Lead AI Engineer & Production Systems Leader

ADP, Inc.; City of White Plains (NY); On-site; USD 200,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

ADP, Inc. in White Plains, NY, seeks an AI Engineer and Project Lead to design and deploy production‑grade AI systems, partnering with engineering and product teams to automate workflows and drive data‑driven decisions.

The role requires 4+ years in software or AI, strong Python skills, and experience deploying ML models, with a focus on scalable, reliable solutions and clear documentation for stakeholders.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of software engineering or AI systems experience
• Strong programming skills in Python
• Experience training or fine-tuning machine learning models
• Experience deploying AI models into production environments
• Familiarity with open-source LLM frameworks and tools
• Experience with locally based LLMs and software

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy agentic AI systems that perform real tasks end-to-end
• Implement multi-step workflows with tool usage, structured outputs, and state handling
• Ensure reliability through retries, fallbacks, and guardrails
• Optimize for latency, cost, and accuracy in production environments
• Maintain clear system-level documentation and evaluation metrics
• Collaboration with product, engineering, and operations to define AI solutions

Skills

Python

AI systems

Production deployment

LLM frameworks

Local LLMs

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Job description

ADP, Inc. in White Plains, NY, seeks an AI Engineer and Project Lead to design and deploy production‑grade AI systems, partnering with engineering and product teams to automate workflows and drive data‑driven decisions.

The role requires 4+ years in software or AI, strong Python skills, and experience deploying ML models, with a focus on scalable, reliable solutions and clear documentation for stakeholders.