Senior ML Architect — Greenfield AI Platforms

Fitch Group, Inc.; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Fitch Group, Chicago-based, seeks a Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Associate Director) to architect AI innovation platforms at scale. You will lead hands-on ML work while mentoring engineers and shaping governance and standards across the organization.

Join a bold initiative to build agentic AI, automate complex credit analysis, and deliver production-ready ML systems with enterprise-grade infrastructure and collaboration with product teams.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of production AI/ML experience.
• Proven ability to design scalable ML systems from scratch.
• Expertise with generative AI and agentic architectures.
• Bachelor's degree in ML, CS, DS, Applied Math, or related field.
• Strong collaboration and leadership with cross-functional teams.
• Excellent communication of complex ML concepts.

Responsibilities

• Architect and lead greenfield ML platforms for enterprise use.
• Mentor engineers and drive engineering best practices.
• Partner with product and business stakeholders to translate ideas into production systems.

Skills

Python

Deep Learning

ML Architecture

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in ML/CS/DS/Applied Math or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes/AWS EKS

Airflow

AWS

Azure

FastAPI

PyTorch

Job description

Fitch Group, Chicago-based, seeks a Senior Machine Learning Engineer (Associate Director) to architect AI innovation platforms at scale. You will lead hands-on ML work while mentoring engineers and shaping governance and standards across the organization.

Join a bold initiative to build agentic AI, automate complex credit analysis, and deliver production-ready ML systems with enterprise-grade infrastructure and collaboration with product teams.