AI Engineering Lead — Production & People Leader

Vertafore; Colorado; On-site; USD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Vertafore is seeking an AI Engineering Leader to own delivery for a core AI domain, managing a small team of engineers while staying hands-on. You will design, evaluate, and ship AI-based features, review PRs, and drive architectural decisions while maintaining close involvement in code.

Your leadership multiplies the team’s impact, with a focus on reliability and production readiness. You will oversee end-to-end AI system delivery, including LLM-powered features, ETL pipelines, and document

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in machine learning, AI engineering, or applied data science.
• 1-3+ years of direct people management or formal tech lead experience with responsibility for team delivery.
• Hands-on production experience with one or more of: LLM-powered applications, agentic workflows, document extraction pipelines, or classical ML systems.
• Proficiency in Python and familiarity with the modern AI engineering stack — LangChain/LangGraph (or equivalent), vector databases, prompt engineering, and model evaluation tooling.
• Experience deploying and operating AI systems in a cloud environment (AWS preferred).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills — able to write a crisp design doc, run a productive design review, and give clear status to non-technical stakeholders.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers, setting technical direction and development paths.
• Oversee end-to-end delivery of AI features within the domain from design to production.
• Review code, participate in design reviews, and contribute to critical-path work when needed.
• Establish engineering standards for testing, observability, and deployment practices.
• Collaborate with product managers to translate business problems into a roadmap.
• Engage with customers or success teams to ground work in real-world usage patterns.

Skills

AI leadership

Team management

Python

Production ML

LangChain

Vector databases

Model evaluation tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math

Tools

LangChain

LangGraph

Vector databases

Model evaluation tooling

Job description

Vertafore is seeking an AI Engineering Leader to own delivery for a core AI domain, managing a small team of engineers while staying hands-on. You will design, evaluate, and ship AI-based features, review PRs, and drive architectural decisions while maintaining close involvement in code.

Your leadership multiplies the team’s impact, with a focus on reliability and production readiness. You will oversee end-to-end AI system delivery, including LLM-powered features, ETL pipelines, and document