Generative AI Engineer/Architect – Vice President – Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

This is a hands-on technical Environment Manager (VP lead) position that develops and maintains software solutions that support business needs

•  Design scalable, robust, secure and flexible architecture of components of the AI development platform.
• Collaborate with product managers and other stakeholders to gather and analyze requirements, translate them into technical specifications and architecture documentation.
• Ensure the architecture is aligned with respect to principles, patterns, cyber security recommendations and is reviewed with relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure smooth integration of 3rd party vendor products/platforms into the AI platform components.
• Contribute to build vs. buy studies by understanding and explaining vendor product or open-source architectures for specific subdomains of the AI platform.
• Design automated testing approaches to ensure robust, scalable, observable, reliable and secure platform components.
• Develop tooling and self-service capabilities for deploying AI solutions. Collaborate with developers to enhance the developer experience when building and deploying AI applications
• Understanding of ML Ops and LLM Ops challenges and tools available in this space to implement ML Ops (both 3rd party Vendor as well as Open Source)
• Mentor software engineers for best practices and on new technologies.

Qualification & Requirements

Requires Skills

• Strong understanding and experience designing and building software following cloud-native architecture with microservices, Kubernetes, docker, kafka, etc.
• Expert understanding and hands-on experience in at least 1 public cloud platform (such as Azure/AWS/GCP), preferably with an architect-level certification.
• Knowledge of Generative AI development, embeddings, Generative AI models
• Familiarity with deep learning and Machine Learning frameworks such as TensorFlow or PyTorch.
• Strong hands on Application Development background in atleast one prominent programming language, preferably Python
• Broad understanding of data engineering (SQL, NoSQL, Big Data), data governance, data privacy and security
• Demonstrated experience in DevOps, git, CI/ CD pipelines and testing frameworks .
• Understanding of ModelOps/ ML Ops/ LLM Ops
• Ability to articulate technical concepts effectively to diverse audiences
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a global organization and across time zones
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills to tackle complex technical challenges.

Desired Skills

• Understanding of Responsible AI, AI Ethics
• Understanding of Domain-driven design strategic and tactical patterns.
• Understanding of Information Security, Secure coding practices
• Experience working with cloud providers, preferably Azure, but also AWS, GCP
• Experience working in a large regulated industry such as Financial Services, Insurance etc.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent job experience
• 10+ years of experience in software development
• 5+ years of experience architecting distributed systems
• 2+ years of experience building AI applications, preferably Generative AI and LLM based apps

Benefits

At Morgan Stanley, our employees are our most valued asset. And we invest in them by offering some of the most attractive and comprehensive benefits and perks in the industry to support their and their family’s physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

If you join us, your benefits will start with the essentials like top-notch health care, a retirement plan with a competitive company match, as well as a robust mental health benefit.

Family Support. Whether you’re welcoming a new child, helping your children grow and develop, or caring for aging parents, we have programs to help. We offer generous parental leave (16 weeks for all new parents and an additional 6-8 weeks for employees who give birth), as well as caregiver leave when you need to care for a seriously ill family member (4 weeks annually).

Our family support programs include a $75,000 family building benefit to offset the cost of fertility treatments (IVF, egg- and sperm-freezing), adoption and surrogacy. Additionally, expert care is available round-the-clock, at no charge, from OB-GYNs, midwives, doulas, lactation, sleep and potty training consultants, speech therapists and child psychologists to name a few.

Mental Health. Employees and their dependents each have 16 annual sessions with skilled coaches and therapists at no cost, and access to mental health doctors. You can also take advantage of free access to a leading mindfulness app and five guest accounts for household members.

Onsite Services. Employees based in our NYC locations have access to health centers, mental health counseling, fitness centers, physical therapy and restorative suites at the office. Many services are free or subsidized.

Perks. And we can’t forget the fun stuff. You’ll enjoy hundreds of perks and discounts on automobiles, electronics, retail merchants, travel, entertainment, museums and more.