[Hiring] AI/ML Architect @Alight

Role Description

We are looking for a hands-on AI / ML Architect who will work as an Individual Contributor, designing, building and deploying scalable AI / ML solutions. This role is NOT people-management focused – you will actively write production grade code, build models, architect ML platforms, and collaborate closely with cross functional engineering, product, and domain teams.

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to develop and deploy AI-powered features and tools that optimize employee experiences and drive business outcomes.
• Design, develop, and deploy machine learning models and AI applications that solve complex business problems.
• Expert in designing and developing search and chat applications that utilize Agentic AI.
• Design and develop AI paved paths for the Alight engineering organization.
• Experiment to evaluate application performance, including designing experiments to evaluate the performance of machine learning models, and analyze and interpret the results to improve model performance.
• Stay up to date with new tools and technologies and evaluate their potential impact on the business.
• Work with stakeholders to develop and tune algorithms to address business needs.
• Evaluate, fine-tune, and deploy LLMs and foundation models; implement RAG, guardrails, and prompt engineering best practices.
• Write production quality Python code for:
  • Feature Engineering
  • Model evaluation
  • Interface services (APIs)
• Build high performant ingestion pipelines.
• Expertise across cloud (AWS), data engineering, ML/GenAI, and data ingestion techniques.
• Work with CI/CD pipelines (Github Actions, Gitlab, Jenkins).
• Mentor engineers on ML best practices (without direct people management).
• Collaborate on a high-performing, agile team with a global presence.

Qualifications

• Overall, 8 -10 years of experience in Data Engineering, Ingestion, AI ML / Gen AI related projects.
• Specifically, AI / Gen AI / ML project(s) with 5+ years of experience.
• Master’s degree with preferred concentrations in Computer Science, Data Science, Math, Actuarial Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Experience writing in Python or Spark (ScalaSpark or PySpark) and with popular machine learning libraries such as TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch, and conversant with JAVA (Spring AI).
• Conversant with Spring boot services.
• Experience with data preparation and data engineering tasks such as data cleaning, feature engineering, and data transformation.
• Knowledge of deep learning architectures and techniques, such as convolutional neural networks (CNNs), recurrent neural networks (RNNs), and reinforcement learning.
• Familiarity with AWS data and data science tools including SageMaker, Glue, Lambdas, etc.
• Experience in Agile and DevOps development process.
• Must be able to clearly communicate complex technical concepts to a non-technical audience.

Requirements

• Background check consistent with Alight’s employment policies.
• Virtual interviews to be conducted on video; Alight is a camera-on culture.
• Occasional travel to one of our physical office locations may be required.

Benefits

• Comprehensive total rewards package supporting mind, body, wallet, and life.
• Health benefits starting Day One.
• Wellbeing programs.
• Retirement plans.
• Career growth opportunities within a thriving global organization.

Company Description

At Alight, we believe a company’s success starts with its people. Alight embraces values that come directly from our people – purposeful, human, united and growth-minded – reflecting our inclusive culture and promise that our clients expect. We are passionate about connecting purpose with impact. Alight empowers clients to build a healthier and more financially secure workforce by unifying the benefits ecosystem across health, wealth, wellbeing, navigation, and absence management.