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AI/ML Lead Engineer - W2 Position

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Minneapolis, MN Full Time
POSTED ON 5/8/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/6/2026
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AI / ML Lead Engineer Hybrid 4 days/week Minneapolis, MN 12mo Contract W2 Position

Role Summary

This role leads the technical execution of AI delivery while remaining deeply handson.

The lead ensures the team builds solutions that are scalable, secure, and productionready.

Business Challenge This Role Solves

Accelerates delivery on a greenfield AI program

Reduces technical risk and rework

Aligns business needs with technical execution

Core Responsibilities

Design endtoend AI solutions from requirements to production

Mentor and guide AI/ML engineers on best practices

Break business problems into executable technical work

Review architecture, code, and deployment approaches

Partner closely with business stakeholders and program leadership

Ensure AI solutions meet security, compliance, and reliability standards

Required Technical Experience

7 to 10 years of software engineering experience

Proven delivery of AI solutions into production environments

Experience leading or mentoring engineers

Strong background in cloud, APIs, and enterprise systems

Comfortable working directly with business partners

Top Skills

Endtoend AI solution architecture

Technical leadership and mentorship

Production deployment

Communication and collaboration

Additional Technical Skills

Sprint planning and estimation

Risk assessment and mitigation

Documentation and standards definition

Stakeholder management

Top Skills Details

  • EndtoEnd AI Solution Design: Designing AI solutions from business requirements, Defining architecture, patterns, and standards, Evaluating tradeoffs between speed, risk, and scale
  • Deep Production Experience: Proven experience deploying AI into enterprise environments, Understanding operational risks and mitigations, Knowing what breaks in production and why
  • Technical Leadership and Mentorship: Guiding engineers on architecture and implementation, Reviewing designs and code, Helping engineers ramp up on deployment practices
  • Business Communication: Translating business problems into technical plans, Explaining AI behavior to nontechnical stakeholders, Aligning delivery with business priorities
  • Experience deploying production ready solutions in financial services or similar highly regulated industry

Interview Information

1: Hiring manager screen

2: Technical interview (handson or scenariobased), Deep technical panel with engineers,

  • Optional coding round if needed

Focus is on:

Realworld problem solving

Production experience

Ability to explain AI decisions clearly

Business Challenge

Ensures AI solutions are scalable, reliable, and aligned to business priorities. Accelerates adoption while reducing risk and rework.

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