Lead Ai Engineer

Overview

Piper Companies is seeking a Lead AI Engineer to partner with executive technology leadership to build and scale an emerging intelligence function within a growing organization in the technology services industry. The Lead AI Engineer will drive the design, deployment, and integration of advanced AI capabilities across enterprise, mobile, and web platforms.

• Partner with the CTO to launch and scale the Emerging Intelligence Group, defining mission, priorities, and early deliverables.
• Deliver AI-driven features across web, mobile, and enterprise platforms.
• Design, build, and deploy LLM-powered applications, RAG pipelines, and scalable APIs connecting model intelligence with real-world experiences.
• Collaborate with Product Engineering to integrate AI into employee- and client-facing systems.
• Serve as a technical liaison between data engineering, software engineering, and product management.
• Partner with Cybersecurity, Legal, and Infrastructure to establish AI governance, ethics, and transparency standards.

• 8+ years of combined software engineering and AI product development experience.
• Hands-on experience designing and deploying LLM / Generative AI solutions.
• Proficiency with Lang Chain, Hugging Face, Llama Index, or similar frameworks.
• Strong RAG architecture and vector database experience.
• Proficient in AWS services (Bedrock, Lambda, S3) and modern full‑stack development.
• Experience building and integrating RESTful APIs. Must have Full stack engineering experience
• Excellent communicator with an entrepreneurial, “startup‑within‑an‑enterprise” mindset.
  Must Be a US Citizen or GC

• Salary range: $130,000 - $200,000 plus bonus and LTI
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k), and PTO
• Hybrid schedule in Durham, NC

This job opens for applications on 02/04/2026. Applications for this job will be accepted for at least 30 days from the posting date.

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