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Director, AI Engineering

McLean, VA, US🌐 Remote💼 Full-time💰 $244,700–$244,700🗓 2026-09-10 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design, develop, and support AI software components including foundation model training, LLM inference, and observability to build scalable, high-performance AI infrastructure for banking.

Role type

Director, AI Engineering (Hands-on IC with people leadership)

Builds

Proprietary AI platforms, model access/routing layers, and scalable inference systems for enterprise applications

Domain

Financial Services / Applied AI / Large Language Models

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure

Required skills

AI/ML algorithm development, LLM optimization, cloud platform deployment, team leadership, technical vision, system architecture

Preferred skills

Managing engineering teams, deploying scalable AI on cloud platforms, applying novel research techniques in production

Technologies

AWS Ultraclusters, Huggingface, VectorDBs, Nemo Guardrails, PyTorch

Responsibilities

Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-powered products; oversee design and deployment of AI components; make build-vs-buy decisions; invent LLM optimization techniques; contribute to technical vision; attract and retain top talent

Seniority

Director, hands-on IC with people leadership

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