Senior AI Engineer

Alight Solutions

Senior AI Engineer developing and deploying AI applications to optimize employee experiences. Collaborating with cross-functional teams at Alight to drive business outcomes and impact.

Posted 7/28/2026full-timeRemote • Illinois • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $120,000 - $160,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing, developing, and deploying machine learning models and AI applications, with a strong focus on data preparation, algorithm tuning, and effective communication of complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

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Machine Learning Model DevelopmentPython ProgrammingDeep Learning TechniquesAWS Data ToolsAgile Development Process

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Hard Skills

Machine LearningData PreparationFeature EngineeringData TransformationConvolutional Neural NetworksRecurrent Neural NetworksReinforcement LearningTensorFlowKerasPyTorch

Soft Skills

Effective CommunicationCollaboration

Tools & Technologies

AWS SageMakerAWS GlueAWS LambdasGitJIRAArtifactoryCI/CD ToolsJenkins

Industry Keywords

AI ApplicationsAgentic AIAgile TeamDevOpsFederal Government Services

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSJenkinsKerasPySparkPythonPyTorchSparkTensorflow

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

As a senior AI/ML engineer, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and deploying machine learning models and AI applications that solve complex business problems.
Design and develop search and chat applications that utilize agentic AI.
Design and develop AI pathed paths for the Alight engineering organization.
Experiment 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.
Stay up to date with new tools and technologies and evaluating their potential impact on the business.
Work 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
Collaborate on a high-performing, agile team with a global presence

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree with preferred concentrations in Computer Science, Data Science, Math, Actuarial Science, Engineering, or related field
Experience writing and working in Python or Spark (ScalaSpark or PySpark) and with popular machine learning libraries such as TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch
AI/ML engineers should have experience with data preparation and data engineering tasks such as data cleaning, feature engineering, and data transformation
Knowledge of deep learning architectures and techniques, such as convolutional neural networks (CNNs), recurrent neural networks (RNNs), and reinforcement learning.
Familiarity with AWS data and data science tools including SageMaker, Glue, Lambdas, etc.
Experience in Agile and DevOps development process
Must be able to clearly communicate complex technical concepts to a non-technical audience
Manage services provided to the federal government or federal government contractor and therefore requires US Citizenship. Proof of citizenship status will be required at time of hire.
Familiarity with Git, JIRA, Artifactory, CI/CD tools like Jenkins

Benefits

Comp & perks

health, dental and vision coverages starting Day One
wellbeing programs
retirement plans with contribution matching
generous time off
parental leave
continuing education
career growth opportunities