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Alvarez & Marsal · 2 weeks ago

GenAI Engineering Lead/Architect

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Onsite

Lead/Staff

$180K/yr - $200K/yr

12+ years exp

Alvarez & Marsal is a global consulting firm dedicated to helping clients reach their potential. The GenAI Engineering Lead/Architect will be responsible for building and delivering the enterprise AI platform, leading the design, development, and delivery of GenAI capabilities while coordinating engineering teams both in the US and offshore.

ConsultingProfessional Services

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Lead the development of enterprise GenAI capabilities

Architect and build LLM-based applications (retrieval-augmented generation, fine-tuning, evaluation pipelines)

Integrate AI with structured/unstructured enterprise data (ERP, diligence docs, financials)

Deliver secure, cloud-native solutions across Azure

Coordinate US and offshore engineering teams, driving velocity and quality

Collaborate with consulting, finance, legal, and risk teams to embed AI in real workflows

Qualification

GenAI/LLM developmentPythonCloud-native developmentDistributed engineering leadershipAI frameworksAPIsKubernetesTerraformFinancial analysis knowledgeRapid experimentation

Required

12+ years in software and platform engineering, with 2–4 years in GenAI/LLM development

Strong coding skills in Python and experience with AI frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, Hugging Face, OpenAI APIs)

Experience with cloud-native development (Azure), APIs, and orchestration (Kubernetes, Terraform)

Proven ability to lead distributed engineering teams (onshore + offshore)

Knowledge of financial analysis, diligence, or risk workflows is a strong plus

Hands-on builder who thrives in rapid experimentation and scaling

Benefits

Healthcare plans

Flexible spending and savings accounts

Life, AD&D, and disability coverages

401(k) retirement savings plan

Paid time off including vacation

Personal days

Seventy-two (72) hours of sick time

Ten federal holidays

One floating holiday

Parental leave

Company

Alvarez & Marsal

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Alvarez & Marsal provides advisory services related to turnaround management and performance improvement.

Founded in 2003

New York, New York, USA

10001+ employees

http://www.alvarezandmarsal.com/

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