AI Engineering Manager

Fisher Investments; Camas (WA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health premiums (100% paid)

401(k) match (50%)

PTO & holidays (20 days + 10)

Family support programs

Hybrid work program

Job summary

Fisher Investments is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead AI solution delivery, mentor an engineering team, and collaborate with business stakeholders to define roadmaps and outcomes. You will guide architecture, experimentation, and production deployment of AI systems, including governance and responsible AI practices.

Required are 7+ years in software engineering with 2+ years in leadership, plus hands-on AI/GenAI experience, cloud-native architectures, and DevOps/MLOps.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years leading engineering teams delivering enterprise ready solutions.
• 2+ years industry experience with focus on building and deploying AI and GenAI applications.
• Hands-on experience building and deploying AI/GenAI applications using LLMs, RAG, AI agents, vector databases.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of AI and software engineers, promoting collaboration and career growth while ensuring high-quality delivery.
• Improve end-to-end development of custom AI solutions from architecture and experimentation through production deployment, maintenance, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with enterprise and solution architects, and business stakeholders to prioritize work, define technical roadmaps, and deliver measurable outcomes.
• Establish engineering best practices for AI development, including MLOps, LLMOps, testing, observability, security, governance, and responsible AI.
• Evaluate latest AI technologies and frameworks, and guide the use of scalable, reusable platforms and patterns to accelerate AI solution delivery.

Skills

AI/GenAI

Leadership

Cloud Architecture

MLOps

LLMOps

Communication

Governance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Overview

It's an exciting time to join Fisher Investments; we're investing in the future of our firm's technology. Our business is growing internationally, which emphasizes the need to build an unparalleled team that promotes future global growth through strategic solutions and progress.

The Opportunity:

We are hiring an Engineering Manager to lead the end-to-end delivery of AI solutions that solve complex challenges. You will lead and grow an engineering team. You will work closely with business leaders, enterprise architects, and technology partners to deliver scalable, secure, and production-ready applications.

You bring deep hands-on experience with modern AI and LLM technologies, a strong foundation in software engineering, and experience leading teams to ship meaningful, real-world solutions.

The Day-to-Day:

• Lead and mentor a team of AI and software engineers, promoting, collaboration, and career growth while ensuring high-quality delivery
• Improve end-to-end development of custom AI solutions from architecture and experimentation through production deployment, maintenance, monitoring, and continuous improvement
• Partner with enterprise and solution architects, and business stakeholders to prioritize work, define technical roadmaps, and delivery measurable outcomes
• Establish engineering best practices for AI development, including MLOps, LLMOps, testing, observability, security, governance, and responsible AI
• Evaluate latest AI technologies and frameworks, and guide the use of scalable, reusable platforms and patterns to accelerate AI solution delivery

Your Qualifications:

• 7+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years leading engineering teams delivering enterprise ready solutions
• 2+ years industry experience with focus on building and deploying AI and GenAI applications
• Broad technology experience throughout systems development lifecycle, and various areas of technology architecture (infrastructure, application architecture, data architecture, integration)
• Hands-on experience building and deploying AI/GenAI applications using LLMs, RAG, AI agents, vector databases
• Experience with cloud-native architectures, APIs, DevOps/MLOps, with experience deploying AI solutions in platforms such as Azure, AWS, or GCP
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams, communicate complex technical concepts to partners, and balance innovation with security, governance, and responsible AI practices
• Experience with the investment management and wealth management industry
• Be a coach, building the design and development skills of other team members
• Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university or equivalent experience

Compensation:

• $150,000 - $210,000 base salary per year in the state of WA. New hires should expect to start at the lower end of the range depending on experience
• Eligible for a discretionary bonus based on firm and individual performance

Why Fisher Investments:

We work for a bigger purpose: bettering the investment universe. We take great pride in our inclusive culture, our learning and development framework customized for every employee, and our Great Place to Work Certification. It's the people that make the Fisher purpose possible, and we invest in them by offering exceptional benefits like:

• 100% paid medical, dental and vision premiums for you and your qualifying dependents
• A 50% 401(k) match, up to the IRS maximum
• 20 days of PTO, plus 10 paid holidays
• Family Support programs including 8 week Paid Primary Caregiver Leave, $10,000 fertility, family forming, and hormonal health assistance, and back-up child, adult, and elder care
• This is an in-office role. Based on your role, tenure, and performance eligibility you may have the opportunity to participate in our hybrid work from home program. This program is subject to change.

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