Lead, AI Engineering

About the role

The Lead AI Engineer will design, build, and ship generative AI systems and agentic solutions for Bain’s clients. You will contribute across the full development lifecycle — from early experimentation and prototyping through to production deployment — collaborating closely with senior engineers, product managers, and data scientists.

What you'll do

• Contribute to the design, development, and deployment of end-to-end generative AI systems, including multi-agent workflows and production-grade AI applications
• Build and iterate on multi-component AI pipelines, including: Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
• Fine-tuning and parameter-efficient tuning
• Embedding generation and optimization
• Hybrid retrieval strategies (vector, graph, keyword)

What you need

• 3–5 yrs of experience
• Machine learning
• LLMs
• Prompt engineering
• System design
• Prototyping
• CI/CD
• Any graduate

Good to have

• Test automation
• Microservices