AI Engineering Lead

The Plum Tree Group

3d•Remote

About The Position

CoPilot Innovations, a subsidiary of The Plumtree Group, is looking for an AI Engineering Lead to act as the technical authority across our engineering team. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who can build production-ready AI systems while coaching engineers, reviewing architectures, and setting strong engineering standards internally as well as across client accounts. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys building advanced AI systems while raising the technical standard of an entire engineering team. Apply if you’re excited to build impactful AI solutions and help shape the future of AI engineering at CoPilot Innovations.

Requirements

Strong hands-on experience with Python, LLM applications, RAG, agentic workflows, and AI microservices
Experience with tools such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, vector databases, PyTorch/TensorFlow, Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP
Understanding of MLOps/LLMOps, CI/CD, AI observability, latency, cost, and performance optimization
Proven experience mentoring or leading engineering teams
Strong communication skills and the ability to explain AI trade-offs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
5+ years in AI/ML engineering
2+ years leading or mentoring engineers

Responsibilities

Architect and ship end-to-end AI applications across GenAI, agentic AI, ML/DL including computer vision, and automation
Lead technical direction for AI projects across multiple accounts
Review solution architecture and ensure scalable, secure, enterprise-ready builds
Coach and mentor engineers through code reviews, 1:1s, and growth plans
Define best practices for AI-first software development, cloud deployment, and engineering quality