Lead Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Engineer

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Lead Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Engineer based in United States. This is a hands-on engineering leadership role focused on scaling teams and production-grade AI/ML and LLM systems. You will lead engineers across a central platform team and multiple delivery pods, helping teams move quickly while maintaining strong technical and quality standards. The role combines people leadership, engineering governance, AI architecture review, and day-to-day delivery support. You will help establish consistent approaches to agent quality, production readiness, code reviews, evaluation, and development practices. Working closely with platform leadership and a mix of internal and contractor engineers, you will remove blockers without creating unnecessary layers of approval. This is an opportunity to shape how AI engineering is delivered at scale in a fast-moving, collaborative environment.