AI Engineer — Build End-to-End Internal AI Tools

Leadenhall Search & Selection; New York (NY); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Leadenhall Search & Selection is partnering with a leading strategy and operations management consultancy to grow an internal AI team in NYC, Miami, or Chicago. The role offers direct collaboration with senior stakeholders and a chance to apply AI across diverse business challenges.

You will own practical AI tools from concept to deployment, working with consultants and experts to translate business needs into robust software. A strong hands-on, collaborative mindset is essential for success.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years of software engineering experience, with at least one year delivering AI/ML or LLM features.
• Strong Python or TypeScript skills and familiarity with APIs, frontend development and data integrations.
• Hands-on experience with LLM tooling, prompt engineering, retrieval, agent frameworks and evaluations.
• Ability to build, ship and improve practical AI solutions and communicate with non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience in consulting, professional services or applied research.

Responsibilities

• Build AI tools end to end, including prompts, retrieval, orchestration, user interfaces and integrations.
• Collaborate with consultants and subject-matter experts to translate business methodologies into AI solutions.
• Develop AI agents and reusable tools that connect to organisational knowledge and support complex workflows.
• Turn prototypes into reliable, scalable internal tools through code reviews, testing, error handling and documentation.
• Contribute to shared infrastructure and reusable components.
• Evaluate AI outputs, identify limitations and continuously improve performance.
• Support colleagues in developing AI solutions through collaboration, code reviews and guidance.

Skills

Python

TypeScript

APIs

Frontend development

Data integrations

LLM tooling

Prompt engineering

Retrieval

Agent frameworks

Evaluations

Job description

Leadenhall Search & Selection is partnering with a leading strategy and operations management consultancy to grow an internal AI team in NYC, Miami, or Chicago. The role offers direct collaboration with senior stakeholders and a chance to apply AI across diverse business challenges.

You will own practical AI tools from concept to deployment, working with consultants and experts to translate business needs into robust software. A strong hands-on, collaborative mindset is essential for success.