Lead AI Engineer
LaddersAbout the role
For our client, we are seeking a Lead AI Engineer to join the team of a leader in the Business Services space.
This role will play a key part in shaping and delivering AI-enabled solutions that improve operational efficiency and create measurable business value. You will lead the development of foundational standards, engineering guardrails, and lifecycle practices that support responsible and scalable AI adoption. In partnership with technical and operational stakeholders, you will help translate high-value use cases into practical solutions and accelerate experimentation through a dedicated AI lab environment.
Location: Remote - US based candidates only, no visa sponsorship available
Compensation: $121,000 – $185,000 annually
Responsibilities
Design, build, test, deploy, and maintain AI-enabled solutions
Establish foundational AI CoE standards and engineering guardrails
Contribute to the development of an AI lab for experimentation and rapid iteration
Define and implement AI development lifecycle practices
Identify and deliver AI use cases to drive operational efficiencies
Work with LLMs, embeddings, and model APIs
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent experience
8+ years of cloud software engineering and/or AI engineering experience
8+ years of programming experience in Python
Hands-on experience building AI-enabled applications or AI agents
Strong understanding of GenAI patterns, including LLM/SLM model selection and RAG
Benefits
Fun, fast-paced work environment
Significant opportunities for growth
Focus on AI-powered operational efficiency and business value
Inclusive and collaborative company culture
Dynamic environment reflective of rapid growth
Our client is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every qualification—your background could be exactly what this team needs.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, test, deploy, and maintain AI-enabled solutions
- Establish foundational AI CoE standards and engineering guardrails
- Contribute to the development of an AI lab for experimentation and rapid iteration
- Define and implement AI development lifecycle practices
- Identify and deliver AI use cases to drive operational efficiencies
- Work with LLMs, embeddings, and model APIs
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent experience
- 8+ years of cloud software engineering and/or AI engineering experience
- 8+ years of programming experience in Python
- Hands-on experience building AI-enabled applications or AI agents
- Strong understanding of GenAI patterns, including LLM/SLM model selection and RAG
Benefits
- Fun, fast-paced work environment
- Significant opportunities for growth
- Focus on AI-powered operational efficiency and business value
- Inclusive and collaborative company culture
- Dynamic environment reflective of rapid growth
Skills mentioned
About Ladders
We lead the leaders. Ladder’s community of 10 mm leading professionals come to us to be inspired, grow in their careers, and get ahead in their professional lives. We focus on the $100K+ job market, representing 25% of all jobs and about 50% of income in the US & Canada. We build data-driven tools, marketplaces, news and entertainment products for our growing audience, and the companies, recruiters, and advertisers that want to reach them. We work best with people who enjoy using their talents, commitment and hard work to achieve great successes for millions of real life users through products that impact their careers. We are deeply technology-driven -- about half the company are engineers, technical product people or product designers -- but we never build technology for technology’s sake. We’re always trying to connect our efforts to the good it can do in people’s lives.
H-1B sponsorship history
Historical employer filing data was found for Ladders. The employer record includes 8 historical certified applications. This is employer-level history, not a guarantee that this role currently offers sponsorship.