Lead Data Engineer (GCP AI Architect)

Location: Hybrid role based in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Salary: $144,890–$190,117 base compensation annually

Company

hirify.global is a global business and technology transformation partner delivering strategy, design, engineering, AI, cloud, data, and sustainability solutions.

What you will do

• Design end-to-end AI, Generative AI, machine learning, and data analytics architectures on Google Cloud Platform.
• Architect RAG, Agentic AI, LLM-based applications, prompt engineering, fine-tuning, grounding, and vector search solutions.
• Design scalable cloud-native architectures using Vertex AI, BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Cloud Run, GKE, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, and Cloud Functions.
• Establish enterprise MLOps and LLMOps frameworks, including model deployment, monitoring, governance, CI/CD, and lifecycle management.
• Develop modern data architectures with data lakes, lakehouses, feature engineering, data quality, governance, lineage, and metadata management.
• Define security, compliance, and responsible AI frameworks covering fairness, transparency, explainability, bias detection, and risk mitigation.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in cloud architecture, software engineering, or data platforms.
• 3+ years of experience designing AI/ML solutions on GCP.
• Experience leading enterprise-scale cloud transformation programs.
• Experience architecting Generative AI and LLM-based applications.
• Knowledge of machine learning lifecycle management, NLP, computer vision, Generative AI, LLMs, Vertex AI Model Garden, prompt engineering, foundation model fine-tuning, vector databases, embeddings, RAG, AI agents, and multi-agent systems.
• Preferred certifications include Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect, Professional Machine Learning Engineer, and Professional Data Engineer.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employees receive a comprehensive benefits package.
• Paid time off includes vacation, company holidays, personal days, and sick leave.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage is available in the United States.
• Benefits include retirement savings plans such as 401(k), life and disability insurance, and employee assistance programs.
• hirify.global promotes an inclusive and collaborative workplace.