Chicago Hybrid AI Platform Leader — GenAI & FinTech

The Judge Group; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Company equity package

Job summary

The Judge Group in Chicago, IL is seeking a Lead Greenfield GenAI Infrastructure leader to build an enterprise AI platform from the ground up, blending hands-on coding with strategic architecture. This high-visibility role requires 2+ years engineering management and 7+ years full-stack experience, plus production AI/ML expertise and GenAI/LMM know-how.

The position offers hybrid work, top-tier salary, performance bonus, and equity.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of engineering management experience.
• 7+ years of software engineering across front-end, back-end, and cloud.
• Production AI/ML systems in live environments.
• GenAI/LLM expertise and platform tooling.
• Hybrid work in Chicago with on-site alignment.

Responsibilities

• Own the AI Platform End-to-End roadmap and quality.
• Architect greenfield GenAI solutions with product teams.
• Build, hire and mentor an elite AI platform team.
• Stay hands-on in production code across APIs and infra.
• Enable internal teams to deploy features on the central platform.

Skills

Engineering mgmt

Full-stack dev

Cloud infrastructure

GenAI infrastructure

Production AI/ML

Team mentoring

Job description

The Judge Group in Chicago, IL is seeking a Lead Greenfield GenAI Infrastructure leader to build an enterprise AI platform from the ground up, blending hands-on coding with strategic architecture. This high-visibility role requires 2+ years engineering management and 7+ years full-stack experience, plus production AI/ML expertise and GenAI/LMM know-how.

The position offers hybrid work, top-tier salary, performance bonus, and equity.