AI / ML Architect (Hands-On | Individual Contributor)
Experience
8-10 years total experience with 5+ years in AI / ML systems and strong hands-on coding skills. Role Summary We are looking for a hands-on AI / ML Architect who will work as an Individual Contributor, designing, building and deploying scalable AI / ML solutions. This role is NOT people-management focused – you will actively write production grade code, build models, architect ML platforms, and collaborate closely with cross functional engineering, product, and domain teams. What You’ll Do: We are currently seeking an experienced AI Architect who will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to develop and deploy AI-powered features and tools that optimize employee experiences and drive business outcomes. As an AI/ML Arch, you will be responsible for designing, developing, and deploying machine learning models and AI applications that solve complex business problems. Expert in Designing and developing search and chat applications that utilize Agentic AI. Design and develop AI paved paths for the Alight engineering organization. Experiment to evaluate application performance, including designing experiments to evaluate the performance of machine learning models, and then analyze and interpret the results to improve model performance. Stay up to date with new tools and technologies and evaluating their potential impact on the business. Work with stakeholders to develop and tune algorithms to address business needs. You should be able to effectively communicate your ideas in non-technical terms to help educate business partners Evaluate, fine‑tune, and deploy LLMs and foundation models; implement RAG, guardrails, and prompt engineering best practices (conversant with Github Copilot). Conversant with LLM security practices – Secure model deployment, Input validation, Data verification (guardrails) etc. Write production quality Python code for: Feature Engineering Model evaluation Interface services (APIs) Conversant with Spring AI – building MCPs, tools, pre-plugin and post-plugin etc. Build high performant Ingestion pipelines. Expertise across cloud (AWS), data engineering, ML/GenAI and data ingestion techniques Work with CI/CD pipelines (Github Actions, Gitlab, Jenkins) Mentor engineers on ML best practices (without direct people management) Collaborate on a high-performing, agile team with a global presence What You’ll Need: Overall, 8 -10 years of experience into Data Engineering, Ingestion, AI ML / Gen AI related projects. Specifically, AI / Gen AI / ML project(s) with 5+ years of experience Master’s degree with preferred concentrations in Computer Science, Data Science, Math, Actuarial Science, Engineering, or related field.
Experience
writing in Python or Spark (ScalaSpark or PySpark) and with popular machine learning libraries such as TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch, and conversant with JAVA (Spring AI) Conversant with Spring boot services AI/ML architects should have experience with data preparation and data engineering tasks such as data cleaning, feature engineering, and data transformation Knowledge of deep learning architectures and techniques, such as convolutional neural networks (CNNs), recurrent neural networks (RNNs), and reinforcement learning. Familiarity with AWS data and data science tools including SageMaker, Glue, Lambdas, etc.
Experience
in Agile and DevOps development process Must be able to clearly communicate complex technical concepts to a non-technical audience We offer you a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization. DISCLAIMER: Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units. . About Alight Solutions Alight is a leading benefits administration provider of health, wealth, leave and point solutions for many of the world’s largest organizations and over 30 million people. Through the administration of employee benefits, Alight helps clients gain a benefits advantage while building a healthy and financially secure workforce by unifying the benefits ecosystem across health, wealth, wellbeing, absence management and navigation. Our Alight Worklife® platform empowers employers to gain a deeper understanding of their workforce and engage them throughout life’s most important moments with personalized benefits management and data-driven insights, leading to increased employee wellbeing, engagement and productivity. Learn more at alight.com. Our values are the essence of who we are: Agility. Move with purpose. Learn fast. Adapt quickly. Leadership. Lead by example. Own the outcome. Serve others. Integrity. Do the right thing - even when it is difficult or unseen. Growth Mindset Stay curious. Keep learning. Never stop improving. High-Quality. Do it thoughtfully. Do it completely. Do it well. Trust. Trust is earned through consistency, authenticity, and credibility. Our Colleague
Experience
At Alight Solutions, we are reimagining how people and organizations thrive. To deliver on this purpose, we do things differently. From company leaders to our newest colleagues, we all play a role in bringing our values to life. Every colleague shapes how Alight can become better, stronger and brighter – together. With technology as our catalyst and humanity at our core, we advance each day toward a better future in work and life. We understand the powerful human connections that create success for organizations. We bring an industry leader's expertise and a true partner's commitment to our benefits and administration solutions around health, wealth, HR, finance and consumer experience. Are you interested in helping us shape the future of work and life for organizations, people and their families? If so, you've come to the right place. Help us reimagine how people and organizations thrive! Our story starts with a simple, universal truth: Every business is a people business. We are Alight Solutions. Reimagining how people and organizations thrive. @AlightSolutions