Hybrid Lead AI/ML Engineer

Posted 3 weeks ago

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About the role

  • Lead AI/ML Engineer for developing scalable ML/LLM services and RAG pipelines at Vanguard. Collaborating with cross-functional teams and implementing responsible AI practices.

Responsibilities

  • Architect, build, and deploy RAG pipelines, including chunking, embeddings, vector stores, retrieval, ranking, grounding, and evaluation
  • Design and implement Graph RAG solutions leveraging knowledge graphs for multi‑hop reasoning and structured retrieval
  • Build robust, scalable ML/LLM services using Python (and Java where applicable) with well‑designed APIs and microservices
  • Develop data processing pipelines for ingestion, transformation, metadata extraction, and indexing
  • Implement observability, monitoring, evaluation harnesses, automated testing, and CI/CD for GenAI services
  • Optimize retrieval quality, response accuracy, latency, and cost across model + retrieval layers
  • Apply responsible AI, security, and governance practices for LLM systems (e.g., content filtering, guardrails, model monitoring)
  • Collaborate with product, data engineering, and cloud platform teams to translate business problems into robust AI solutions
  • Produce clear documentation, design specs, and operational runbooks for all delivered components

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience as an ML Engineer, AI Engineer, or similar role
  • Hands‑on experience building GenAI applications and RAG systems end‑to‑end
  • Strong proficiency in Python for ML/LLM development
  • Experience with vector databases (e.g., pgvector, Pinecone, Weaviate, FAISS) and embedding models
  • Knowledge of LLM frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, Transformers, etc.)
  • Strong understanding of cloud environments (AWS/Azure) and containerized deployments
  • Solid software engineering foundations — APIs, microservices, version control, testing, CI/CD
  • Experience with data pipelines, ETL/ELT, and processing unstructured data
  • Ability to evaluate retrieval quality, implement ranking strategies, and build evaluation datasets
  • Excellent communication skills and ability to work in cross‑functional teams.

Benefits

  • Health insurance
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Paid time off

Job title

Lead AI/ML Engineer

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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