Production AI Lead & Data Ops Engineer

KLA; Ann Arbor Charter Township (MI); On-site; USD 112,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

KLA is seeking an AI Engineer to serve as a technical lead within a growth-oriented engineering team. The role combines hands-on AI development with mentoring responsibilities to shape scalable AI systems for internal tooling and customer-facing features.

The team ships actively; focus is on technical execution, reliability, and engineering best practices, with potential for broader leadership over time.

Qualifications

• Requires 5–8 years building production software systems.
• At least 2 years with AI/ML or LLM-based solutions in production.
• Ability to deliver end-to-end AI systems or features.
• Knowledge of modern AI development practices and system integration.
• Experience across data pipelines, model serving, and application layers.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and deployment of production AI systems end-to-end.
• Contribute hands-on to codebase and maintain high engineering quality.
• Establish scalable patterns for evaluation, deployment, and reliability.
• Conduct technical design reviews and guide architecture decisions.
• Mentor engineers and participate in hiring and onboarding.
• Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to deliver impactful solutions.
• Translate experimentation into stable, production-ready systems.

Skills

Production software

AI/ML in production

End-to-end AI systems

System design

Mentorship

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE/Data Science

MS or PhD preferred

Tools

LLMs

Model serving

Data pipelines

Job description

KLA is seeking an AI Engineer to serve as a technical lead within a growth-oriented engineering team. The role combines hands-on AI development with mentoring responsibilities to shape scalable AI systems for internal tooling and customer-facing features.

The team ships actively; focus is on technical execution, reliability, and engineering best practices, with potential for broader leadership over time.