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.