Lead AI Engineer
Lead AI Engineer
$180,000–$230,000 / Year
Location
San Francisco, California, USA
Experience
—
Posted
Jul 14, 2026
Apply by
August 14, 2026
Applicants
0
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Lead ML/AI projects end-to-end and mentor engineering teams
- Serve as primary AI technical advisor to senior client stakeholders
- Define AI roadmaps and architect enterprise-grade AI solutions
- Gather and clarify requirements, manage scope, and build long-term client trust
- Design, develop, deploy, and operationalize business-critical AI solutions
- Build production-grade applications using Agentic AI frameworks
- Develop and deploy generative AI applications including text, conversational, and image synthesis
- Define MLOps standards, best practices, and deployment pipelines for the team
- Present complex technical concepts and trade-offs to executive audiences
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in machine learning engineering and AI development
- 2+ years in a technical lead or team lead capacity
- Proven experience leading ML/AI projects end-to-end and mentoring engineers
- Client-facing or consulting experience managing senior stakeholders
- Strong stakeholder-management and communication skills
- Deep expertise in ML algorithms: supervised/unsupervised learning, deep learning, reinforcement learning
- Solid experience in NLP including language models, text generation, and sentiment analysis
- Proven understanding of generative AI concepts: text/image/audio synthesis, diffusion models, transformers
- Expertise in Agentic AI and hands-on experience with frameworks such as LangGraph, ADK, or Autogen
- Strong experience in MLOps and ML model deployment pipelines
- Proficiency in Python and ML frameworks such as TensorFlow and PyTorch
Skills Required
App exclusive · Free
Smart Job AI Coach
Your personal interview coach on every job — readiness tips, profile improvements, and role-specific prep. Available only in the Pulse Job app.
Interview readiness
See how prepared you are and what to improve for each role.
Personalized tips
Actionable suggestions based on your profile and the job.
After you apply
Keep coaching momentum from job detail through application success.
Similar roles for you
Matched using this role's title and skills. Open the job search anytime to see every listing.
AI/ML Engineer Intern
Kreeda Labs
₹10,000–₹20,000 / Month
Gen AI Technical Lead
Cynet Corp
₹22,00,000–₹35,00,000 / Year
AI/ML Lead
Kody Technolab Ltd.
₹25,00,000–₹40,00,000 / Year
AI/ML Engineer
Nexuslink Services India Pvt. Ltd.
₹25,000–₹40,000 / Month
AI Engineer
Chicmic Studios
₹7,00,000–₹18,00,000 / Year
AI/ML Backend Engineer
Bellcom Technologies Private Limited
₹12,00,000–₹20,00,000 / Year