Lead AI Engineer

This role will be highly hands on and on site at Northwestern, spending time observing how teams work and learning workflows end to end. The AI Engineer will partner closely with operations, clinical, and business teams to identify where AI can add real value, then translate those real world observations into clear AI use cases and technical approaches. They will build rapid AI prototypes to test ideas, gather feedback, and refine solutions as they mature using an iterative crawl to walk to sprint approach. Success in this role requires comfort shadowing teams, asking questions, and learning how work actually happens, along with strong communication skills to clearly articulate AI opportunities to both technical and non technical stakeholders. A proactive, curious mindset is essential for someone who is eager to learn, collaborate, and help shape how AI is adopted across the organization.

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• 3–7 years of hands‑on AI/ML engineering experience, including model development, fine‑tuning, and applied use cases.
• Strong Python experience with modern ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face, scikit‑learn).
Proven prototype/POC experience, ability to quickly build, test, and iterate on AI solutions.

• Experience fine‑tuning LLMs or domain‑specific models.
• Prior work embedding AI into business or operational workflows (healthcare, operations, enterprise environments).
• Exposure to MLOps or deployment basics (APIs, model versioning, cloud platforms).
Familiarity with process mapping, workflow automation, or human‑in‑the‑loop systems.

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 1st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.