AI/ML Engineer

NLB Services; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

NLB Services in Chicago, IL is seeking a senior GenAI engineering leader with 5–10 years of experience to drive architecture and delivery of secure, scalable AI solutions for enterprise workloads. You will work on LLMs, RAG, prompt engineering, and agentic AI concepts, with exposure to LangChain, LangGraph, Foundry Agent Service and AWS Bedrock.

The role emphasizes technical leadership, guiding critical design decisions, mentoring senior engineers, and translating complex business problems into

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of experience in GenAI and enterprise-scale software.
• Hands-on experience with LLMs, RAG, prompt engineering and agentic AI concepts.
• Exposure to LangChain, LangGraph, Foundry Agent Service and AWS Bedrock.
• Solid cloud, containerization and IaC practices across multi-cloud environments.
• Strong software engineering foundation for scalable, secure AI solutions.
• Technical leadership to guide design decisions and mentor senior engineers.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design and deliver GenAI solutions at enterprise scale.
• Lead end-to-end GenAI lifecycle from solution design to secure deployment.
• Mentor and influence senior engineers and cross-functional teams.
• Translate business problems into secure, scalable AI platforms.

Skills

GenAI Expertise

Prompt Engineering

LLMs & RAG

Architectural Leadership

Mentoring

Tools

LangChain

LangGraph

Foundry Agent Service

AWS Bedrock

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

ARM/Bicep

Job description

Looking for candidates local to Chicago, IL.

Experience Level: 5–10 years

Core GenAI Expertise:

Hands on experience working with GenAI applications including LLMs, RAG architecture, prompt engineering and Agentic AI concepts. Exposure to agentic frameworks including LangChain, LangGraph, Microsoft Foundry Agent Service and AWS Bedrock.

GenAI Ops Experience:

Strong understanding of the end to end GenAI operationalization lifecycle, including solution design and engineering, secure deployment, horizontal scaling, and production observability for GenAI workloads.

Cloud, Platform & Scalability Skills:

Experience with multiple cloud platforms (Azure, AWS), deep understanding of distributed systems, containerization & orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes), Infrastructure as Code(Terraform, ARM/Bicep)

Software Engineering Excellence:

Strong software engineering foundation with hands on experience in Python development, microservices based architectures, and secure coding and data handling practices suited for enterprise scale, regulated environments.

Technical Leadership & Influence:

Demonstrated technical leadership to set architectural direction, guide critical design decisions, and mentor senior engineers. Proven ability to translate complex business problems into secure, scalable, and resilient AI solutions