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Lead AI Engineer

Posted One Month Ago
In-Office
2 Locations
119K-195K Annually
Senior level
In-Office
2 Locations
119K-195K Annually
Senior level
Lead AI Engineer to architect, develop, deploy, and support enterprise-scale agentic AI solutions using LLMs, RAG, model orchestration and secure APIs. Ensures security, governance, and compliance, collaborates cross-functionally, evaluates emerging technologies, contributes to AI roadmap, and mentors junior engineers to drive automation, efficiency, and improved customer experience.
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  • The employee serves as a Lead AI Engineer responsible for architecting, developing, deploying, and supporting enterprise-scale Agentic AI solutions.
  • In this role, they build and implement scalable AI systems using Large Language Models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines, model orchestration frameworks, Agentic frameworks, and secure API solutions. These systems automate Guardian’s business processes and improve decision-making.
  • They ensure AI solutions align with enterprise security, governance, and compliance requirements.
  •  The position requires advanced knowledge of machine learning engineering, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and various AI platforms.
  • They collaborate cross-functionally with data scientists, software engineers, infrastructure teams, product teams, and business partners to implement AI solutions that provide business value for Guardian.
  • The role also includes evaluating emerging technologies, contributing to enterprise AI roadmap, and mentoring junior engineers. His work directly impacts operational efficiency, customer experience, and enterprise automation capabilities.
  • The role also includes evaluating emerging technologies and building core AI capabilities pursuant to digital enterprise roadmap
  • In this role, employee also has to mentor junior engineers.
  • Work directly impacts process efficiency, client satisfaction, and corporate automation capabilities.

Salary Range:

$118,980.00 - $195,465.00

The salary range reflected above is a good faith estimate of base pay for the primary location of the position. The salary for this position ultimately will be determined based on the education, experience, knowledge, and abilities of the successful candidate. In addition to salary, this role may also be eligible for annual, sales, or other incentive compensation.


Our Promise


At Guardian, you’ll have the support and flexibility to achieve your professional and personal goals.  Through skill-building, leadership development and philanthropic opportunities, we provide opportunities to build communities and grow your career, surrounded by diverse colleagues with high ethical standards.


Inspire Well-Being


As part of Guardian’s Purpose – to inspire well-being – we are committed to offering contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources to our colleagues. Explore our company benefits at www.guardianlife.com/careers/corporate/benefits. Benefits apply to full-time eligible employees. Interns are not eligible for most Company benefits.


Equal Employment Opportunity


Guardian is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, marital status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.


Accommodations


Guardian is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. Guardian also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants (and employees) to accommodate the individual's known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless doing so would create an undue hardship. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact [email protected]. Please note: this resource is for accommodation requests only. For all other inquires related to your application and careers at Guardian, refer to the Guardian Careers site.


Visa Sponsorship


Guardian Life is not currently or in the foreseeable future sponsoring employment-based visas (e.g., such as an H-1B). In order to be a successful applicant, you must be legally authorized to work in the United States, without the need for employer sponsorship/support now or at any time in the future.


Notice Regarding Guardian’s Use of Artificial Intelligence in Recruitment

 

As part of Guardian’s job application process, Guardian may use artificial intelligence tools (“AI Tools") to automate the sorting and filtering of information provided by applicants as part of its preliminary screening. This preliminary screening may be used to help identify applicant materials and resumes relative to their indication that the applicant meets the requirements for the specific job for which they are applying, as specified in the listing posted on Guardian’s jobs website (Careers at Guardian at https://www.guardianlife.com/careers). At Guardian, we do not use AI Tools to substantially assist or replace human judgment or discretionary decision making in our hiring process. All hiring decisions will be made by Guardian colleagues.

 

Please be aware that if you apply for a specific position with Guardian, you will have the choice of opting out of Guardian’s use of AI Tools during the job application process. If you would like to request an alternative process that does not utilize AI Tools or would like to request a reasonable accommodation, within ten business days of your position application, you must email your request to [email protected], making sure to provide your name and job requisition identification number. Guardian will retain your applicant materials and resume and all information therefrom in accordance with Guardian’s document retention policy, a copy of which you may request via [email protected].


Additionally, at applicable times, Guardian will make public the most recent bias audit results for such AI tools, which may be found here. 


Current Guardian Colleagues: Please apply through the internal Jobs Hub in Workday.

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