AI Engineering Lead
Dearborn, MI - USA
Job Summary
As the AI Engineering Lead you will architect build and scale AI-powered solutions that accelerate both the delivery of Integrated Services Data AI & Analytics (ISDAIA) products and the adoption of AI capabilities across the Integrated Services business.
You will lead the development of enterprise-grade AI applications agentic systems copilots retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) solutions and intelligent workflow automation that transform how teams discover insights make decisions and deliver value.
This role combines hands-on technical leadership with product thinking and strategic execution. You will partner closely with Product Managers Engineering Teams Analytics Leaders and Business Stakeholders to identify high-value use cases develop reusable AI capabilities and enable responsible AI adoption at scale.
You will play a key role in shaping the future AI ecosystem for Integrated Services by building scalable frameworks shared services and AI-enabled experiences that improve business outcomes operational efficiency and speed to delivery.
Responsibilities
Strategic Thinking & Leadership
Partner with business leaders and product teams to identify high-value AI opportunities and translate them into scalable AI-powered solutions.
Define and communicate AI solution vision roadmaps and measurable success metrics.
Drive AI strategy across Generative AI Agentic AI conversational experiences AI-enabled analytics and intelligent automation initiatives.
Establish governance frameworks for Responsible AI security compliance scalability and enterprise adoption.
Lead cross-functional AI programs and influence executive stakeholders through compelling business cases demonstrations and measurable outcomes.
Technical Leadership & Expertise
Architect and oversee end-to-end AI solutions including:
Conversational AI and Copilot experiences
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures
Agentic AI frameworks and multi-agent orchestration systems
AI-powered analytics and insight generation solutions
Natural language interfaces for analytics and business intelligence
Intelligent workflow automation and decision-support capabilities
Semantic search and enterprise knowledge management solutions
Strong proficiency in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services for AI development (Vertex AI BigQuery Cloud Storage Dataflow).
Experience designing and deploying enterprise AI solutions leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) foundation models prompt engineering and model evaluation frameworks.
Experience building AI systems using Python-based ecosystems and modern AI frameworks.
Experience with vector databases embeddings semantic search grounding techniques and retrieval architectures.
Implement scalable AI Engineering MLOps and LLMOps practices including CI/CD prompt versioning testing governance monitoring and lifecycle management.
Proficiency in Git Docker API-based deployments cloud-native architectures and scalable AI services.
Apply strong software engineering practices including modular design testing observability security and documentation.
Establish reusable AI frameworks accelerators and engineering patterns that improve speed consistency and quality of delivery.
Evaluate emerging AI technologies and identify opportunities to accelerate analytics delivery and business adoption.
Support architectural reviews and ensure best practices across AI systems platforms and products.
Implement Responsible AI principles including governance explainability privacy security and ethical AI compliance.
Delivery Focus
Own end-to-end AI solution delivery in partnership with Product Engineering Data and Business teams.
Ensure production-grade deployment of AI applications copilots and agent-based solutions using containerization orchestration and scalable cloud infrastructure.
Build reusable AI accelerators frameworks and services that improve speed-to-delivery across the ISDAIA portfolio.
Partner with product teams to embed AI capabilities directly into dashboards self-service analytics platforms applications and business workflows.
Influence investment decisions using measurable business impact adoption metrics operational efficiencies and ROI analysis.
Establish monitoring frameworks for AI performance solution effectiveness reliability governance and user adoption.
Team Development & Community Leadership
Lead and mentor AI engineers while establishing best practices for enterprise AI development.
Build AI engineering standards reusable frameworks shared tooling libraries and delivery patterns across ISDAIA.
Promote knowledge sharing through Communities of Practice and AI Centers of Excellence.
Foster a culture of experimentation continuous learning innovation and engineering excellence.
Support talent development in emerging AI disciplines including Generative AI Agentic AI conversational experiences and intelligent automation.
Serve as a thought leader for enterprise AI adoption and AI-enabled transformation initiatives.
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements
Bachelors Degree in a related field (Computer Science Artificial Intelligence Data Science Engineering Information Technology or equivalent).
5 to 8 years of experience delivering enterprise software analytics data or AI solutions.
5 years of experience using Python-based development technologies and modern software engineering practices.
3 years of experience designing deploying and supporting AI/ML or Generative AI solutions in production environments.
Experience building and deploying Generative AI conversational AI Copilot or agent-based solutions.
Experience acting as a senior technical lead facilitating solution trade-offs and architectural decisions.
Experience using Cloud AI Platforms (GCP preferred).
Strong understanding of APIs cloud-native architectures CI/CD pipelines and enterprise application development.
Hands-on experience with Generative AI technologies Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and enterprise AI deployment.
Preferred Requirements
Masters Degree in Artificial Intelligence Computer Science Data Science Engineering or related field.
Experience managing and growing high-performing AI engineering teams.
Experience developing enterprise copilots AI assistants agent-based systems and intelligent automation solutions.
Experience implementing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures vector databases semantic search and knowledge-grounding strategies.
Strong working knowledge of GCP and enterprise AI architecture patterns.
Expertise in open-source technologies such as Python LangChain LangGraph Semantic Kernel SQL Spark and modern AI development frameworks.
Experience working with Vertex AI OpenAI Anthropic Gemini or comparable enterprise AI ecosystems.
Experience building reusable AI platforms accelerators frameworks and enablement capabilities.
Experience deploying AI solutions into business workflows analytics products self-service insights platforms or decision-support solutions.
Experience implementing Responsible AI AI governance MLOps and LLMOps practices at enterprise scale.
Immediate medical dental vision and prescription drug coverage
Flexible family care days paid parental leave new parent ramp-up programs subsidized back-up child care and more
Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement fertility treatments and more
Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
Tuition assistance
Established and active employee resource groups
Paid time off for individual and team community service
A generous schedule of paid holidays including the week between Christmas and New Years Day
Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time
Required Experience:
Senior IC
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