Senior AI Engineer

A major enterprise is building a new AI Engineering function and is looking for a senior technical leader to anchor its most advanced AI initiatives. This is a hands-on, high-impact IC role where you’ll shape the organisation’s AI strategy, design agentic AI systems, and build production-grade applications that plug directly into real business workflows.

You’ll work at the intersection of large-scale systems, modern cloud platforms, and frontier AI models — architecting solutions, mentoring engineers, and setting the technical bar for how AI is built and deployed in a highly regulated environment. If you’re an experienced engineer who wants to stay close to the code while influencing enterprise-level decisions, this role hits the sweet spot.

What You’ll Lead:

• Architect and Engineer agent-driven AI systems that integrate with enterprise data, workflows, and internal platforms
• Build production AI applications on modern cloud infrastructure using state-of-the-art LLMs
• Define technical standards for safe, reliable, and auditable AI in a regulated environment
• Mentor engineers through code reviews, design guidance, and hands-on technical leadership
• Evaluate emerging AI tools and model capabilities, shaping the roadmap for future adoption

What You Bring:

• Deep engineering experience across distributed systems, APIs, microservices, and event-driven design
• Strong Python expertise plus comfort with SQL, containers, orchestration, and CI/CD
• Hands-on experience with LLMs, AI agents, or the engineering depth to ramp quickly
• Understanding of AI safety, risk vectors, and responsible deployment practices
• Background working on complex, high-stakes production systems; regulated industry experience is a bonus

Compensation:

• $140-165k base
• 15% bonus
• 20+ days PTO
• Health, vision, dental and life plans

This is a hybrid role, based in Chicago and cannot support any form of visa sponsorship.