AI Engineering Lead
SKIMS · Los Angeles Metropolitan Area · 2 wk ago
Engineering$225k–$250k/yrFull-time
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the architecture, design, development, and deployment of scalable AI applications and agentic workflows using Python and modern AI frameworks.
- Drive technical strategy and best practices for building reliable, secure, and high-performance AI solutions that support critical business operations and growth initiatives.
- Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to translate business requirements into AI-powered products and lead delivery from ideation through production.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers, fostering engineering excellence and continuous learning across AI initiatives.
- Develop and maintain integrations with AWS Bedrock, enterprise systems, APIs, and cloud-native architectures.
- Establish standards for model evaluation, cost optimization, monitoring, governance, and observability across AI systems.
- Lead the design and implementation of multi-agent systems using frameworks such as LangGraph, LangChain, MCP, or similar technologies.
- Champion AI-assisted development tools and modern engineering practices to improve productivity, software quality, and delivery velocity.
- Contribute to architecture reviews, technical roadmaps, documentation, testing, deployment, and continuous improvement initiatives.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- 8+ years of software engineering experience with recent experience leading enterprise AI initiatives from concept through production.
- Proven experience leading the design, development, and deployment of enterprise AI solutions at scale, including large cross-functional initiatives.
- Strong understanding of LLM fundamentals, including model training concepts, fine-tuning, evaluation, RAG, and agentic workflows.
- Expert-level hands-on experience building AI applications using Python.
- Experience with Anthropic Claude models, Claude Code, and AI-assisted software development workflows.
- Experience deploying and managing models through AWS Bedrock.
- Familiarity with AI observability and evaluation platforms such as Langfuse.
- Experience building multi-agent systems using frameworks such as LangGraph, LangChain, MCP, or similar technologies.
- Strong software engineering background with API development, distributed systems, and cloud-native architectures.
- Experience integrating AI solutions with enterprise systems (ERP, Oracle, Snowflake, internal APIs).
- Demonstrated ability to evaluate model performance, optimize costs, and establish AI governance and monitoring practices.
- Prominent track record of identifying AI opportunities, delivering production-ready solutions, and driving adoption across business functions.
- Security-first mindset with experience designing AI solutions that meet enterprise requirements for security, privacy, governance, compliance, and auditability.
- Ability to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders and drive alignment across multiple organizations.
- Passion for software craftsmanship, maintainable system design, testing, observability, and continuous improvement.
Benefits, Culture and Perks
- Up to 100% Company Paid Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)
- Kind Body Fertility Benefits
- 401(k) savings plan with up to 4% match
- Unlimited PTO
- Full Access to LinkedIn learning
- Employee Discounts
- Perks (HQ Location)
- Free weekly catered lunch at HQ – M/T/W/Th
- Dog-Friendly office on a Thursday and Friday
- Free Swag Giveaways
- Annual Holiday Party
- Annual Summer Party
- Invitations to pop-ups and other company events
- Complimentary daily office snacks and beverages
- Compensation: $225,000 - $250,000 / year