Lead AI Engineer

Work Authorization Requirement : To be considered, candidates must be currently legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without employer sponsorship. Homeland Talent Solutions and our client are unable to provide sponsorship or assume sponsorship of any employment visa status now or in the future.

Job Summary

Homeland Talent Solutions has partnered with a global leader in cloud-based K-12 education technology to hire a Lead AI Engineer . This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Lead AI Engineer to play a key role in designing, building, and deploying production-grade artificial intelligence solutions that transform how organizations leverage AI.

Working within a collaborative Research & Development team, the Lead AI Engineer will lead the development of agentic AI workflows, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) applications, workflow automation, and enterprise integrations while driving innovation from concept through deployment. If you're passionate about building scalable AI solutions, providing technical leadership, and delivering cutting-edge technologies in a fast-paced environment, this Lead AI Engineer opportunity offers the chance to make a meaningful impact on the future of education technology.

Responsibilities

Building & Shipping AI Products and Systems

• Design, build, and deploy production-grade AI solutions, including agentic AI workflows and customer-facing AI products
• Develop scalable AI systems such as multi-agent workflows, agentic data workflows, RAG-based applications, document intelligence and summarization pipelines, and workflow automation solutions
• Utilize modern AI tools and frameworks, including Copilot, Codex, Claude Code, Gemini, NotebookLM, Strands, LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, or similar technologies
• Rapidly prototype, validate, and deploy AI solutions in an agile, fast-paced environment

Owning End-to-End Delivery

• Translate business challenges into scalable AI solutions that deliver measurable value
• Design lightweight system architectures and iterate quickly based on user feedback
• Develop prompt engineering strategies, orchestration logic, API integrations, data pipelines, and testing, validation, and monitoring frameworks
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to refine AI solutions, improve adoption, and ensure successful implementation

Driving High-Velocity Execution

• Deliver continuous product enhancements through weekly or bi-weekly releases
• Thrive in a fast-paced environment with minimal bureaucracy, strong accountability, and a focus on execution
• Contributing to Scalable AI Foundations
• Build and maintain reusable AI assets, including prompt libraries, agent design patterns, and integration utilities
• Establish and promote best practices for prompt engineering, AI development, testing, evaluation, governance, and responsible AI usage

Technical Leadership & Mentorship

• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to AI engineers and automation specialists
• Lead by example through hands-on design, development, and deployment of AI solutions
• Support the growth and evolution of the AI engineering function by driving technical excellence and innovation

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related technical field
• 6–10+ years of software engineering experience, including recent hands-on experience developing AI and large language model (LLM) solutions
• Proven experience designing, building, and deploying production-grade:
• LLM-powered applications
• Agentic AI workflows
• AI-driven automation solutions
• Experience deploying applications in cloud environments, including AWS and/or Microsoft Azure
• Strong hands-on experience with modern AI development tools such as Codex, Claude Code, Gemini, NotebookLM, or similar AI-assisted development platforms
• Experience working with AI frameworks including LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, or equivalent technologies
• Experience with software deployment and release management, preferred
• Knowledge of data engineering principles and data pipeline development, preferred
• Experience designing and implementing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures and working with vector databases, preferred
• Familiarity with workflow automation platforms and enterprise system integrations, preferred

Benefits

This position offers a competitive annual salary of $92,800–$170,300, with compensation based on experience, skills, education, certifications, and overall qualifications.

Our client also offers a comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Medical, dental, vision, pharmacy, life insurance, and AD&D coverage
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Generous parental leave
• Discretionary paid time off (DTO)
• Employee wellness program, including ClassPass and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Optional benefits, including pet insurance, identity theft protection, student debt repayment assistance, and prepaid legal services

Summary

If you're ready to lead the development of next-generation AI solutions in a collaborative, fast-paced environment, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today!

EEO Notice

Homeland LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Homeland LLC provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Homeland LLC complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. Reasonable accommodation is available for qualified individuals with disabilities, upon request.

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