Sr Lead Software Engineer - Java, Python, AI/ML

What you'll do

• Lead a local engineering and applied AI/ML team, providing technical direction and driving adoption of approved AI-assisted engineering practices.
• Architect, develop, review, and debug secure production software using Java or Python, integrating AI/ML techniques where appropriate.
• Design, validate, and productionize scalable AI/ML solutions and promote measurable standards for secure coding, testing, and AI-output validation.

What they ask for

• Formal training or certification in software engineering concepts.
• Advanced proficiency in Java or Python and strong software engineering, system design, testing, and operational stability skills.
• Experience integrating AI/ML techniques into software systems, including LLMs, Generative AI, NLP, RAG, AI evals, and coding assistants.
• Experience leading enterprise-authorized AI-assisted software development and setting expectations for validating outputs for correctness, performance, and security.

Nice to have

• AWS Solutions Architect Associate or Professional certification.
• In-depth knowledge of financial services and its IT systems.

Pay

Jersey City,NJ $175,750.00-$260,000.00 USD base salary

Tools

Java, Python, LangChain, LangGraph, Auto-GPT, TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-Learn

AI focus

Applies AI/ML and authorized AI-assisted tools to software engineering workflows; integrates LLMs, Generative AI, NLP, and RAG into software systems, and designs, validates, and productionizes AI/ML solutions. The role applies AI solutions rather than building AI models.