AI Engineering Lead

Now Hiring: AI Engineering Lead | Remote / Hybrid
I’m partnering with an organization undergoing a major AI transformation within its Finance & Accounting technology organization and looking for an experienced AI Engineering Lead to serve as the senior technical leader for the team.
This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who can architect enterprise AI solutions, build agentic systems, mentor engineers, and help drive organization-wide AI adoption.
🔹 What You’ll Be Doing
Own the AI engineering roadmap across AI-assisted engineering, embedded AI solutions, and agentic systems
Design and establish architecture standards using Microsoft Copilot Studio, Power Platform, Azure AI Foundry, and Azure OpenAI
Design and deploy multi-agent AI workflows, including tool use, memory, planning, and orchestration
Mentor and develop a team of early-career AI engineers through pairing, design reviews, and progressive ownership
Lead technical design reviews, architecture decisions, POCs, and AI solution prototypes
Represent the engineering team in AI Center of Excellence and governance initiatives
Partner with Product, Security, Compliance, and Engineering teams on enterprise AI adoption
Evaluate emerging AI technologies and Microsoft platform releases
Provide technical direction to vendor/offshore AI delivery teams
Establish AI engineering best practices and standards
🔹 What We’re Looking For
8+ years of software engineering experience
3+ years focused on AI/ML engineering or enterprise AI solutions
Hands-on Microsoft Copilot Studio and Power Platform experience
Experience with Azure AI Foundry and/or Azure OpenAI Service
Strong knowledge of agentic AI, multi-agent orchestration, tool calling, memory, and planning
Proven experience mentoring and developing junior engineers
Experience integrating AI with ERP/enterprise systems using REST APIs and OData
Strong Python development skills
Excellent communication skills with the ability to present complex AI concepts to technical and executive audiences
⭐ Preferred
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations or similar ERP experience
Semantic Kernel, Microsoft Agent Framework (MAF), or LangChain
AI-102 Azure AI Engineer Associate or Azure Solutions Architect certification
AI Center of Excellence/governance experience
Finance, accounting, or supply chain technology background
Experience managing vendor/offshore engineering teams
📍 Location & Schedule
Hybrid preferred

• Tuesday & Wednesday in office
• Remote candidates will also be considered

Hours: 7:00 AM–4:00 PM EST
Flexible 8:00 AM–5:00 PM schedule available
40 hours/week | No overtime | No weekends
If you're an experienced AI engineering leader who enjoys building enterprise AI solutions while developing the next generation of AI engineers, I’d love to connect.
📩 Send me your resume or message me directly for more information.
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