Lead AI Engineer - Production-Grade AI Systems

NBCUniversal; New York (NY); On-site; USD 220,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Paid leave

Tuition reimbursement

Employee discounts

Job summary

NBCUniversal is seeking a PrincipalAIEngineer to bridge research and production of novel AI agents. You will provide technical leadership in architecting systems that combine symbolic and data-driven approaches, and ensure architectural decisions are well-documented.

Responsibilities include leading applied research, collaborating across teams to map product vision to milestones, and influencing tool choices from open-source to greenfield research.

Qualifications

• Graduate degree in Data Science, Computer Science, or related field (or equivalent deep technical experience).
• Proven AI Engineer or Applied Research Engineer in fast-paced environments.
• Prior experience in multi-disciplinary teams across robotics, smart grids, game development, or aerospace is valued.
• Generalist tooling: fluency with Git and Unix shell; across multiple languages (Python, C++, C#).
• Architectural knowledge: integrating AI agents into production software (API design, brokers, containerization).
• AI experience: building and debugging stochastic AI systems including symbolic AI and NLP.
• Strong math with logic, linear algebra, probability, statistics.
• ML literacy to understand model constraints and data needs.

Responsibilities

• Applied research: conduct and apply cutting-edge AI/NLP research to real-world problems.
• Cross-functional collaboration: translate product vision into technical milestones.
• Product prioritization: judge use of off-the-shelf vs open-source vs greenfield research.
• Technical leadership: coach, mentor, and establish technical best practices.

Skills

AI Engineer

Applied Research

Cross-functional collab

Technical leadership

Git & Unix shell

Python

C++

C#

API design

Containerization

ML concepts

Mathematics

Education

Graduate degree in Data Science or CS

Equivalent deep technical experience

Tools

Git

Unix shell

Python

C++

C#

Job description

NBCUniversal is seeking a PrincipalAIEngineer to bridge research and production of novel AI agents. You will provide technical leadership in architecting systems that combine symbolic and data-driven approaches, and ensure architectural decisions are well-documented.

Responsibilities include leading applied research, collaborating across teams to map product vision to milestones, and influencing tool choices from open-source to greenfield research.