VP of Platform & Production Engineering

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Job Description:

Baker Tilly is seeking a VP of Platform & Production Engineering to lead the platform and production capabilities that enable the firm’s AI agents and products to reach production securely, reliably, and s leader will own the platform layer, including the vendor integration platform, agent runtime and environments, shared platform services, AI-native software development lifecycle and CI/CD, quality engineering, online evaluation, Dev Ops, observability, release mechanics, and production engineering.

The VP will also oversee the production handoff with the enterprise technology organization, ensuring AI products can be effectively operated and optimized  VP will build and lead the Platform & Production Engineering team and partner closely with AI Engineering, Data & Intelligence, Enterprise Architecture, Security, Product Management, and service-line technology teams. This leader will establish the standards, pipelines, controls, and release processes that allow both internally developed and third-party AI solutions to move efficiently from development into the hands of practitioners.

Responsibilities Build and operate the platform layer, including the vendor integration platform, agent runtime and environments, shared platform services, and AI-native software development lifecycle and CI/CD.Own the path to production for internally developed and third-party AI solutions, including release mechanics, production approvals, security reviews, quality engineering, observability, rollback, and production handoffs.

Establish and maintain integration standards for third-party AI solutions, including event and webhook interfaces, APIs, MCP endpoints, identity, and entitlements.

Develop and operate CI/CD pipelines that incorporate automated evaluation, quality and security controls, and traceability from product requirements through production release.

Lead online evaluation, scaled ground truth, regression discipline, and release quality for AI products operating in production.

Partner with Enterprise Architecture to establish and maintain production handoff standards that enable enterprise technology teams to operate and optimize solutions ld and lead the Platform & Production…