Jobs · Engineering · Virginia

Lead Generative AI Engineer

CGI · Reston, VA · Today
Engineering$81k/yrFull-time

About the role

We are seeking an experienced technical lead to design, build, and scale Generative AI and agentic solutions in a complex enterprise environment. This role combines hands-on engineering, solution architecture, and technical leadership, with a focus on moving AI solutions from proof of concept into secure, reliable production systems.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the architecture and development of Generative AI, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, and agentic AI solutions.
  • Build and scale AI applications from prototype through production deployment.
  • Design secure, scalable integrations across cloud, data, and enterprise platforms.
  • Develop RAG pipelines, multi-agent workflows, APIs, and microservices.
  • Establish engineering standards, conduct code reviews, and mentor technical teams.
  • Implement CI/CD, MLOps, automated testing, monitoring, and observability.
  • Evaluate AI solutions for quality, hallucinations, latency, reliability, and cost.
  • Partner with business, architecture, security, and data teams to translate requirements into technical solutions.
  • Implement responsible AI guardrails related to privacy, security, bias, and human oversight.
  • Create reusable AI components, frameworks, and development standards.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, machine learning engineering, or a related field.
  • Proven experience deploying and supporting AI or machine learning solutions in production.
  • Strong experience with Generative AI, large language models, RAG, prompt engineering, and context engineering.
  • Advanced proficiency in Python.
  • Experience with GCP, AWS, Azure, or a comparable cloud platform.
  • Experience with APIs, microservices, containerization, Docker, and Kubernetes.
  • Knowledge of CI/CD, ML Ops, LMOps, monitoring, and AI evaluation practices.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead technical teams and communicate with senior stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with Google Cloud Platform and Vertex AI.
  • Experience with Palantir Foundry.
  • Experience building AI agents using Lang Graph, Agent Development Kit, or custom frameworks.
  • Knowledge of traditional machine learning techniques, including classification, regression, and clustering.
  • Experience designing hybrid AI solutions that balance accuracy, performance, latency, and cost.

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