Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Neilson Financial Services is seeking a talented Staff Software Engineer for their AI Center of Excellence to lead a new engineering team focused on enterprise software development. This role involves hands-on development, guiding modernization strategies, and establishing best practices for AI-assisted software development across the organization.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the technical leader for the AI Center of Excellence, establishing engineering patterns, frameworks, and best practices that enable AI-assisted software development across the organization
- Design and implement scalable multi-agent AI harnesses and developer workflows that accelerate software delivery while maintaining security, reliability, and governance
- Partner with engineering teams to modernize existing applications and guide the adoption of AI-driven development practices across multiple product domains
- Architect cloud-native solutions leveraging Azure, AWS, infrastructure-as-code, and modern DevOps practices to support enterprise-scale software delivery
- Evaluate emerging AI tooling, local and hosted LLMs, inference frameworks, SDKs, and orchestration technologies, recommending solutions that align with business objectives
- Establish reusable engineering standards, reference implementations, and technical frameworks that enable teams to build AI-powered applications consistently
- Mentor engineers across the organization, acting as a trusted technical advisor while helping teams adopt modern software engineering and AI development practices
- Collaborate closely with product, infrastructure, security, and architecture teams to ensure AI solutions meet enterprise standards for scalability, compliance, and operational excellence
- Drive proof-of-concepts through production deployment, demonstrating measurable improvements in developer productivity and software delivery
- Build and lead a small team of engineers as the AI Center of Excellence grows
Skills
- Demonstrated expertise in designing and delivering complex software systems in modern cloud environments
- Deep experience building production software using Python and at least one compiled language such as Go or .NET
- Strong knowledge of Azure and/or AWS cloud platforms, cloud-native architecture, and distributed systems
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform or equivalent technologies
- Proven experience integrating AI capabilities into software development workflows, including experience with LLM APIs, SDKs, agent frameworks, orchestration platforms, or local inference solutions
- Strong understanding of secure software engineering, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and modern software delivery methodologies
- Experience developing architectural standards, reusable frameworks, and engineering patterns used by multiple development teams
- Ability to influence technical direction across teams through collaboration, mentorship, and technical leadership rather than organizational authority
- Comfortable working in Agile environments with a bias toward pragmatic, iterative delivery and continuous improvement
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts for both engineering and executive audiences
- Experience designing or implementing multi-agent AI systems and autonomous software workflows
- Familiarity with Anthropic models, OpenRouter, local LLM deployment, model orchestration, and AI developer tooling
- Experience modernizing enterprise applications and guiding organizations through cloud and AI transformation initiatives
- Knowledge of AI governance, model evaluation, observability, prompt management, and responsible AI practices
- Experience building internal developer platforms, engineering enablement tools, or Centers of Excellence
- Experience working in highly regulated industries where security, compliance, and operational reliability are critical
- Demonstrated ability to identify emerging technologies and successfully introduce them into enterprise engineering organizations
- Passion for coaching engineers and fostering a culture of experimentation, continuous learning, and technical excellence
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision, LTD, STD, AD&D, Life, 401(K) with company match, and a generous PTO policy
- Extensive learning opportunities
- A dynamic environment where you can grow your career
- Competitive total compensation package
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