Lead AI Engineer – Agentic AI on AWS (Hybrid, Chicago)

New York Technology Partners; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

New York Technology Partners in Chicago, IL seeks an Associate Principal, AI Engineering to lead the design and delivery of agentic AI systems end-to-end on AWS, with a focus on safety and governance. You will mentor engineers and help shape engineering standards in a fast-moving team.

The role requires hands-on Python, LLM experience, and a background in production AI systems, with hybrid onsite work and regular collaboration across the AIRE team.

Qualifications

• Experience mentoring or elevating the work of junior engineers.
• Demonstrated ownership of production systems from design through deployment.
• Ability to work effectively in a still-forming, fast-moving team environment.
• This position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for sponsorship now or in the future.

Responsibilities

• Own the design and delivery of agentic AI systems end-to-end, from architecture through production deployment
• Architect agent orchestration patterns, tool and context integration, and evaluation pipelines for reliability in a regulated environment
• Own AI infrastructure supporting AIRE's agents and applications on AWS, and contribute to the team's growing infrastructure self-sufficiency
• Implement technical safeguards against AI-specific risks, including hallucination detection, prompt injection defense, and output validation, in collaboration with Client's AI Governance function
• Build audit logging and human-in-the-loop checkpoints into agentic workflows so agent actions remain traceable and reviewable in a regulated environment
• Mentor Associate and Senior Associate engineers through code and architecture review
• Contribute technical point of view to the team's evolving engineering standards and practices, in partnership with the Executive Director

Skills

Strong Python

SQL proficiency

Distributed systems

API design

LLM-powered applications

AI risk management

AWS cloud

Docker & CI/CD

Kubernetes

Terraform

Financial services background

AI security practices

Data engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Claude API

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

New York Technology Partners in Chicago, IL seeks an Associate Principal, AI Engineering to lead the design and delivery of agentic AI systems end-to-end on AWS, with a focus on safety and governance. You will mentor engineers and help shape engineering standards in a fast-moving team.

The role requires hands-on Python, LLM experience, and a background in production AI systems, with hybrid onsite work and regular collaboration across the AIRE team.