✦ Luna Orbit — AI & Machine Learning

Senior Lead AI Engineer

at Discover Financial Services

📍 4 Locations Unknown 💰 $229K – $262K USD / year Posted March 18, 2026
Salary $229K – $262K USD / year
Type Not Specified
Experience senior
Exp. Years Not specified
Education Not specified
Category AI & Machine Learning

This role involves creating responsible and scalable AI systems, focusing on large language models, model optimization, and deploying AI infrastructure to enhance banking services.

  • Partner with teams
  • Develop AI software
  • Optimize LLM performance
  • Implement governance
  • Contribute to AI roadmap

The technical environment includes AI model training and inference, open source tools like PyTorch and Huggingface, AWS Ultraclusters, VectorDBs, and governance frameworks for responsible AI.

The ideal candidate is a senior AI engineer with experience in developing large language models, leveraging open source AI tools, and deploying scalable AI systems. They should have a strong background in machine learning frameworks like PyTorch and familiarity with cloud-based AI infrastructure.

Partner with cross-functional teamsDesigndeveloptestdeploy AI softwareLeverage open source AI technologiesInvent LLM optimization techniquesContribute to AI system roadmap
Experience with large language modelsKnowledge of guardrails and governanceExperience with scalable AI infrastructureResearch publication reviewAI model optimization
AWS UltraclustersHuggingfacePyTorchVectorDBsNemo Guardrails
Partner with cross-functional teamsDesigndeveloptestdeploy AI software componentsLeverage open source AI technologiesInvent LLM optimization techniquesContribute to AI system roadmap
PythonPyTorchLarge Language ModelsLLMOpen Source AI technologiesAWS UltraclustersHuggingfaceVectorDBsNemo GuardrailsModel trainingModel inferenceModel evaluationExperimentationGovernanceObservabilityScalabilityLatencyThroughput
collaborationproblem-solvinginnovative thinkingadaptabilitycommunication
Industry Fintech
Job Function Developing and deploying AI systems for banking applications
Role Subtype AI & Machine Learning
Tech Domains Python, PyTorch, AWS Ultraclusters, Huggingface, VectorDBs
AI engineerMachine LearningLarge Language ModelsLLMPythonPyTorchAWS UltraclustersHuggingfaceVectorDBsNemo GuardrailsAI systemsModel trainingModel inferenceModel evaluationScalabilityGovernancemachine learninglarge language modelspythonpytorchaws ultraclustershuggingfacevectorDBsnemo guardrails

Lack of experience with large language models, No experience with open source AI tools, No background in scalable AI infrastructure, No collaboration experience, Unwillingness to work in a cross-functional team

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