Senior Staff AI Engineer

Responsibilities

• Identify and deliver reusable AI components for forward-deployed engineers.
• Ship resilient REST APIs and microservices.
• Build RAG and multimodal LLM features.
• Design agentic workflows for autonomous tasks.
• Mentor engineers and provide guidance to contractors and partners.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of experience with at least one general purpose programming language (Python [preferred], Java, or Go) and front-end experience with JavaScript/TypeScript.
• Proven track record shipping production applications that incorporate LLMs or AI services at scale.
• Demonstrated experience leading technical teams and providing guidance to external contractors or vendors.
• Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and advanced containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience with technical oversight, code review processes, and quality assurance methodologies.

Qualifications

• Must be willing to work out of an office located in Niskayuna, NY or Cambridge, MA.
• Eligible for Accelerated Immersion for Senior talent program, which includes a required three-month (hybrid) onboarding residency at the GE Vernova Advanced Research Center in Niskayuna, NY.
• Experience with modern front-end frameworks (React, Vue, or Angular) and advanced state management.
• Experience with vector databases (e.g. Milvus, Pinecone, Weaviate, pgvector) and embedding model optimization.
• Experience with multiple LLM providers and advanced AI-orchestration frameworks (e.g. LangChain, LlamaIndex).
• Experience with enterprise RAG architectures, semantic search optimization, and conversation memory management at scale.
• Experience building and scaling AI-powered features for 100k+ users.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
• Access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource.
• Access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services.
• Retirement benefits include the GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan, a tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions, as well as access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants.
• Tuition assistance, adoption assistance, paid parental leave, disability benefits, life insurance, 12 paid holidays, and permissive time off.

Pay

The pay range for this position is between $127,600.00 and $212,600.00. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set.