Senior GenAI Systems Architect & AI Engineering Leader

Bain & Company; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 258,000 - 293,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

401(k) with employer contribution

Health insurance

Paid time off

Professional development

Job summary

Bain & Company is seeking an Expert Senior Manager / Associate Partner AI Engineer to architect, build, and scale next-generation generative AI systems for client engagements. You will sit at the intersection of advanced engineering, applied AI research, product strategy, and responsible AI governance.

You will own the full lifecycle—from research and experimentation to production deployment and ongoing optimization—guiding teams across engineering, product, data science, ethics, and client

Qualifications

• 8–12+ years in software engineering, ML engineering, or applied AI roles with significant hands-on building responsibilities.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex, multi-stack generative AI programs from conception through production.
• Strong executive communication skills with the ability to translate highly technical concepts to business stakeholders.
• Track record of leading engineering teams, mentoring technical talent, and collaborating with diverse cross-functional groups.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy end-to-end generative AI systems, including multi-agent workflows and production-grade AI applications.
• Architect multi-component pipelines, including Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and fine-tuning.
• Integrate reasoning, tool use, function calling, and orchestration across complex workflows.
• Engineer advanced agentic systems with scalable tool ecosystems and robust memory architecture.
• Lead research, model experimentation, evaluation design, and production deployment.
• Oversee API development, CI/CD pipelines, observability, and cloud-native deployment.

Skills

Leadership in AI/ML projects

Executive communication

Leading engineering teams

Client-facing consulting

Job description

Bain & Company is seeking an Expert Senior Manager / Associate Partner AI Engineer to architect, build, and scale next-generation generative AI systems for client engagements. You will sit at the intersection of advanced engineering, applied AI research, product strategy, and responsible AI governance.

You will own the full lifecycle—from research and experimentation to production deployment and ongoing optimization—guiding teams across engineering, product, data science, ethics, and client