Engineering Team Lead - AI

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated AI Team Technical Lead to drive the development and implementation of advanced AI solutions within the Echo360 Echosystem platform. This role is a unique blend of technical leadership and hands-on development, requiring a strong individual contributor who can both guide the team and actively participate in building innovative AI applications. The ideal candidate will have deep expertise in AWS AI services and a proven track record of applying AI to document, video, assessment, and interaction data.  Use cases include summarization, metadata extraction, re-mixing of content, generation of new context-aware personalized learning content and paths.

The Primary Responsibilities for this role include:

• Lead technical design and architecture for AI projects, ensuring best practices.
• Develop and deploy AI models for document, video, and interaction data using AWS and other model/service providers
• Build and maintain data pipelines for AI model training and deployment.
• Collaborate very closely with peer tech leads with responsibility for ensuring successful development and integration of specific features into platform modules.
• Provide leadership and technical guidance to AI team members.
• Evaluate and recommend new AI technologies and tools.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to define AI requirements.
• Conduct thorough testing and validation of AI models.
• Communicate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
• Contribute to code reviews and knowledge-sharing sessions.

The ideal candidate for this role will have/be:

• 5+ years of experience in AI development and deployment.  
• 3+ years of experience using AWS AI services.
• Strong programming skills in Python and other relevant languages.
• Experience with machine learning frameworks and multiple LLMs, including Response Augmentation for extraction, summarization, search, and generation of new content.
• Experience with AI-supported document processing, video analysis, interaction and engagement data, and assessment.
• Strong understanding of data pipelines and data engineering principles.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience in the EdTech industry is a plus.
• Experience with MLOps practices is a plus.

Additional Job Details

This position is FULLY REMOTE; we will consider candidates who are located in many, but not all, states within the United States.  For US-based positions, candidates must be eligible to work in the United States for any employer.

The base salary range for this position is $145,000 - $155,000 annually.

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills and experience. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work.

To ensure applications are reviewed by the appropriate team, we ask that all candidates apply directly through our job postings only. This helps us manage applications effectively and maintain a fair hiring process. We look forward to receiving your application!

About Echo360: 

Echo360 is the global leader who delivers the transformative power of learning for both education and business through the EchosystemTM , the world’s first Learning Transformation PlatformTM. The Echosystem is an interoperable, modular end-to-end suite of solutions enabling transformative learning experiences grounded in principles of equity, engagement, and evidence.  Learn more about Echo360 at .

We’re looking for individuals who can support our DNA:

Maniacally Mission Driven - We embrace our roles as agents of transformation: enabling the kind of inspired learning that changes people’s lives.

Massively Collaborative – We support each other and work together for the greater good.  By joining forces, our collective potential is mighty.

Relentlessly Inventive - We see the potential to deliver breakthrough solutions and are empowered to deliver them.

Moving at the speed of bright - Velocity is something we put at the core of everything we do. Not only because technology is moving fast, but because our learners are moving even faster.

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Echo360 offers comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision, life & disability insurance, a 401(k) plan with company match and an unlimited PTO policy.

Echo360 Inc does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.