AI Platform Team Lead: Governance, Scale & Enablement

drweng; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Job summary

DRW, headquartered in Chicago, seeks an AI Platform Team Lead to direct both AI Platform Engineering and AI Support & Enablement. You will manage a dual-focused team, align technical roadmaps with cost governance, and ensure seamless model routing across hybrid environments.

The role requires leadership across software engineering and AI support, with emphasis on governance, multi-engine API gateways, and data pipelines. Competitive base salary included.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading cross-functional technical teams.
• Strong architectural background with distributed systems expertise.
• Strategic mindset for governance, cost-control, and vendor management.
• Ability to transition prototypes into enterprise platforms.

Responsibilities

• Manage a dual-focus team of software engineers and AI support specialists.
• Oversee the Federated Management Plane architecture including multi-engine API gateways.
• Translate support queue insights into engineering requirements for automation.
• Act as the primary DRI linking Cloud, vendors, and on-premise AI hardware.

Skills

Distributed systems

API gateway management

Go/Python

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

Go

Python

Cloud platforms

Job description

DRW, headquartered in Chicago, seeks an AI Platform Team Lead to direct both AI Platform Engineering and AI Support & Enablement. You will manage a dual-focused team, align technical roadmaps with cost governance, and ensure seamless model routing across hybrid environments.

The role requires leadership across software engineering and AI support, with emphasis on governance, multi-engine API gateways, and data pipelines. Competitive base salary included.