VP, Implementation Engineer (Remote - EST Hours)

Arch Capital Group Ltd.; North Carolina; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Multiple medical plans

401(k) with generous matching

PTO starting at 20 days per year

Paid Volunteer Time Off

Job summary

Arch Capital Group Ltd. is looking for a leader for their implementation engineering function to oversee the delivery of AI/ML systems. This role involves working closely with data scientists and engineers to turn AI models into reliable products.

Candidates must have 10+ years in software engineering, with strong people leadership skills. A competitive compensation package, including a base salary ranging from $180,000 to $240,000, is offered depending on experience and location.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering and/or automation engineering experience.
• 8+ years of people leadership experience.
• Demonstrated experience building production‑grade AI/ML systems.

Responsibilities

• Translate AI strategy into scalable engineering execution.
• Architect and govern AI/ML system designs.
• Productionize AI/ML solutions into stable applications.

Skills

Software engineering experience

People leadership

Problem solving

Communication and influence

Education

College degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Azure

AWS

Job description

This role leads the implementation engineering (IE) function and owns the engineering practices, tooling, architectures and delivery pipelines that turn AI/ML models into reliable, scalable products — partnering closely with data scientists, data engineers, automation engineers, data visualization engineers, and platform teams.

Location: This role may sit remotely; being located near an Arch office is preferred but not required.

Key Responsibilities

• Translate AI strategy into scalable engineering execution - ensuring AI systems are safe, observable, cost‑effective, compliant, and aligned with product and business outcomes.
• Architect and govern AI/ML system designs including multi‑agent flows, complex orchestrations, RAG, classical ML services and hybrid architectures.
• Productionize AI/ML solutions into stable, low‑latency, compliant, scalable applications.
• Build, lead, and develop a multi‑team AI/ML engineering organization—including managers and senior engineers—setting technical standards and a culture of rigorous, maintainable delivery.
• Drive organization‑wide alignment by influencing senior executives, peer engineering leaders, and product leaders; resolve prioritization conflicts and clarify accountability boundaries.
• AI/ML Lifecycle Ownership: spearhead the AI/ML Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) balancing rapid experimentation with scalable, production‑grade engineering standards.
• Establish robust practices for versioning, deployment, CI/CD pipelines, logging, and automated rollback strategies.
• Build and operate observability, monitoring, and alerting systems to track model drift, latency, throughput, and cloud computing cost governance.

Required Skills / Experience

• 10+ years of software engineering and/or automation engineering experience.
• 8+ years of people leadership experience, including leading other managers and leaders.
• Demonstrated experience building production‑grade AI and/or ML systems.
• Resilient problem solving - comfortable with ambiguous problems.
• Exceptional communication and influence; able to operate across teams.

Desired Skills / Experience

• P&C insurance domain familiarity – underwriting, claims, or submission lifecycle.
• Experience with complex orchestrations and microservice designs.
• Cloud experience in Azure (preferred for our stack) and/or AWS; familiarity with private endpoints and enterprise‑grade safeguards.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams (onshore + offshore) for technology delivery.

Education

• College degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Analytics, or equivalent practical experience.

The base salary range for this position is:

• Zone 1: $180,000 – $210,000 per year
• Zone 2: $180,000 – $240,000 per year
• Zone 3: $200,000 – $270,000 per year

Total individual compensation (base salary, short & long‑term incentives) will be based on factors including geographic location, scope, qualifications, and business needs. The above pay range may be modified in the future.

Arch offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes multiple medical plans plus dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage; a competitive 401(k) with generous matching; PTO starting at 20 days per year; up to 12 paid company holidays per year plus 2 paid Volunteer Time Off days; basic life and AD&D insurance, short and long‑term disability; paid parental leave up to 10 weeks; student loan assistance and tuition reimbursement, backup child and elder care, and more.