Lead AI Software Engineer – Hybrid, Emerging Tech

DSM-H Consulting; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

DSM-H Consulting in the United States seeks a Lead Software Engineer in the Emerging Technology group to design, build, pilot, and scale next‑gen software solutions applying emerging technologies to high‑value business problems.

The role combines deep software engineering with practical innovation, translating exploratory concepts into production-ready capabilities while mentoring engineers and collaborating with product, security, and operations teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience in tech.
• Progressive software engineering experience across APIs, distributed systems, platforms, or cloud-native services.
• Ability to lead work across the full SDLC including architecture, design, coding and testing.
• Proficiency in modern programming languages (e.g., Java, Python, C#) and related development tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture, design, development, and testing of modern software solutions, prototypes, pilots, and reusable platform capabilities.
• Evaluate, prototype, and apply emerging technologies such as generative AI, agentic workflows, retrieval-augmented generation, cloud-native services, APIs, automation, and data-driven patterns.
• Translate business opportunities, product goals, and technical requirements into scalable software designs, roadmaps, and implementation plans.
• Mentor engineers, provide technical direction, facilitate design reviews, and promote a culture of experimentation and engineering excellence.
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, data scientists, cybersecurity, infrastructure, UX, and stakeholders to deliver aligned solutions.
• Define and implement technical evaluation methods, including proof-of-concept criteria, performance measures, quality gates, automated testing, monitoring, and production readiness reviews.
• Identify technical risks, dependencies, integration needs, security considerations, and operational constraints early in the lifecycle and propose mitigations.

Skills

Technical leadership

Software architecture

Emerging technologies

Cloud-native services

APIs and integration

CI/CD and DevOps

Mentoring engineers

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Job description

DSM-H Consulting in the United States seeks a Lead Software Engineer in the Emerging Technology group to design, build, pilot, and scale next‑gen software solutions applying emerging technologies to high‑value business problems.

The role combines deep software engineering with practical innovation, translating exploratory concepts into production-ready capabilities while mentoring engineers and collaborating with product, security, and operations teams.