Orion Innovation is a premier, award-winning, global business and technology services firm. Orion delivers game-changing business transformation and product development rooted in digital strategy, experience design, and engineering, with a unique combination of agility, scale, and maturity. We work with a wide range of clients across many industries including financial services, professional services, telecommunications and media, consumer products, automotive, industrial automation, professional sports and entertainment, life sciences, ecommerce, and education.
AI Tech Lead – Manager
Experience- 8-12 years
Job Overview:
We are seeking a highly experienced AI Tech Lead to design, develop, and deliver scalable AI-driven applications while leading cross-functional teams. The role involves end-to-end ownership of AI solutions, including architecture design, deployment, and optimization, ensuring alignment with business objectives. The candidate will collaborate with stakeholders, data engineering teams, and product management to build enterprise-grade AI systems leveraging modern cloud and AI technologies.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead implementation and delivery of AI applications across teams.
- Design end-to-end AI architectures integrating open-source and enterprise tools.
- Translate business requirements into scalable AI solutions.
- Define architecture roadmaps and best practices.
- Build data pipelines, CI/CD, and monitoring systems.
- Deploy scalable systems using Docker and Kubernetes.
- Ensure performance, scalability, and security.
- Oversee full AI development lifecycle.
- Manage project timelines and risks.
- Mentor teams and drive knowledge sharing.
Key Skills:
- AI frameworks: LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI.
- Strong Python with TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras.
- Knowledge of NLP & Deep Learning (RNN, CNN, LSTM, Transformers).
- Cloud platforms: AWS / Azure / GCP.
- Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD tools.
- Terraform / CloudFormation (IaC).
- SQL & NoSQL databases.
- Distributed systems, REST APIs, GraphQL, microservices.
- Kafka / RabbitMQ or event-driven systems.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Hugging Face, OpenAI APIs, LLM integrations.
- MLOps / LLMOps experience.
- LLM fine-tuning (GPT, LLaMA, etc.).
- Monitoring tools: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK.
- Cloud certifications (AWS/Azure/GCP).
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Skills Required
- 8-12 years experience in AI/ML engineering and technical leadership
- Experience designing end-to-end AI architectures and owning AI solutions
- Proficiency in Python
- Experience with TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras
- Knowledge of NLP and deep learning (RNN, CNN, LSTM, Transformers)
- Experience with cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Containerization and orchestration: Docker and Kubernetes
- CI/CD pipeline experience
- Infrastructure as Code: Terraform or CloudFormation
- Experience building data pipelines and working with SQL and NoSQL databases
- Experience with distributed systems, REST APIs, GraphQL and microservices
- Experience with Kafka, RabbitMQ or other event-driven systems
- Technical leadership, mentoring, and cross-functional team collaboration
- Experience with Hugging Face, OpenAI APIs and LLM integrations
- MLOps / LLMOps experience and LLM fine-tuning (GPT, LLaMA, etc.)
- Monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK
- Cloud certifications (AWS/Azure/GCP)
Orion Innovation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Orion Innovation and has not been reviewed or approved by Orion Innovation.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Orion highlights health and well-being initiatives such as fitness, mindfulness, and flexibility/remote options, reinforced by recognition like Cigna’s Healthy Workforce Designation. Flexibility via hybrid/remote work is positioned as a consistent part of the overall rewards experience.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is characterized as moderately satisfactory overall, with pockets where compensation is viewed as fair, particularly for some software engineering and certain U.S. roles. Public snapshots also indicate that competitiveness can be stronger in specific markets and functions.
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Career-Linked Recognition & Rewards — Performance-linked outcomes are implied through mentions that hikes can be good when performance is demonstrated. Learning and development programs are also emphasized as part of the broader value proposition tied to career growth.
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What We Do
Orion is a leading digital transformation and product development services firm. Headquartered in Edison, NJ, we have a global team of 6,200+ associates, with engineers in 14 major delivery centers across North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Latin America. For over 25 years, Orion has been solving complex business problems for our clients. Our transformative business solutions are rooted in digital strategy, experience design, and engineering, empowering our clients to operate with agility at scale. Our mission is to serve as an agile and trusted partner for business transformation initiatives, providing deep emerging technology, experience design, and domain expertise. Our business has more than tripled over the last three years. We have grown aggressively both organically and inorganically, adding new clients, complementary skills, domain expertise, and strengthening our global footprint.
