Associate Director​/Lead Engineer, GenAI

Position: Associate Director / Lead Engineer, GenAI
## Associate Director / Lead Engineer, GenAIApplylocations:
Rockville, MD (Job Posting):
Tysons, VA (Job Posting) time type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
R-009973

The Associate Director / Lead Engineer leads a small team of software engineers responsible for designing and delivering the data pipelines, retrieval systems, and knowledge integrations that power a generative AI platform. This role combines technical leadership with people management — setting architectural direction, removing blockers, and ensuring the team delivers high-quality, scalable solutions. The Associate Director /Lead Engineer balances hands-on technical involvement with strategic planning, stakeholder communication, and team development.
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* Essential Job Functions:

*** Directly manage team(s) focused on delivering high quality project results within one or more major technology disciplines: strategy, software development, operations, engineering, development services, information security, and compliance.
* Focus on team leadership, delivery of business value, risk mitigation, cost optimization and return on investment.
* Deliver results based upon FINRA annual goals, department goals and management requests.
* Direct and coordinate organization's financial and budget activities to fund operations, maximize investments, and increase efficiency for a project(s).
* Ensure technology best practices are being implemented and improved within team(s).
* Analyze information and evaluate results to choose the best solutions and solve problems.
* Support the evaluation of new technologies, techniques, and tools.
* Report status and issues to senior Technology management team.
* Work directly with outside vendors to negotiate services and product agreements
* Willingness to lead, take responsibility and offer options.
* Serve as a backup to more senior level management as needed.
* Develop constructive and cooperative working relationships with peers both within and outside of Technology, and maintain them over time.
* Establish and maintain external relationships with strategic product/service vendors and industry forums (government & private councils, standards bodies, product forums, etc.), as appropriate.
* Contribute to the establishment, evolution and continued compliance with standard practices and processes within the disciplines.
* Assist with adherence to technology policies and comply with all security controls.
* Ensure all work products meets/exceeds FINRA standards and risks are effectively managed.
* Participate in periodic Disaster Recovery (DR), Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) testing and reporting.

Resource Management:
* Identify and hire resource/skills needed within their organization.
* Responsible for staff performance management and training.
* Coordinate assignment of subordinate staff.
* Demonstration of FINRA’s values.
* Collaboration, both in-person and virtually, in furtherance of FINRA’s mission of investor protection and market integrity.

Key Responsibilities:

Technical Leadership & Architecture
· Set the technical vision and architectural direction for knowledge framework integrations, including data ingestion, embedding pipelines, and retrieval systems
· Make key design decisions on pipeline architecture, data modeling, and search strategies, balancing quality, performance, and delivery timelines
· Evaluate and recommend technologies, frameworks, and approaches for knowledge integration challenges
· Maintain sufficient hands-on involvement to provide credible technical guidance and unblock the team on complex problems
· Demonstrate solid understanding of systems and processes within the domain and recommend improvements

Team Leadership & People Management
· Manage, mentor,…