Senior AI Engineer

Eleven Recruiting; New York (NY); On-site; USD 229,000 - 312,000; Full time

Job summary

Eleven Recruiting represents an investment firm in New York, NY seeking a Senior AI Engineer to design and deploy enterprise AI solutions at scale.

You will lead AI initiatives, mentor engineers, and collaborate with stakeholders to deliver production-grade systems using Python and modern AI frameworks.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience building enterprise applications.
• Experience designing distributed, scalable systems and enterprise architecture.
• Experience building and deploying production software at scale.
• Working knowledge of LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG, agentic workflows, or AI APIs.
• Experience evaluating technical tradeoffs between AI models and implementations.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI engineering initiatives from concept through production deployment.
• Design and build scalable enterprise apps using Python and best practices.
• Translate business needs into technical AI solutions with stakeholders.
• Make architectural decisions around AI model choices and system design.
• Build AI-powered apps using enterprise data at scale.
• Evaluate different LLMs, frameworks, and implementation approaches.
• Establish engineering standards, testing, and deployment practices.
• Mentor engineers through technical guidance and collaboration.
• Collaborate across teams to integrate AI capabilities into platforms.

Skills

Distributed systems

Enterprise architecture

Production software

Communication

Stakeholder management

AI technologies

LLMs

Prompt engineering

Tools

Python

Cloud

AI frameworks

LLM tooling

Job description

Our client, an investment firm, is seeking a Senior AI Engineer to join their team in New York, NY!

This role is ideal for an experienced software engineer who understands how to design and build enterprise-scale systems while thoughtfully incorporating modern AI technologies into production environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI engineering initiatives from concept through production deployment.
• Design and build scalable enterprise applications using Python and modern software engineering best practices.
• Partner with business stakeholders to identify high-value AI opportunities and translate them into technical solutions.
• Make architectural decisions around AI model selection, orchestration, retrieval strategies, and system design.
• Build AI-powered applications leveraging enterprise data while ensuring scalability, maintainability, and cost efficiency.
• Evaluate tradeoffs between different LLMs, AI frameworks, and implementation approaches.
• Establish engineering standards and best practices for AI development, code quality, testing, and deployment.
• Mentor engineers through technical guidance and thoughtful collaboration.
• Collaborate across engineering teams to integrate AI capabilities into existing enterprise platforms.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience building enterprise applications.
• Experience designing distributed, scalable systems and enterprise architecture.
• Experience building and deploying production software at scale.
• Working knowledge of modern AI technologies including LLMs, prompt engineering, RAG, agentic workflows, or AI APIs.
• Experience evaluating technical tradeoffs between AI models and implementation approaches.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.

Preferred Experience

• Experience building AI-enabled enterprise applications.
• Experience operating within large enterprise technology environments.
• Exposure to cloud-native architectures and modern engineering practices.
• Financial services experience is helpful but not required.

What Makes Someone Successful

• Comfortable solving ambiguous, open-ended technical problems.
• Intellectually curious and continuously learning.
• Emotionally resilient when working with demanding stakeholders.
• Collaborative and humble, with an eagerness to challenge ideas rather than people.

Pay Rate:

$110 - $150/hr