Lead AI Engineer – Cloud Infrastructure & Automation

EXL Talent Acquisition Team; United States; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Bonus

Job summary

EXL Talent Acquisition Team in NY/NJ is seeking a technical leader to accelerate delivery of AI-driven infrastructure solutions. You will build AI systems that generate, validate, and ship infrastructure-as-code—Terraform in particular—for faster, consistent environment provisioning on AWS.

You will architect agentic applications and mentor engineers while remaining hands-on with design and implementation. This hybrid role requires guiding standards and guardrails, shaping the platform, and

Qualifications

• Experience building AI-driven infrastructure platforms and automation.
• Strong knowledge of cloud environments (AWS) and IaC practices.
• Ability to mentor engineers while hands-on with design and implementation.

Responsibilities

• Accelerate delivery of AI-driven infrastructure solutions.
• Architect agentic applications and workflows on AWS.
• Mentor engineers and set direction, standards, and guardrails.

Skills

AWS

Automation

Tools

Terraform

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.