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Team Overview
TransUnion is seeking a highly technical Lead Engineer, AI Platform & Innovation to lead the development, adoption, and scaling of AI-powered capabilities across the enterprise. This role will serve as a technical leader responsible for driving innovation through the design and implementation of AI-enabled applications, developer tooling, platform services, and engineering frameworks that accelerate organizational adoption of artificial intelligence.The successful candidate will operate across platform, architecture, and application layers, partnering closely with engineering, product, data science, security, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure, and compliant AI solutions. This individual will combine deep knowledge of TransUnion's products, data assets, services, and technology ecosystem with modern cloud-native architectures and AI-assisted development practices to improve engineering effectiveness, delivery speed, and business outcomes.
As a technical leader, this role will mentor engineers, establish engineering standards, shape AI strategy, and ensure AI capabilities are integrated consistently across TransUnion's technology landscape. This is a hybrid position and involves regular performance of job responsibilities virtually as well as in-person at an assigned TU office location for a minimum of two days a week.
Role Overview And Core Responsibilities
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related technical field.
- 8+ years of software engineering experience, including designing and delivering enterprise-scale applications and platforms.
- 3+ years leading engineering teams or serving as a technical lead for large-scale initiatives.
- Demonstrated experience building and deploying AI/ML or Generative AI solutions in production environments.
- Strong expertise in cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
- Proven experience designing distributed systems, microservices architectures, APIs, and event-driven platforms.
- Strong software development experience in one or more modern programming languages such as Java, Python, C#, Go, or TypeScript.
- Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, and modern DevOps practices.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence technical and business leaders.
- Experience working in highly regulated, security-conscious, and data-intensive environments.
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, or related field.
- Experience working within credit reporting, financial services, fintech, identity, fraud, risk, or data analytics industries.
- Hands-on experience with Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), agentic AI architectures, vector databases, and orchestration frameworks.
- Experience developing enterprise AI platforms, developer portals, internal AI assistants, or AI governance solutions.
- Knowledge of MLOps platforms and model lifecycle management practices.
- Experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration, and platform engineering frameworks.
- Familiarity with responsible AI, AI governance, model risk management, and regulatory compliance requirements.
- Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Amazon Q, or equivalent platforms.
- Cloud certifications and architecture certifications from AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
- Experience driving enterprise-wide technology transformations and platform modernization initiatives.
Required Knowledge And Experiences
Deep expertise in enterprise-scale software engineering, including the design, development, and operation of highly available, distributed, cloud-native applications and platforms.
Strong understanding of AI and Generative AI technologies, including Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), prompt engineering, agent-based architectures, and AI application development patterns.
Proven experience architecting and building reusable platform capabilities, APIs, frameworks, developer tools, and shared services that enable broad adoption across engineering organizations.
Extensive knowledge of cloud platforms and modern engineering practices, including AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD, DevSecOps, and observability.
Demonstrated ability to integrate AI solutions into enterprise applications and business processes, balancing innovation, scalability, security, reliability, and cost efficiency.
Experience establishing technical architecture standards and engineering best practices, including secure software development, testing strategies, code quality, governance, and operational excellence.
Hands-on experience leading technical teams and large cross-functional initiatives, providing architectural guidance, mentoring engineers, and driving delivery across multiple teams and business domains.
Knowledge of data engineering, data platform integration, and AI governance, including data security, privacy, responsible AI principles, model evaluation, and regulatory compliance requirements.
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence engineering, product, architecture, security, and executive leaders while driving adoption of strategic technology initiatives across the enterprise.
TransUnion Overview:
At TransUnion, we encourage and are committed to creating a real, positive impact and shared sense of purpose within our Workforce for Good, which empowers our people to grow, innovate and contribute to a better future for our communities and customers. We strive to build an environment where our associates are in the driver’s seat of their professional development— while having access to help along the way. We recognize that success comes when our associates thrive both professionally and personally; that’s why we prioritize work/life flexibility and offer resources for our teams across the globe to collaborate and drive excellence.
Be a part of our Workforce for Good – you’ll work with great people, pioneering products and cutting-edge technology.
TransUnion Job Title
Lead Developer, Applications Development
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related technical field.
- 8+ years of software engineering experience designing and delivering enterprise-scale applications and platforms.
- 3+ years leading engineering teams or serving as a technical lead for large-scale initiatives.
- Experience building and deploying AI/ML or Generative AI solutions in production environments.
- Strong expertise in cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
- Proven experience designing distributed systems, microservices architectures, APIs, and event-driven platforms.
- Strong software development experience in one or more modern languages (Java, Python, C#, Go, TypeScript).
- Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, and modern DevOps/DevSecOps practices.
- Experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration, and platform engineering frameworks.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence technical and business leaders.
- Experience working in highly regulated, security-conscious, and data-intensive environments.
- Master's degree in Computer Science, AI, Data Science, or related field.
- Experience with LLMs, RAG, agentic AI architectures, vector databases, and orchestration frameworks.
- Experience developing enterprise AI platforms, developer portals, internal AI assistants, or AI governance solutions.
- Knowledge of MLOps platforms and model lifecycle management practices.
- Familiarity with responsible AI, AI governance, model risk management, and regulatory compliance requirements.
- Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Amazon Q).
- Cloud architecture or platform certifications (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
- Experience in credit reporting, financial services, fintech, identity, fraud, risk, or data analytics industries.
What the Team is Saying
TransUnion Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare is described as comprehensive with day-one medical, dental and vision coverage, plus HSA/FSA options and expanded mental-health support via Spring Health. Feedback suggests coverage depth and immediate eligibility are notable strengths.
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Parental & Family Support — Family support includes paid parental leave with a gradual return, adoption and caregiver assistance, and backup care through a Care@Work membership. External recognition highlights inclusive offerings such as fertility support and bereavement provisions.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off programs feature flexible time off, paid holidays, two global wellness days, and paid volunteer time. Feedback suggests these leave elements contribute meaningfully to work-life balance.
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What We Do
TransUnion is a global information and insights company that makes trust possible by ensuring that each consumer is reliably and safely represented in the marketplace. We do this by having an accurate and comprehensive picture of each person. This picture is grounded in our legacy as a credit reporting agency which enables us to tap into both credit and public record data; our data fusion methodology that helps us link, match and tap into the awesome combined power of that data; and our knowledgeable and passionate team, who stewards the information with expertise, and in accordance with local legislation around the world. Because of our work, organizations can better understand consumers in order to make more informed decisions, and earn their trust through great, personalized experiences, and the proactive extension of the right opportunities, tools and offers. In turn, consumers can be confident that their data identities will result in the opportunities they deserve. We make trust possible, so businesses and consumers can transact with confidence and achieve great things. We call this Information for Good®—it’s our purpose, and what drives us every day.
Why Work With Us
Our culture is welcoming, energetic and innovative. There’s an overall synergy that flows throughout TransUnion, creating a sense of unity in knowing that we’re all working to achieve the same overall goal. We’re dedicated to providing opportunities for our people to get involved and stay connected with their colleagues across the globe.
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