GenAI Tech Lead & Architecture Director

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.; Rockville (MD); Hybrid; USD 131,000 - 238,000; Full time

Job summary

FINRA seeks an Associate Director / Lead Engineer for Generative AI in Rockville, MD, to lead a small team delivering data pipelines, embedding models, and retrieval systems for a cutting-edge generative AI platform.

This role blends hands-on technical involvement with strategic planning, stakeholder communication, and mentoring, with a hybrid work environment that supports collaboration across teams and speed of delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 5+ years of managing technical programs and budget responsibilities.
• Experience across strategy, software development, operations, information security, or compliance.

Responsibilities

• Set the technical vision and architectural direction for knowledge framework integrations, including data ingestion and retrieval systems.
• Manage and develop a small team of software engineers, fostering ownership and collaboration.
• Own the team roadmap and translate business requirements into technical plans; track progress and risks.
• Collaborate with product, platform engineering, and agent development teams to align priorities.

Skills

Team leadership

Architecture direction

Data pipelines

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related

Job description

FINRA seeks an Associate Director / Lead Engineer for Generative AI in Rockville, MD, to lead a small team delivering data pipelines, embedding models, and retrieval systems for a cutting-edge generative AI platform.

This role blends hands-on technical involvement with strategic planning, stakeholder communication, and mentoring, with a hybrid work environment that supports collaboration across teams and speed of delivery.