2 months ago
Base Salary
$185k - $217k/yr
Responsibilities
- Define technical strategy and architect scalable AI/ML platforms and solutions with stakeholders.
- Own the end-to-end architecture, development, deployment, scalability, reliability, and security of AI/ML systems.
- Lead development, evaluation, fine-tuning, and monitoring of production-grade AI/ML models, including LLMs and RAG architectures.
- Design and standardize GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines and Terraform infrastructure-as-code deployments.
- Monitor system health, lead critical incident response, and refactor architectures to remove bottlenecks.
- Mentor L1/L2 engineers, conduct code reviews, and establish engineering standards and best practices.
- Evaluate emerging AI technologies and vendors and prototype new approaches.
- Lead technical discussions with non-technical stakeholders and drive consensus.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience as an AI/ML Engineer, Data Scientist, or Software Engineer focused heavily on production ML systems.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field; a Master’s or PhD in AI/ML is preferred.
- Proven experience taking AI solutions from concept to high-scale production using Python, Java, Go, or C#.
- Deep experience with generative AI, prompting strategies, RAG, fine-tuning, and agentic workflows.
- Strong distributed-systems and microservices architecture skills for model serving.
- Expert Python proficiency preferred, or proficiency in Java, Go, or C#.
- Deep knowledge of PyTorch, TensorFlow, Scikit-learn, LangChain, LlamaIndex, and vLLM.
- Advanced understanding of MLOps, feature stores, and model monitoring.
- Strong probability, statistics, and linear algebra knowledge.
- Hands-on Kubernetes and cloud-platform experience, preferably AWS.
- Strong Terraform and CI/CD knowledge.
- Strong data engineering skills involving SQL, NoSQL, data lakes, and processing pipelines.
- Financial or fintech industry experience is a plus.
Benefits
- Remote work is available, but candidates must reside within 30 miles of Portland, ME; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; San Jose, CA; or Seattle, WA.
- Benefits include health, dental, and vision insurance, retirement savings, paid time off, health savings and flexible spending accounts, life and disability insurance, tuition reimbursement, and additional benefits.
- Non-sales roles are typically eligible for a quarterly or annual bonus under the applicable plan.
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About WEX
WEX is a public financial technology company that provides corporate payment solutions to fleets, healthcare/benefits administrators, and travel businesses. Its products include fuel and mobility cards, virtual card payments, and platforms for HSAs/FSAs/HRAs, with revenue from payment processing and software/service fees. Founded in 1983 and headquartered in Portland, Maine, WEX trades on the NYSE under WEX and was formerly known as Wright Express.