AI Tech Lead: Databricks & LLMs, Hands-on Leader

Kelly Services

Chicago (IL)

On-site

USD 150,000 - 190,000

Full time

14 days+

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Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
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Job summary

Motion Recruitment Partners seeks an AI Tech Lead to join its team in a full-time capacity in the United States. You will lead the design and delivery of production-grade AI systems, guiding technical strategy while remaining hands-on as a player-coach.

The role focuses on Databricks, LLM development, and scalable AI architectures, with mentorship, client engagement, and cross-team collaboration at the core of daily duties.

Qualifications

  • Expertise with Databricks and data engineering.
  • Experience deploying LLM solutions and RAG architectures.
  • Strong communication and client-facing skills; cloud platform experience.
  • Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math.

Responsibilities

  • Hands-on development with Databricks, LLMs, and AI tooling.
  • Provide technical leadership and mentoring to the team.
  • Engage with clients to drive AI initiatives.
  • Collaborate across engineering teams on architecture and deployment.

Skills

Databricks
LLM Solutions
RAG architectures
LangChain/LangGraph
Production AI systems design
Communication skills
Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering/Math

Tools

MLflow
Vector databases
LangChain/LangGraph frameworks

Job description

Motion Recruitment Partners seeks an AI Tech Lead to join its team in a full-time capacity in the United States. You will lead the design and delivery of production-grade AI systems, guiding technical strategy while remaining hands-on as a player-coach.

The role focuses on Databricks, LLM development, and scalable AI architectures, with mentorship, client engagement, and cross-team collaboration at the core of daily duties.

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