AI Technology Lead
$202,500–$225,000 year
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Guide business, product, and technology teams through ideation for AI and agentic automation opportunities, framing use cases, value hypotheses, and implementation approaches. Drive exploration of emerging AI technologies and patterns to assess applicability across enterprise and product scenarios, then lead experimentation and rapid prototyping to validate new ideas and accelerate learning before broader investment. Develop proof-of-concepts and reference implementations that demonstrate practical approaches for AI-enabled workflows, copilots, and agentic automation. Influence enterprise and product AI strategy by surfacing insights from experimentation and recommending high-value opportunities. Partner with product, engineering, architecture, and business stakeholders to translate promising ideas into scalable implementation plans and adoption paths. Help define practical standards, reusable patterns, and guardrails for responsible AI and agentic solution design. Act as a trusted internal advisor on AI trends, tradeoffs, and emerging capabilities, bringing a pragmatic perspective grounded in hands-on experience. Build organizational confidence and fluency in AI by helping teams understand what is possible, what is practical, and how to move forward effectively. Reduce fragmentation by standardizing AI tools and approaches across teams while enabling innovation where it drives value. Contribute thought leadership that strengthens Elite's long-term AI vision while balancing innovation, practicality, security, and business value.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related technical field, or an equivalent combination of education and hands-on experience
- 9+ years strong experience in AI/ML, software engineering, data platforms, solution architecture, or related technical roles, with demonstrated hands-on work in modern AI technologies
- Hands-on experience with Generative AI, including large language models, prompt engineering, retrieval patterns, orchestration frameworks, and AI-enabled workflow automation
- Demonstrated ability to explore new technologies quickly, build prototypes, and turn ambiguous ideas into practical recommendations and next steps
- Experience guiding cross-functional teams through technical discovery, use case shaping, experimentation, and early implementation planning
- Strong understanding of emerging AI patterns such as copilots, multi-step orchestration, agentic workflows, evaluation approaches, and human-in-the-loop design
- Ability to influence senior stakeholders and strategy through clear communication, credible technical judgment, and practical insight
- Experience balancing innovation with responsible AI considerations, including data governance, security, compliance, and operational practicality
- Ability to travel up 10–25% as business needs require
- Must be legally authorized to work in United States; Elite does not provide employment sponsorship for this position
- Role requires the following physical capacity: Sedentary: primarily desk/computer work
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