Lead AI Engineer
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About the opportunity
Were partnering with Upwork a global platform that connects businesses with highly skilled AI-enabled talent to support the hiring of a Lead AI Engineer for their Data Platform & Services team.
Upwork Inc.s (Nasdaq: UPWK)family of companies connects businesses with global AI-enabled talent across every contingent work type including freelance fractional and payrolled. This portfolio includes the Upwork Marketplace which connects businesses with on-demand access to highly skilled talent across the globe and Lifted which provides a purpose-built solution for enterprise organizations to source contract manage and pay talent across the full spectrum of contingent work. From Fortune 100 enterprises to entrepreneurs businesses rely on Upwork Inc. to find and hire expert talent leverage AI-powered work solutions and drive business transformation. With access to professionals spanning more than 10000 skills across AI & machine learning software development sales & marketing customer support finance & accounting and more the Upwork family of companies enables businesses of all sizes to scale innovate and transform their workforces for the age of AI and beyond.
Since its founding Upwork Inc. has facilitated more than $30 billion in total transactions and services as it fulfills its purpose to create opportunity in every era of work. Learn more about the Upwork Marketplace atand follow us onLinkedInFacebookInstagramTikTok andX; and learn more about Lifted atGo-Liftedand follow onLinkedIn.
As a Lead AI Engineer on our Data Platform & Services (DPS) team you will apply your expertise in AI capabilities to build and deploy production grade AI powered systems towards data engineering analytics & product evolution use cases. Youll design and deploy agentic frameworks natural language querying (NLQ) capabilities and prompt/LLM evaluation strategies that unlock insights at scale across Upwork. This is an opportunity to deliver tangible impact enabling faster decision-making democratizing data access and empowering analysts product teams and stakeholders throughout the company.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement scalable agentic frameworks that coordinate multiple AI agents to deliver accurate and reliable outcomes.
- Build and optimize natural language query solutions that provide compliant intuitive and self-service access to enterprise data.
- Develop and maintain evaluation frameworks for LLMs and prompts driving measurable improvements in accuracy scalability and resilience.
- Partner with data engineering peers to integrate AI orchestration with Python SQL and Snowflake pipelines.
- Contribute to AI-powered summarization and explanation tools that enhance reporting insights and executive reviews.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product analytics and business teams to ensure solutions meet measurable business goals.
What it takes to catch our eye
- Proven experience delivering AI-powered data systems in production including hands-on expertise with LLMs and prompt engineering.
- Strong foundation in modern data engineering with proficiency in Python SQL and platforms such as Snowflake.
- Demonstrated ability to design agentic orchestration frameworks that scale across diverse business scenarios.
- A collaborative problem-solver with strong communication skills able to align stakeholders and create clarity across teams.
- Growth mindset excited to learn iterate and deliver measurable business outcomes through applied AI.
Come change how the world works.
Upwork is establishing its first international operational hub in Lisbon Portugal. The new office is expected to be fully operational by Q4 2026.
This position will initially be employed through a partner to ensure a seamless hiring process while we establish the hub. Once the hub is established there may be opportunities to transition to employment with Upwork depending on business needs and other requirements. While employed by the partner youll work as part of Upworks team with access to our resources culture and growth opportunities.
Our partner will offer competitive benefits. When Upworks hub is established we will be excited to offer employment and benefits directly as business needs require.
Upwork is committed to building a diverse inclusive and equitable workforce. Employment decisions are made without regard to race color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or any other status protected by applicable law.
