Artificial Intelligence Engineer

Alined Consulting Group
Chicago, Illinois, United StatesFull-timePosted Sep 14, 2026

About the role

Skills Needed:

Applies AI and Technology – Identifies opportunities to boost efficiency and add value using AI and tech. Embraces and applies digital innovations and tech solutions to build business. Eagerly learns and integrates new technologies where they matter most.

Champions Innovation – Propels teams to unlock value with cutting-edge, tech-enabled innovations. Stays ahead of the tech curve, ready to embrace the next big thing. Leads with an entrepreneurial mindset and takes calculated risks.

Leads Through Change & Ambiguity – Navigates the unknown with confidence, steering through change and uncertainty with a clear vision and unwavering determination.

Ability to mentor and lead engineers in AI-first development methodologies, fostering a culture of innovation and technical excellence.

Technical expertise in AI integration across natural language processing, computer vision, and generative models.

What You’ll Do and Impact:

Lead and mentor engineers in AI-first development methodologies and best practices.

Architect and scale AI-enhanced systems, ensuring security, scalability, and high performance.

Integrate AI-driven capabilities such as chatbot assistants, image-based diagnostics, and automated content creation into products.

Drive adoption of AI-powered engineering tools (e.g., LLM-augmented IDEs, automation frameworks) to enhance development efficiency.

Implement observability and monitoring systems to track AI application performance and ensure proactive issue resolution.

Design and optimize AI-driven APIs and microservices for seamless interaction with models, applications, and databases.

Stay engaged with AI and engineering communities, bringing cutting-edge practices and insights back to the team.

Mentor engineers on technical execution, business impact, and AI-first strategic thinking.

Balance execution speed with innovation, rapidly testing and iterating AI-driven features.

Work in an agile environment, ensuring high-quality, scalable software solutions.

Experience:

25+ years of software development experience, including 2+ years working on AI-powered applications or AI-integrated solutions.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.

Hands-on experience developing and deploying AI-driven applications (provide examples using models like Hugging Face or APIs like OpenAI, Anthropic).

Proficiency in Microsoft environments (Visual Studio, VS Code) and cloud services (AWS, Azure) for scalable AI applications.

Strong understanding of AI model cost optimization, infrastructure scaling, and performance tuning.

Experience integrating LLMs, agentic workflows, and autonomous AI systems into production environments.

Proven ability to mentor engineers and lead AI-first engineering transformations.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor engineers in AI-first development methodologies and best practices
  • Architect and scale AI-enhanced systems, ensuring security, scalability, and high performance
  • Integrate AI-driven capabilities such as chatbot assistants and automated content creation into products
  • Drive adoption of AI-powered engineering tools to enhance development efficiency
  • Implement observability and monitoring systems to track AI application performance
  • Design and optimize AI-driven APIs and microservices for seamless interaction with models
  • Stay engaged with AI and engineering communities, bringing cutting-edge practices back to the team
  • Balance execution speed with innovation, rapidly testing and iterating AI-driven features

Qualifications

  • 25+ years of software development experience
  • 2+ years working on AI-powered applications or AI-integrated solutions
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field
  • Hands-on experience developing and deploying AI-driven applications
  • Proficiency in Microsoft environments and cloud services for scalable AI applications
  • Strong understanding of AI model cost optimization and performance tuning
  • Experience integrating LLMs and autonomous AI systems into production environments
  • Proven ability to mentor engineers and lead AI-first engineering transformations

Skills mentioned

Generative AILarge Language ModelsComputer VisionAI AgentsModel DeploymentModel MonitoringMicroservicesAWSMicrosoft AzureHugging Face

About Alined Consulting Group

We’re redefining what it means to be a true partner in IT execution. We combine the speed and agility of elite staffing with the discipline and precision of enterprise-grade consulting—delivering rapid momentum today and building capability for tomorrow. We’re not a resume shop. We’re not inflated consultants. We’re fueled by our network. We’re operators—seasoned professionals who roll up our sleeves and get to work. From mission-critical project teams to data-driven roadmaps to last-mile hires, we move with intent: Execute Fast. Build for Scale. Lead with Purpose.

IT Services and IT Consulting11-50 employeesChicago, IL