Senior AI Platform Architect | LLM & MLOps Leader

Voya Financial; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 193,000 - 241,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Volunteer time

Job summary

Voya Financial in the United States seeks an AI Principal Engineer (IC Director) to lead design and delivery of production-scale AI systems with business impact. You will own major components, influence architecture, and mentor engineers in a regulated environment.

You will partner with product, data, and governance teams to ensure scalable, secure, and compliant AI solutions, employing cutting-edge LLMs and MLOps practices across initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related field.
• Significant experience delivering production AI/ML systems.
• Strong proficiency in Python, TypeScript, or Rust.
• Experience with AI/ML frameworks, LLM technologies, and data pipelines.
• Knowledge of model lifecycle management, MLOps, and production reliability practices.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex technical initiatives.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work across disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and deployment of complex AI solutions, including LLM-based applications, retrieval pipelines, and model-driven services.
• Own technical direction for major components or domains within AI platforms or products.
• Drive engineering best practices for model evaluation, testing, monitoring, and operationalization.
• Partner with product, data, and business stakeholders to translate requirements into scalable AI solutions.
• Contribute to architecture decisions, including model selection, system integration, and API design.
• Ensure solutions meet enterprise standards for security, privacy, and responsible AI.
• Mentor and guide engineers, contributing to team capability and engineering quality.
• Identify technical risks and implement appropriate mitigation strategies.

Skills

Python

TypeScript

Rust

AI/ML frameworks

LLM technologies

MLOps

Production reliability

Leadership

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math

Job description

Voya Financial in the United States seeks an AI Principal Engineer (IC Director) to lead design and delivery of production-scale AI systems with business impact. You will own major components, influence architecture, and mentor engineers in a regulated environment.

You will partner with product, data, and governance teams to ensure scalable, secure, and compliant AI solutions, employing cutting-edge LLMs and MLOps practices across initiatives.