Lead AI Engineer: GenAI & Real-Time ML Architect

Ulta Beauty, Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 214,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Ulta Beauty, Inc. seeks a Lead Artificial Intelligence Engineer to drive end-to-end AI initiatives from data science to production systems.

You will architect GenAI pipelines, fine-tune LLMs, and ensure enterprise readiness with low-latency inference and cloud cost efficiency. Responsibilities include technical leadership, collaboration with product and IT teams, and governance over AI engineering standards to deliver scalable, production-grade ML solutions for retail analytics and decision

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or quantitative field.
• 7+ years in data science/ML/AI with production-grade coding experience.
• Experience building low-latency or real-time ML systems; cloud deployment of ML models.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end AI initiatives from discovery to production.
• Develop and optimize advanced algorithms for recommendation and decision engines.
• Architect GenAI solutions and manage governance for AI engineering standards.

Skills

Python

C++

ML frameworks

Large Language Models

Docker

CI/CD

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or quantitative field

Tools

TensorFlow

scikit-learn

Databricks

GKE

BigQuery

Job description

Ulta Beauty, Inc. seeks a Lead Artificial Intelligence Engineer to drive end-to-end AI initiatives from data science to production systems.

You will architect GenAI pipelines, fine-tune LLMs, and ensure enterprise readiness with low-latency inference and cloud cost efficiency. Responsibilities include technical leadership, collaboration with product and IT teams, and governance over AI engineering standards to deliver scalable, production-grade ML solutions for retail analytics and decision