Ovative Group · 1 week ago
Lead Engineer, AI & Business Intelligence
New York
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$111K/yr - $186K/yr
8+ years expOvative Group is an independent, full-funnel media, measurement, and creative firm. In this role, you will be the technical owner of Ovative’s AI Analytics Platform, leading the design and delivery of a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system and the supporting services required for its security, scalability, and usability across the business.
ConsultingConsumer GoodsLegalRetail
Responsibilities
Serve as the technical owner of Ovative’s RAG-based AI Analytics Platform, leading the system from initial design through production use
Partner closely with Product Management to translate ambiguous business questions into clear, feasible platform capabilities, framing options and tradeoffs (accuracy, latency, security, and cost) with clear connection to business outcomes
Design and build new platform components, including:
Document ingestion and storage services
Indexing and vector database capabilities
Semantic layer abstractions for governed analytics
Orchestration logic coordinating retrieval, SQL generation, and model interaction
Lead integrations with enterprise systems including:
Authentication and authorization (SSO, entitlements)
Knowledge sources (e.g., Confluence, internal file stores)
User interfaces and request channels (e.g., Slack, EMRge, BI tools)
Apply established RAG and AI analytics patterns to prevent hallucinations, enforce business logic, and ensure traceability of answers
Leverage and extend native solutions where appropriate, while defining clear system boundaries
Follow technical standards for AI safety, access control, observability, and cost management
Translate business questions into platform capabilities by partnering with Product and domain stakeholders
Break down complex platform initiatives into sequenced work that a small engineering team can execute effectively
Mentor other engineers by transferring context and patterns as the platform matures
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience in software engineering, data engineering, or applied analytics roles
Demonstrated experience designing and delivering RAG-based systems, search platforms, or AI-powered analytics applications in production
Experience working with embeddings, vector databases, and retrieval pipelines
Strong proficiency in Python and SQL, with experience building production data or platform services
Experience integrating multiple systems and tools (data platforms, document systems, authentication, user interfaces)
Experience utilizing large complex datasets in advanced AI models to surface insights and recommendations
Familiarity with cloud data platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure); experience with Databricks is strongly preferred
Strong communication skills and comfort leading technical discussions across disciplines
Experience partnering with Product Management and stakeholders to define platform capabilities, including communicating technical feasibility, constraints, and tradeoffs to non-technical audiences
Preferred
Experience operating AI systems in governed or compliance-sensitive environments
Experience building or extending semantic layers for analytics or BI
Experience integrating enterprise tools such as Confluence, Slack, or similar collaboration platforms
Exposure to recommendation systems, insight generation, or other applied AI use cases beyond Q&A
Benefits
Access to all office spaces in MSP, NYC, and CHI
Frequent, paid travel to our Minneapolis headquarters for company events, team events, and in-person collaboration with teams
Generous paid vacation policy
401k match program
Top-notch health insurance options, inclusive of same sex partners
Family formation benefits including reimbursement options for fertility, pregnancy, and parenting needs
Monthly stipend for your mobile phone and data plan
Sabbatical program
Charitable giving via our time and a financial match program
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Company
Ovative Group
Digital strategy consultants serving the retail and consumer packaged goods industry
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Dale Nitschke
CEO
Annie Zipfel
Executive Vice President of Media
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2025-02-26
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