Lead Generative AI Machine Learning Engineer

$108,000 - $210,000/Yr

S&P Global - Raleigh, NC

Full-time - Mid Level

Raleigh, NC

10,001+ employees

Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services

About the position

We are seeking a Lead ML Engineer to join our ML team within the Data Science COE at S&P Global. As a Lead ML Engineer, you will contribute to the deployment, monitoring, and management of machine learning models and data pipelines. You will work with a peer group of ML engineers to develop ML modules and end-to-end engineering solutions. In this role, you will play a pivotal role in implementing our machine learning engineering operations, ensuring the seamless deployment, monitoring, and management of our machine learning models and data pipelines. You will work closely in a world-class AI ML team comprised of experts in AI ML modeling, ML engineers, and data science and data engineering teams. You will contribute to engineering and developing solutions for ML operations and be a critical part of leading S&P's AI-driven transformation to drive value internally and for our customers. S&P is a leader in automation and AI/ML to transform risk management. This role is a unique opportunity for ML/LLMops engineers to grow into the next step in their career journey.

Responsibilities

• Architect, develop and manage machine learning model development and deployment lifecycle to launch GenAI and ML services end to end.
• Work on large-scale stateful and stateless distributed systems, including infrastructure, data ingestion platforms, SQL and no-SQL databases, microservices, orchestration services and more.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate machine learning models into production systems.
• Create and manage Documentation and knowledge base, including development best practices, MLOps/LLMOps processes and procedures.
• Work closely with members of technology teams in the development, and implementation of Enterprise AI platform.
• Fine Tune and Optimize Models: Adjust and refine generative AI models to enhance performance, adapt to new data, or meet specific use case requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years of progressive experience as a data analytics, machine learning engineer or similar roles.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in data science, data analytics, or related field.
• 5 years of relevant experience with writing production level, scalable code with Python (or Scala).
• Experience in MLOps/LLMOps, machine learning engineering, Big Data, or a related role.
• Proficiency with Elasticsearch, SQL, NoSQL, Apache Airflow, Apache Spark, Kafka, Databricks, MLflow.
• Experience with containerization, Kubernetes, cloud platforms, CI/CD and workflow orchestration tools.
• Experience in distributed systems programming, AI/ML solutions architecture, Microservices architecture.

Nice-to-haves

• 2-3 years of experience with operationalizing data-driven pipelines for large scale batch and stream processing analytics solutions.
• Experience with contributing to open-source initiatives or in research projects and/or participation in Kaggle competitions.
• 6-12 months of experience working with RAG pipelines, prompt engineering and/or Generative AI use cases.

Benefits

• Health care coverage designed for the mind and body.
• Generous time off helps keep you energized for your time on.
• Access a wealth of resources to grow your career and learn valuable new skills.
• Secure your financial future through competitive pay, retirement planning, a continuing education program with a company-matched student loan contribution, and financial wellness programs.
• S&P Global has perks for your partners and little ones, too, with some best-in-class benefits for families.
• From retail discounts to referral incentive awards—small perks can make a big difference.