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AI Research & Innovation Lead

Chicago, Illinois💼 Full-time💰 $112,500–$112,500🗓 2026-08-28 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead exploratory research initiatives on emerging AI techniques and their business applicability for TransUnion's credit, fraud, insurance, and marketing applications.

Role type

Senior IC AI Research Lead

Builds

Proof-of-concepts and prototypes for emerging AI technologies

Domain

Financial services, AI research, risk analytics

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Classical AI, knowledge representation, knowledge graphs, graph neural networks, automated reasoning, search and planning algorithms, causal inference, probabilistic graphical models, explainable AI, Python programming

Preferred skills

Neuro-symbolic AI, agentic AI, human-AI collaboration

Technologies

Modern cloud-based computing environments, state-of-the-art AI infrastructure

Responsibilities

Investigate and evaluate emerging AI paradigms, design and evaluate proof-of-concepts, create frameworks for assessing AI capabilities and risks, collaborate with engineering teams to transition research to production, represent the company through publications and patents

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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