AI Cloud Solutions Lead Engineer

Cloud Analytics Technologies, LLC; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 83,000 - 113,000; Full time

Job summary

Cloud Analytics Technologies, LLC in Chicago seeks a hands-on Lead Software Engineer for Emerging Technology & AI Cloud Solutions to design, develop, and scale software using modern engineering practices, cloud platforms, and AI capabilities.

You will lead architecture, mentor engineers, translate business needs into technical roadmaps, and drive PoCs into production with a focus on security, reliability, and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in software engineering with APIs, distributed systems, or cloud-native apps.
• Experience leading full SDLC delivery and production deployments.
• Strong knowledge of CI/CD, API integration, and DevOps practices.
• Familiarity with Generative AI, LLMs, or AI cloud solutions is a plus.
• Experience with cloud providers and Kubernetes is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, development, testing, and deployment of scalable software applications and cloud-native solutions.
• Evaluate and implement emerging technologies, including Generative AI, LLMs, agentic AI, RAG, APIs, automation, and data-driven applications.
• Translate business requirements into technical designs, architecture patterns, roadmaps, and implementation plans.
• Develop secure, scalable, maintainable applications using modern programming languages, APIs, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Guide and mentor engineers, conduct design reviews, and establish reusable engineering standards and best practices.
• Collaborate with product, architecture, cybersecurity, infrastructure, data, and business teams.
• Establish proof-of-concept success criteria, automated testing, performance metrics, monitoring, and production readiness standards.
• Identify technical risks, security concerns, integration dependencies, and operational challenges throughout the SDLC.
• Support responsible AI adoption, including model evaluation, governance, data privacy, security, and compliance.

Skills

Software architecture

API integration

CI/CD

DevOps

Production support

Cloud platforms

Kubernetes

Serverless

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Cloud Analytics Technologies, LLC in Chicago seeks a hands-on Lead Software Engineer for Emerging Technology & AI Cloud Solutions to design, develop, and scale software using modern engineering practices, cloud platforms, and AI capabilities.

You will lead architecture, mentor engineers, translate business needs into technical roadmaps, and drive PoCs into production with a focus on security, reliability, and operational excellence.