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Piper Companies · 22 hours ago

Lead Ai Engineer

positionRaleigh, NC
timeFull-time
remoteHybrid
seniorityLead/Staff
money$130K/yr - $175K/yr
date8+ years exp

Piper Companies is seeking a Lead AI Engineer to partner with executive technology leadership to build and scale an emerging intelligence function within a growing organization in the technology services industry. The Lead AI Engineer will drive the design, deployment, and integration of advanced AI capabilities across enterprise, mobile, and web platforms.

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Growth OpportunitiesbadNo H1BnoteU.S. Citizen Onlynote

Responsibilities

Partner with the CTO to launch and scale the Emerging Intelligence Group, defining mission, priorities, and early deliverables
Deliver AI-driven features across web, mobile, and enterprise platforms
Design, build, and deploy LLM-powered applications, RAG pipelines, and scalable APIs connecting model intelligence with real-world experiences
Collaborate with Product Engineering to integrate AI into employee- and client-facing systems
Serve as a technical liaison between data engineering, software engineering, and product management
Partner with Cybersecurity, Legal, and Infrastructure to establish AI governance, ethics, and transparency standards

Qualification

LLM / Generative AILangChainAWS servicesRAG architectureRESTful APIsFull stack engineeringCommunicatorEntrepreneurial mindset

Required

8+ years of combined software engineering and AI product development experience
Hands-on experience designing and deploying LLM / Generative AI solutions
Proficiency with LangChain, Hugging Face, LlamaIndex, or similar frameworks
Strong RAG architecture and vector database experience
Proficient in AWS services (Bedrock, Lambda, S3) and modern full‑stack development
Experience building and integrating RESTful APIs
Must have Full stack engineering experience
Excellent communicator with an entrepreneurial, 'startup‑within‑an‑enterprise' mindset
Must Be a US Citizen or GC

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), and PTO

Company

Piper Companies

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At Piper, we obsess about the success of our customers and consultants.
dateFounded in 2011
location
McLean, VA, US
people-size501-1000 employees
web-link
http://www.pipercompanies.com

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage

Leadership Team

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Justin Jordan
Founder and Chairman
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