Lead Software Engineer, AI

The company is hiring a Lead Software Engineer, AI Experience to provide technical leadership for the design and delivery of AI-native products that help learners discover, enroll in, and progress through its programs. The role operates across product, engineering, and platform boundaries, turning ambiguous opportunities into reliable, scalable systems and setting the technical direction for AI experiences across the organization. It is a hands-on position combining full-stack execution, architectural judgment, and influence through technical strategy, design, and mentorship. The engineer will help define how the company builds with AI by developing retrieval pipelines, agentic workflows, evaluation systems, and production-grade model integrations, while partnering with engineering leaders and product teams to shape roadmaps and raise engineering standards.