Piper Companies · 21 hours ago
Lead Ai Engineer
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.
Management Consulting
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
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