Lead Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Engineer

Ciklum is looking for a Lead Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Engineer to join our team full-time in the US .

We are a custom product engineering company that supports both multinational organizations and scaling startups to solve their most complex business challenges. With a global team of over 4,000 highly skilled developers, consultants, analysts and product owners, we engineer technology that redefines industries and shapes the way people live.

About the role

As a Lead Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning Engineer, become a part of a cross-functional development team engineering experiences of tomorrow.

Responsibilities

Manage engineers across the central platform team and delivery pods (mix of contractors and internal engineers)

Own engineering standards

code and agent quality, review practices, definition of done, production readiness

Own contractor performance and the conversion pipeline with the sourcing partner

Partner with the platform lead on the paved path — templates, pipeline, evals — and make every pod use it

Unblock delivery daily; keep pods shipping without becoming a gatekeeper

Requirements

8+ years engineering, 3+ managing engineers who ship AI/ML or LLM systems in production

Has managed blended teams (contractors + employees) and held a quality bar across them

Hands-on enough to review agent architectures, prompts, and eval suites credibly

Operates in a flat, fast structure — player-coach comfortable, empire-averse

Desirable

Healthcare or regulated-industry delivery; experience scaling a team from < 10 to 30+

What’s in it for you?

Strong community

Work alongside top professionals in a friendly, open-door environment

Growth focus

Take on large-scale projects with a global impact and expand your expertise

Tailored learning

Boost your skills with internal events (meetups, conferences,