Lead Generative AI Engineer-Player Coach

Job Title : -Lead Generative AI Engineer / Player-Coach

Purpose : Own our Generative AI technical vision. You will rapidly prototype and lead a dedicated team of two engineers to launch our company's first intelligent search and content automation systems.

Role Summary

We're looking for a hands-on Gen AI pioneer who can architect, code, and mentor. This is a "player-coach" role where you'll be building foundational systems while guiding your team. You will partner daily with product and engineering leadership to transform business goals into cutting-edge, shippable LLM-powered solutions .

Key Responsibilities

• Architect & Build RAG Systems : Design, develop, and deploy sophisticated Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems to power our next-generation search and discovery experience.
• Develop & Fine-Tune LLMs : Lead the development of advanced generative models for nuanced tasks like automated content creation, summarization, and metadata enrichment.
• Own the Gen AI Stack : Select, provision, and optimize our stack, leveraging managed services like Azure OpenAI or AWS Bedrock , or self-hosting models on GPU infrastructure. You will establish best practices for repo structure, CI / CD, and model / prompt versioning.
• Implement LLMOps : Embed robust observability using tools like OpenTelemetry and Prometheus. This includes tracking standard metrics (latency, cost, accuracy) and specialized monitoring for hallucination, toxicity, and data drift .
• Lead & Mentor : Hire, coach, and develop ML talent. Set the standard for high-quality code, rigorous experimentation, and rapid iteration within the Gen AI domain.

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