existing systems while maintaining scalability.
• Cross-Functional Interactions Yes Regular interaction with Data Science, Engineering, IT, digital products and business stakeholders to ensure effective AI solution deployment.

Compensation and Benefits :

Qualifications

Required Expertise :

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