Senior AI Platform Lead — Cloud-Native AI & Agent Orchestration

The Judge Group; Bayonne (NJ); On-site; USD 160,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

The Judge Group seeks a Senior AI Tech Lead to drive the technical delivery of AI agent capabilities and reusable platform components in the Bayonne/Jersey City area. You will translate architecture into designs, guide engineers, and ensure secure, high-performance implementations across cloud-native services.

Ideal candidates bring 10+ years in software, 3+ years in AI/ML, hands-on experience with LLMs, and strong leadership.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with 3+ years in AI/ML, Gen AI, or intelligent automation delivery.
• Hands-on experience building LLM-based applications, AI agents, RAG pipelines, APIs & cloud-native services.
• Experience leading engineering teams in agile delivery models for enterprise-scale platforms.
• Strong exposure to AWS cloud services and modern DevSecOps practices.
• Insurance or financial services technology delivery experience preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field; advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical delivery of AI agent capabilities, reusable platform components, integrations and automation workflows.
• Translate solution architecture into detailed engineering designs, sprint plans, and implementation tasks.
• Guide developers on AI patterns, cloud-native implementation, secure coding, testability & performance optimization.
• Build and review core components such as agent orchestration services, API layers, RAG services, tool connectors, and model interaction modules.
• Coordinate with architects, product owners, UX designers, security SMEs, and QA to drive end-to-end delivery.
• Establish technical best practices, coding standards, review processes, and reusable accelerators.
• Support environment readiness, deployment planning, defect triage, production readiness reviews & knowledge transition.

Skills

Python

TypeScript/JavaScript

REST APIs

Microservices

Event-driven patterns

Containerized deployments

AWS Bedrock

SageMaker

Lambda

Step Functions

ECS/EKS

API Gateway

S3

CloudWatch

CI/CD tooling

Prompt engineering

Agent orchestration

Tool integration

Vector stores

Embeddings

Model evaluation

AI guardrails

LLM-based applications

Leadership

Mentoring

Estimation & planning

Stakeholder communication

Compliance & audit logging

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or related field

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

AWS Bedrock

SageMaker

Lambda

Step Functions

ECS/EKS

API Gateway

S3

CloudWatch

CI/CD tooling

Job description

The Judge Group seeks a Senior AI Tech Lead to drive the technical delivery of AI agent capabilities and reusable platform components in the Bayonne/Jersey City area. You will translate architecture into designs, guide engineers, and ensure secure, high-performance implementations across cloud-native services.

Ideal candidates bring 10+ years in software, 3+ years in AI/ML, hands-on experience with LLMs, and strong leadership.