Principal AI Platform Engineer — Hybrid Enterprise AI Leader

Illinois Ag; Naperville (IL); Hybrid; USD 133,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

401k with match

Medical + dental + vision insurance

Life & disability insurance

Paid time off & holidays

Job summary

Compeer Financial is hiring a Principal AI Platform Engineer to lead the enterprise AI platform, enabling scalable AI across portfolios. You will drive platform strategy, tooling, and governance, partnering with architecture, security, and risk teams.

This role emphasizes responsible AI adoption at scale and cross-functional collaboration. The role requires expertise in AI platforms, LLMs, and cloud services, with a focus on safety, reliability, and business value.

Qualifications

• Experience designing and building AI applications and platforms using LLMs and vector stores.
• Ability to translate governance and risk requirements into technical controls.
• Strong communication and leadership for executive audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI platform engineering and enterprise adoption for LLMs and agents.
• Establish AI governance, guardrails, monitoring, and cost management.
• Deliver AI-enabled projects from discovery to operations with risk controls.
• Mentor engineers and drive learning across teams.

Skills

AI platform engineering

LLM-powered development

Retrieval augmented generation

Vector search

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Azure OpenAI

Azure AI Foundry

Cloud-native engineering

Job description

Compeer Financial is hiring a Principal AI Platform Engineer to lead the enterprise AI platform, enabling scalable AI across portfolios. You will drive platform strategy, tooling, and governance, partnering with architecture, security, and risk teams.

This role emphasizes responsible AI adoption at scale and cross-functional collaboration. The role requires expertise in AI platforms, LLMs, and cloud services, with a focus on safety, reliability, and business value.