Director Software Engineering - Agentic AI

UL Solutions-posted 2 months ago
Full-time • Senior
Hybrid • Northbrook, IL
5,001-10,000 employees
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
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Join UL Solutions as Director of Software Engineering, Agentic AI - AI Center of Excellence. We're building the future of intelligent software-and we need a visionary leader to drive it. As Director of Software Engineering, you'll spearhead the creation of our AI Center of Excellence, powering the next-generation of our ULTRUS platform with Agentic AI, machine learning, and intelligent automation. This is your chance to shape strategy, architect scalable AI systems, and lead a world-class team transforming how customers interact with our SaaS solutions. You'll collaborate across product, engineering, and business to deliver AI innovations that unlock new value from our data ecosystem and accelerate growth. If you're a bold, technically accomplished leader with a passion for building AI-powered platforms that make a real impact-this is your moment.

  • Define and lead the AI strategy for our SaaS products and ULTRUS platform, ensuring alignment with business goals and customer value.
  • Define and drive the technical roadmap for Agentic AI and platform development.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product, Sales, Software Engineering, and global technology to align engineering priorities with business goals.
  • Partner with Business and sales leaders on customer discovery and demonstrate AI thought leadership to win customer deals.
  • Foster a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and continuous learning across engineering teams.
  • Assume the role of AI technical expert in leading the architecting and development of scalable and secure AI infrastructure driving AI usage with seamless integration across our SaaS products and ULTRUS platform.
  • Drive execution of multiple AI initiatives annually, including intelligent data extraction and classification, workflow and task automation, generative content and insights, AI-assisted onboarding and customer support, and research acceleration through intelligent agents.
  • Deploy AI solutions and leverage metrics to support predictions, recommendations, search, and data extraction strategies.
  • Lead the design and implementation of Agentic AI models and algorithms, including evolving strategies and optimization techniques.
  • Understand ethical implications of AI and ensure team develops responsible and fair solutions and systems for customers and ULS.
  • Evaluate the technical feasibility of projects, make informed architectural decisions, and troubleshoot complex technical issues.
  • Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing team of software and data engineers, ML Ops and AI specialists with strong cross-functional collaboration.
  • Collaborate with the AI team, software engineering and product teams to translate business needs into technical deliverables for AI team.
  • Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
  • Manage resource allocation, performance reviews, and career development.
  • Oversee project timelines, budgets, deliverables and mitigate risks.
  • Implement metrics to measure system performance, reliability, and scalability.
  • Ensure compliance with data privacy, security, and ethical AI standards.
  • Ensure engineering best practices in software development, testing, and deployment in delivery of AI solutions.
  • Work with legal team and AI committee to facilitate AI use case approval and compliance with ULS AI policy.
  • Translate complex concepts into clear, actionable insights that align with strategic goals.
  • Articulate the value and limitations of AI projects to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Understand the markets we play in and our competitors, collaborate with product and innovation leaders on AI opportunities to create differentiated value for customer and business.
  • Build and nurture a technically sophisticated AI user community around the ULTRUS platform.
  • Develop resources, documentation, and engagement strategies to support external developers, researchers, and partners.
  • Host technical forums, webinars, and workshops to share knowledge and gather feedback.
  • Encourage open-source contributions and foster collaboration across the AI ecosystem.
  • University Degree (Equivalent to Bachelor's degree) in Computer Science or a related discipline.
  • Generally, 15 Years or more of related discipline experience or demonstrated competency including 10 Years or more of relevant management/leadership experience.
  • Proven expertise in software development, with a strong focus on AL/ML technologies, such as Agentic AI, Generative AI, machine learning concepts, deep learning, predictive learning data engineering concepts, MLOps, CI/CD pipelines, and DevSecOps practices.
  • Understanding cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure), microservices architecture, platform engineering, and how to scale AI applications.
  • Demonstrated experience in building and engaging technical communities.
  • Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder (both technical and non-technical) management skills.
  • Experience in regulatory and sustainability industries is a plus.
  • Prior experience successfully leading in a matrixed organizational structure.
  • Outstanding motivational and coaching abilities; a team builder and leader; ability to inspire an organization to reach superior levels of performance.
  • Innovative and resourceful problem solver with a strong entrepreneurial mindset.
  • Proven ability to be firm and decisive in addressing difficult issues and can operate effectively in fast paced and demanding environments.
  • Deep understanding of AI data policy, governance, and ethical risk-ensuring models are built responsibly, with attention to fairness, transparency, and bias mitigation.
  • Deep expertise in building and scaling AI-powered SaaS applications that deliver measurable business impact.
  • Contributions to open-source AI projects or published research in Agentic AI, preferred.
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