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GenAI Engineering Lead/Architect

Alvarez & Marsal
Chicago, IL Full Time
POSTED ON 12/25/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/31/2026
Description

GenAI Engineering Lead/Architect

About Alvarez & Marsal

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a global consulting firm with over 10,000 entrepreneurial, action and results-oriented professionals in over 40 countries. We take a hands-on approach to solving our clients' problems and assisting them in reaching their potential. Our culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who positively impact our clients and shape our industry. The collaborative environment and engaging work—guided by A&M's core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity—are why our people love working at A&M.

The Team

We are seeking a GenAI Engineering Lead / Architect to build and deliver our enterprise AI platform.You will turn the product roadmap into working solutions, leading the design, development, and delivery of GenAI capabilities while coordinating US and offshore engineering teams.

This is a hands-on leadership role: you will architect systems, write and review code, and ensure scalable, secure, and reliable delivery of AI-driven applications.

How You Will Contribute

  • Lead the development of enterprise GenAI capabilities
  • Architect and build LLM-based applications (retrieval-augmented generation, fine-tuning, evaluation pipelines).
  • Integrate AI with structured/unstructured enterprise data (ERP, diligence docs, financials).
  • Deliver secure, cloud-native solutions across Azure.
  • Coordinate US and offshore engineering teams, driving velocity and quality.
  • Collaborate with consulting, finance, legal, and risk teams to embed AI in real workflows.


Qualifications

  • 12 years in software and platform engineering, with 2–4 years in GenAI/LLM development.
  • Strong coding skills in Python and experience with AI frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, Hugging Face, OpenAI APIs).
  • Experience with cloud-native development (Azure), APIs, and orchestration (Kubernetes, Terraform).
  • Proven ability to lead distributed engineering teams (onshore offshore).
  • Knowledge of financial analysis, diligence, or risk workflows is a strong plus.
  • Hands-on builder who thrives in rapid experimentation and scaling.


Your journey at A&M

We recognize that our people are the driving force behind our success, which is why we prioritize an employee experience that fosters each person’s unique professional and personal development. Our robust performance development process promotes continuous learning, rewards your contributions, and fosters a culture of meritocracy. With top-notch training and on-the-job learning opportunities, you can acquire new skills and advance your career.

We prioritize your well-being, providing benefits and resources to support you on your personal journey. Our people consistently highlight the growth opportunities, our unique, entrepreneurial culture, and the fun we have together as their favorite aspects of working at A&M. The possibilities are endless for high-performing and passionate professionals.

Regular employees working 30 or more hours per week are also entitled to participate in Alvarez & Marsal Holdings’ fringe benefits consisting of healthcare plans, flexible spending and savings accounts, life, AD&D, and disability coverages at rates determined periodically as well as a 401(k) retirement savings plan. Provided the eligibility requirements are met, employees will also receive an annual discretionary contribution to their 401(k) retirement savings plan from Alvarez & Marsal. Additionally, employees are eligible for paid time off including vacation, personal days, seventy-two (72) hours of sick time (prorated for part time employees), ten federal holidays, one floating holiday, and parental leave. The amount of vacation and personal days available varies based on tenure and role type. Click here for more information regarding A&M’s benefits programs.

The salary range is $180,000 - $200,000 annually, dependent on several variables including but not limited to education, experience, skills, and geography. In addition, A&M offers a discretionary bonus program which is based on a number of factors, including individual and firm performance.  Please ask your recruiter for details.

Inclusive Diversity

A&M’s entrepreneurial culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who can positively impact our clients and shape our industry. The collaborative environment and engaging work—guided by A&M’s core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity—are the main reasons our people love working at A&M. Inclusive Diversity means we embrace diversity, and we foster inclusiveness, encouraging everyone to bring their whole self to work each day. It runs through how we recruit, develop employees, conduct business, support clients, and partner with vendors. It is the A&M way.

Equal Opportunity Employer

It is Alvarez & Marsal’s practice to provide and promote equal opportunity in employment, compensation, and other terms and conditions of employment without discrimination because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, sex or gender, gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, family medical history, genetic information or other protected medical condition, political affiliation, or any other characteristic protected by and in accordance with applicable laws. Employees and Applicants can find A&M policy statements and additional information by region here.

Unsolicited Resumes from Third-Party Recruiters

Please note that as per A&M policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters are engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that A&M will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.

Salary : $180,000 - $200,000

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