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# Director, Engineering Lead - GenAI DevAssist Tools and Infrastructure

- **Company:** Fmr LLC
- **Location:** Durham, NC, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Continuous Integration, Programming Tools, Distributed Systems, Reliability Engineering, Large Language Models, AI Platforms
- **Published:** May 16, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=7307f1dfc1acf085

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Team management?, * Strong background in platform engineering, distributed systems, or developer tooling

 * Proven experience operating production platforms at scale
 * Hands-on experience with cloud-native systems, APIs, CI/CD, and observability
 * Practical exposure to GenAI or AI-powered systems
 * An inquisitive, collaborative mindset with experience managing and mentoring engineers

## Description

We are seeking an Engineering Lead to build, run, and scale GenAI-powered developer assistance platforms. This is a hands-on leadership role combining deep technical execution, platform ownership at scale, applied AI experience, and people management. Key responsibilities include:

 * Design, build, and operate GenAI DevAssist tools and infrastructure including copilots, agents, APIs, and SDKs
 * Remain hands-on by contributing code, reviewing pull requests, prototyping solutions, and resolving production issues
 * Own scalability, reliability, security, observability, and cost efficiency of AI platforms
 * Establish standards for token efficiency, caching, context management, and guardrails
 * Apply practical experience with LLMs, embeddings, agents, and tool-calling frameworks
 * Evaluate and integrate models with a focus on performance, cost, and intent fidelity
 * Drive responsible AI practices including evaluation, safety, and governance
 * Lead, coach, and develop a team of engineers delivering GenAI platforms
 * Set clear technical direction, priorities, and expectations
 * Support hiring, onboarding, performance development, and career growth
 * Foster a culture of curiosity, collaboration, accountability, and continuous learning
 * Partner closely with product, security, SRE, UX, finance, and legal teams
 * Act as a trusted technical leader for teams adopting GenAI DevAssist capabilities


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