Senior AI/Machine Learning Engineer

Summary

Join Skillsoft, a global leader in eLearning, as a Principal AI/Machine Learning Engineer and contribute to the future of learning through cutting-edge AI. You will design and develop intelligent systems that empower millions worldwide, collaborating with internal and external teams to transform knowledge into a catalyst for growth. This role involves crafting generative AI solutions, pioneering agentic workflows, and leading research and selection of AI/ML technologies. You will also guide teams to productize prototypes with provable accuracy, evaluate foundational models and emerging AI advancements, and explore new technologies and design patterns through impactful prototypes. Skillsoft offers a dynamic environment with a focus on innovation and collaboration, providing opportunities to unleash your edge while helping others do the same.

Requirements

• 8+ Years of Relevant Industry Experience (with a Master’s Degree Preferred)
• Experience with LLMs and fine-tuning foundation models
• Development experience including unit testing
• Design and documentation experience of new APIs, data models, service interactions
• Familiarity with and ability to explain : Agentic AI development and testing
• Familiarity with and ability to explain : AI security and data privacy concerns
• Familiarity with and ability to explain : Synthetic data generation and concerns
• Familiarity with and ability to explain : Foundation model fine-tuning
• Familiarity with and ability to explain : Generative AI prompt engineering and challenges

Responsibilities

• Hands-on Principal AI/ML engineer, driving technical innovation
• Partner with product owners to define visionary AI features
• Collaborate cross-functionally to assess impacts of new AI capabilities
• Consult and guide teams to productize prototypes with provable accuracy
• Lead research and selection of COTS and development of in-house AI/ML technologies
• Evaluate foundational models and emerging AI advancements
• Explore new technologies and design patterns through impactful prototypes
• Present research and insights to inspire innovation across teams
• Guide, design and testing of agentic workflows and prompt engineering
• Fine-tune models, validate efficacy with metrics, and ensure reliability
• Evaluate and guide synthetic data generation for training and validation
• Design and guide scalable data pipelines for AI/ML training and inference
• Oversee data analysis, curation, and preprocessing
• Collaborate with external partners on AI development and integration
• Establish AI design best practices and standards for alignment
• Contribute to patentable AI innovations
• Utilize and apply generative AI to increase productivity for yourself and the organization

Preferred Qualifications

• Proactive, Independent, Adaptable
• Collaborative team player
• Customer service minded with an ownership mindset
• Excellent analytic and communication skills
• Ability and desire to coach and mentor other developers
• Passionate, curious, open to new ideas, and ability to research and learn new technologies