> Markdown version of [/jobs/ext/2692157-lead-artificial-intelligence-machine-learning-engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/jobs/ext/2692157-lead-artificial-intelligence-machine-learning-engineer). Every page supports `.md` or `Accept: text/markdown`. Links point to the HTML versions so they work for humans too. Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Lead Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Engineer - **Company:** Ciklum, Inc. - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning - **Published:** September 3, 2026 - **Apply:** https://ialmme.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/ciklum-career/jobs/preview/4435 ## About the Role * 8+ years engineering, 3+ managing engineers who ship AI/ML or LLM systems in production * Has managed blended teams (contractors + employees) and held a quality bar across them * Hands-on enough to review agent architectures, prompts, and eval suites credibly * Operates in a flat, fast structure - player-coach comfortable, empire-averse Nice to have * Healthcare or regulated-industry delivery; experience scaling a team from <10 to 30+ ## Description Leads AI/ML engineering teams across platform and delivery pods, managing employees and contractors while enforcing code, agent, review, and production-readiness standards. Partners on reusable templates, pipelines, and evaluation processes, ensures adoption across teams, manages contractor performance and conversion, and removes delivery blockers. The role requires hands-on credibility reviewing agent architectures, prompts, and evaluation suites, with experience operating as a player-coach in fast-moving organizations., As a Lead Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Engineer, become a part of a cross-functional development team engineering experiences of tomorrow., * Manage engineers across the central platform team and delivery pods (mix of contractors and internal engineers) * Own engineering standards: code and agent quality, review practices, definition of done, production readiness * Own contractor performance and the conversion pipeline with the sourcing partner * Partner with the platform lead on the paved path - templates, pipeline, evals - and make every pod use it * Unblock delivery daily; keep pods shipping without becoming a gatekeeper, * Growth focus: Take on large-scale projects with a global impact and expand your expertise * Tailored learning: Boost your skills with internal events (meetups, conferences, workshops), Udemy access, language courses, and company-paid certifications * Endless opportunities: Explore diverse domains through internal mobility, finding the best fit to gain hands-on experience with cutting-edge technologies * Care: Healthcare, Basic Life Insurance, Short and Long-term disability insurance according to the Company's Benefit Plans ## Related Videos - [Agentic employees in world's most downloaded FinTech app](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100123-agentic-employees-in-world-s-most-downloaded-fintech-app) - [Introduction to Azure Machine Learning](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/368-introduction-to-azure-machine-learning) - [Edit Your Future: Queerverse Radical AI](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/909-edit-your-future-queerverse-radical-ai) - [AI is dead, long live AK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1093-ai-is-dead-long-live-ak) - [AI Killed DevOps... What Now? - Lee Faus](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1759-ai-killed-devops-what-now-lee-faus) - [What non-automotive Machine Learning projects can learn from automotive Machine Learning projects](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/397-what-non-automotive-machine-learning-projects-can-learn-from-automotive-machine-learning-projects) ## Related Articles - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [What Are Large Language Models?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/304-what-are-large-language-models) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [Never delegate the understanding](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/749-never-delegate-the-understanding) - [MLOps And AI Driven Development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/82-mlops-and-ai-driven-development) - [MLOps – What’s the deal behind it?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/125-mlops-what-s-the-deal-behind-it)