Lead AI Engineer – Cloud Infrastructure & Automation

Ex; New York (NY, NJ); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Ex in NY/NJ hybrid is seeking a technical leader to accelerate the delivery of AI-driven infrastructure solutions. You will build AI systems that generate, validate, and ship Terraform-based infrastructure, and you will architect agentic applications on AWS while setting standards and guardrails.

You will mentor engineers, balance hands-on design and implementation, and help shape the direction of platform initiatives in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering IaC with Terraform on AWS.
• Experience leading technical teams.
• Ability to design scalable cloud architectures.

Responsibilities

• Build AI systems that generate, validate, and ship infrastructure-as-code.
• Architect agentic applications and workflows on AWS.
• Pioneer emerging agentic techniques.
• Mentor engineers while remaining hands-on with design and implementation.

Skills

Technical leadership

Mentorship

Architecting distributed systems

Problem solving

Tools

Terraform

AWS

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

Work Location: NY/NJ
Work Mode : Hybrid (2-3 days onsite)
Pay Range :$150K-$170K /Yr Base + Annual Bonus

The posted range is the hiring range for this role — a subset of the broader range available to employees over time — and reflects base salary across our national hiring scale. Final offers are based on several factors, including the candidate's skills and experience, internal pay equity, work location, market conditions for the role, and the specific scope and responsibilities of the position. The top of the range is reserved for candidates who notably exceed the requirements; the lower end applies to those with less experience or fewer preferred qualifications. For positions based in higher-cost zones (e.g., California, New York, New Jersey), actual compensation may exceed the posted range; your recruiter will share specifics during the process

For more information on benefits and what we offer please visit us at https://www.exlservice.com/us-careers-and-benefits

Job Overview:

Your primary mandate is to accelerate delivery of business-unit solutions by building AI systems that generate, validate, and ship infrastructure-as-code – Terraform in particular – so environments are stood up faster and more consistently. You will architect agentic applications and workflows on AWS, apply intelligent automation across the platform and cloud operations, and pioneer emerging agentic techniques. As a technical leader, you will set direction, establish standards and guardrails, and mentor engineers while remaining hands-on with design and implementation.