Principal AI Engineer
Job in
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 60290, USA
Listed on 2026-07-19
Listing for:
Vertex Inc.
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-07-19
Job specializations:
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Software Development
Machine Learning/ ML Engineer, AI Engineer (Applied/Software), Data Engineering
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Owning the model training strategy for Commercial AI products, the full-time remote Principal AI Engineer will manage the training, fine-tuning, and evaluation of AI models while overseeing data governance and pipeline optimization.
Key responsibilities- Define and implement the end-to-end model training strategy across various AI products, including traditional AI/ML models and large language models
- Design and optimize data pipelines for ingestion, cleaning, labeling, and feature engineering to ensure high-quality training data
- Mentor engineers and enhance model-training and data-quality practices across teams
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline; advanced degree in ML, AI, or Data Science preferred
- 12 or more years of experience in AI/ML engineering, applied ML, or data engineering with significant hands-on model training and fine-tuning
- Strong hands‑on experience with parameter‑efficient fine‑tuning techniques and ML/DL frameworks such as PyTorch and Hugging Face
- Experience building and operating large-scale data pipelines and platforms
- Proficiency in data management, including dataset storage architecture, versioning, and governance
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