Lowe's

Lead AI Engineer - AI Platform

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1 day ago
Charlotte, NC, USAStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development and evolution of a scalable, reliable AI platform with reusable APIs and support for diverse AI models.
  • Architect and implement tools and frameworks for ML experimentation, model deployment, and production AI capabilities.
  • Manage GPU and CPU compute resources for model performance, cost efficiency, capacity planning, and utilization.
  • Design and operate data movement strategies and pipelines supporting model training, evaluation, inference, and feedback loops.
  • Lead LLM and agentic AI engineering, including RAG, tool and MCP integration, agent orchestration, structured outputs, context engineering, guardrails, evaluation, and observability.
  • Establish MLOps and LLMOps standards for experimentation, deployment, versioning, monitoring, drift and quality evaluation, incident response, and rollback.
  • Drive security, governance, responsible AI, data integrity, access controls, compliance, and model risk management.
  • Provide technical leadership through architecture reviews, mentoring, cross-functional influence, roadmap development, documentation, testing, and validation.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or a related field, or equivalent years of experience in lieu of the education requirement where applicable.
  • Six years of experience executing and deploying data science, machine learning, and deep learning; ML platform engineering; MLOps tools; and ML frameworks.
  • Six years of programming experience in Java and/or Python.
  • Four years of experience working with cross-functional partners.
  • Preferred: master’s degree in a relevant STEM, statistics, economics, data science, information science, or quantitative analytics field.
  • Preferred: five years of experience with SQL and NoSQL databases, the Hadoop ecosystem, Druid, Trino, BigQuery, and Google Vertex AI.
  • Preferred: six years of Python programming experience and at least three years of AI technology experience outside educational training.

Benefits

  • 401(k) with up to 4.25% match.
  • Discounted Employee Stock Purchase Plan with a 15% discount of strike price.
  • Tuition-free education.
  • 10-week maternity/parental leave.
  • 10% associate discount.
  • Relocation to Lowe’s Charlotte, North Carolina Tech Hub is required, with in-office work five days per week.

Tech Stack

Apache HadoopGoogle BigQueryJavaPythonSQL
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About Lowe's

10,000+ employees

Lowe's is a U.S. home improvement retailer selling building materials, appliances, tools, and installation services to homeowners, renters, and professional contractors through stores and e-commerce. Founded in 1921 and headquartered in Mooresville, North Carolina, it trades on the NYSE as LOW and operates more than 2,200 stores, serving roughly 20 million customers each week.

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