Lead AI Engineer
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In this role, you will lead a small team of approximately 4-7 engineers within a larger organization of roughly 50-60 technical professionals. They're looking for a mentor and technical leader who can guide engineers while remaining deeply involved in architecture, experimentation, development, and deployment. You'd be focused on designing, building, and scaling enterprise AI solutions. The role requires someone who understands AI beyond simple API integrations and has experience evaluating models, optimizing prompts and token usage, building production-grade workflows, and making technical decisions around AI architecture.
Required Skills & Experience
- Experience mentoring or leading teams of 4-7
- Python FS Engineering experience LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG token optimization, and AI architecture
- Experience building and deploying production AI systems
- Builder mentality with a desire to stay hands-on technically
- Go/Golang experience
- C/C++
- LangChain, LangGraph, or similar AI frameworks
- Agentic workflow development
- Enterprise AI deployment experience
- Computer vision experience
- Aerospace, defense, robotics, or highly regulated industry experience
- Technical leadership within agile software development teams
Tech Breakdown
- 40% AI Engineering & LLM Development
- 30% Python Software Engineering
- 15% Architecture & Technical Leadership
- 10% Agentic Workflows & Automation
- 5% Documentation & Testing
- 60% Hands-On Development
- 20% Management & Mentorship
- 5 days on-site in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- Competitive pay depending on experience
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