Senior AI Engineer & Team Lead — Agentic AI (Boston)

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 171,000; Full time

Job summary

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts is seeking an experienced AI Engineer to guide one or more high‑performing AI engineering teams in Boston. You will be a hands‑on leader, combining deep technical expertise with mentorship to drive the development of our agentic AI framework and ensure scalable, robust solutions.

You will mentor engineers, shape architectural decisions, oversee design and implementation of AI components, and collaborate with Product Owners to deliver high‑quality features.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Technology, or a related field.
• 1-3+ years hands‑on experience in machine learning and deep learning frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, and scikit‑learn.
• 1+ years hands‑on expertise in developing agentic solutions, with strong knowledge of cloud services (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and MLOps tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Proven experience overseeing technical design and implementation of complex AI agent components.
• Hands‑on experience designing and developing AI agents using Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures and fine‑tuning techniques.
• Proven expertise in managing performance, scalability, and reliability of AI models in production.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate with technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Experience conducting code reviews and leading knowledge sharing sessions.

Responsibilities

• Provide Technical Leadership: Guide and mentor a team of AI Engineers, ensuring adherence to architectural best practices, coding standards, and engineering excellence.
• Oversee Solution Design: Lead the technical design and implementation of complex AI agent components, Generative AI integrations, and underlying infrastructure.
• Drive Team Delivery: Collaborate with Product Owners to refine requirements, estimate efforts, and ensure timely delivery of AI features.
• Ensure Code Quality: Establish and enforce code review processes for security and maintainability.
• Solve Complex Technical Problems: Serve as primary escalation point for complex issues and guide resolutions.
• Mentor and Develop Talent: Coach AI Engineers to grow technical skills and understanding of agentic architectures.
• Evaluate New Technologies: Assess new tools, libraries, and frameworks to improve team efficiency.

Skills

Technical leadership

ML frameworks

Team mentorship

Code quality

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

scikit-learn

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts is seeking an experienced AI Engineer to guide one or more high‑performing AI engineering teams in Boston. You will be a hands‑on leader, combining deep technical expertise with mentorship to drive the development of our agentic AI framework and ensure scalable, robust solutions.

You will mentor engineers, shape architectural decisions, oversee design and implementation of AI components, and collaborate with Product Owners to deliver high‑quality features.