Lead AI Engineer

Work Authorization Requirement: To be considered, candidates must be currently legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without employer sponsorship.

About the role

Homeland Talent Solutions has partnered with a global leader in cloud-based K-12 education technology to hire a Lead AI Engineer. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Lead AI Engineer to play a key role in designing, building, and deploying production-grade artificial intelligence solutions that transform how organizations leverage AI. Working within a collaborative Research & Development team, the Lead AI Engineer will lead the development of agentic AI workflows, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) applications, workflow automation, and enterprise integrations while driving innovation from concept through deployment.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy production-grade AI solutions, including agentic AI workflows and customer-facing AI products
• Develop scalable AI systems such as multi-agent workflows, agentic data workflows, RAG-based applications, document intelligence and summarization pipelines, and workflow automation solutions
• Utilize modern AI tools and frameworks, including Copilot, Codex, Claude Code, Gemini, NotebookLM, Strands, LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, or similar technologies
• Rapidly prototype, validate, and deploy AI solutions in an agile, fast-paced environment
• Translate business challenges into scalable AI solutions that deliver measurable value
• Design lightweight system architectures and iterate quickly based on user feedback
• Develop prompt engineering strategies, orchestration logic, API integrations, data pipelines, and testing, validation, and monitoring frameworks
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to refine AI solutions, improve adoption, and ensure successful implementation
• Deliver continuous product enhancements through weekly or bi-weekly releases
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment with minimal bureaucracy, strong accountability, and a focus on execution
• Build and maintain reusable AI assets, including prompt libraries, agent design patterns, and integration utilities
• Establish and promote best practices for prompt engineering, AI development, testing, evaluation, governance, and responsible AI usage
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to AI engineers and automation specialists
• Lead by example through hands-on design, development, and deployment of AI solutions
• Support the growth and evolution of the AI engineering function by driving technical excellence and innovation

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related technical field
• 6–10+ years of software engineering experience, including recent hands-on experience developing AI and large language model (LLM) solutions
• Proven experience designing, building, and deploying production-grade:
  • LLM-powered applications
  • Agentic AI workflows
  • AI-driven automation solutions
• Experience deploying applications in cloud environments, including AWS and/or Microsoft Azure
• Strong hands-on experience with modern AI development tools such as Codex, Claude Code, Gemini, NotebookLM, or similar AI-assisted development platforms
• Experience with AI frameworks including LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, or equivalent technologies
• Experience with software deployment and release management, preferred
• Knowledge of data engineering principles and data pipeline development, preferred
• Experience designing and implementing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures and working with vector databases, preferred
• Familiarity with workflow automation platforms and enterprise system integrations, preferred

Benefits

This position offers a competitive annual salary of $92,800–$170,300, with compensation based on experience, skills, education, certifications, and overall qualifications.

• Medical, dental, vision, pharmacy, life insurance, and AD&D coverage
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Generous parental leave
• Discretionary paid time off (DTO)
• Employee wellness program, including ClassPass and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Optional benefits, including pet insurance, identity theft protection, student debt repayment assistance, and prepaid legal services