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This role is NOT people-management focused - you will actively write production grade code, build models, architect ML platforms, and collaborate closely with cross functional engineering, product, and domain teams.\n\n What You'll Do: \n\nWe are currently seeking an experienced AI Architect who will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to develop and deploy AI-powered features and tools that optimize employee experiences and drive business outcomes.\n\nAs an AI/ML Arch, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and deploying machine learning models and AI applications that solve complex business problems.\nExpert in Designing and developing search and chat applications that utilize Agentic AI.\nDesign and develop AI paved paths for the Alight engineering organization.\nExperiment to evaluate application performance, including designing experiments to evaluate the performance of machine learning models, and then analyze and interpret the results to improve model performance.\nStay up to date with new tools and technologies and evaluating their potential impact on the business.\nWork with stakeholders to develop and tune algorithms to address business needs. You should be able to effectively communicate your ideas in non-technical terms to help educate business partners\nEvaluate, fine-tune, and deploy LLMs and foundation models; implement RAG, guardrails, and prompt engineering best practices (conversant with Github Copilot).\nConversant with LLM security practices - Secure model deployment, Input validation, Data verification (guardrails) etc.\nWrite production quality Python code for:\n\nFeature Engineering\nModel evaluation\nInterface services (APIs)\n\nConversant with Spring AI - building MCPs, tools, pre-plugin and post-plugin etc.\nBuild high performant Ingestion pipelines.\nExpertise across cloud (AWS), data engineering, ML/GenAI and data ingestion techniques\nWork with CI/CD pipelines (Github Actions, Gitlab, Jenkins)\nMentor engineers on ML best practices (without direct people management)\nCollaborate on a high-performing, agile team with a global presence\n\n What You'll Need: \n\nOverall, 8 -10 years of experience into Data Engineering, Ingestion, AI ML / Gen AI related projects.\nSpecifically, AI / Gen AI / ML project(s) with 5+ years of experience\nMaster's degree with preferred concentrations in Computer Science, Data Science, Math, Actuarial Science, Engineering, or related field.\nExperience writing in Python or Spark (ScalaSpark or PySpark) and with popular machine learning libraries such as TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch, and conversant with JAVA (Spring AI)\nConversant with Spring boot services\nAI/ML architects should have experience with data preparation and data engineering tasks such as data cleaning, feature engineering, and data transformation\nKnowledge of deep learning architectures and techniques, such as convolutional neural networks (CNNs), recurrent neural networks (RNNs), and reinforcement learning.\nFamiliarity with AWS data and data science tools including SageMaker, Glue, Lambdas, etc.\nExperience in Agile and DevOps development process\nMust be able to clearly communicate complex technical concepts to a non-technical audience\n\nApplication and Interview\n\nBy applying for a position with Alight, you understand that, should you be made an offer, it will be contingent on your undergoing and successfully completing a background check consistent with Alight's employment policies. Background checks may include some or all the following based on the nature of the position: Government ID validation , education verification, employment verification, and criminal check, search against global sanctions and government watch lists, credit check, and/or drug test. You will be notified during the hiring process which checks are required by the position.\n\nAlight requires all virtual interviews to be conducted on video. Please be aware that Alight is a camera-on culture and may require occasional travel to one of our physical office locations.\n\nOur commitment to Inclusion\n\nWe celebrate differences and believe in fostering an environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported. 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