Lead AI Engineer - Production-Grade AI Systems

NBCUniversal

New York (NY)

On-site

USD 220,000 - 265,000

Full time

14 days+
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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.

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