AI Engineer II

Deloitte is hiring an AI Engineer II on the HC Forward team to design, build, and operate trusted, governed data and retrieval layers. This role supports Human Capital AI and GenAI products and analytics, with an emphasis on production pipelines and services for model training, real-time inference, and LLM applications.

Location: Boston, MA (onsite)
Salary range: USD 91,100 - 179,500 per year
Minimum experience: 2 years
Education: Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field

What you’ll do

• Partner with the Lead AI Solutions Architect and AI Data Engineer to translate Human Capital product needs into secure, scalable technical designs, delivering solutions such as APIs, services, pipelines, and containers/serverless that meet availability, performance, and security expectations.
• Build and operationalize LLM-enabled capabilities including copilots, HR knowledge assistants, summarization, and policy question-and-answer experiences using Claude/GPT(Codex)/Gemini. This includes secure endpoints, tool/function calling, and reusable prompt and context patterns.
• Implement LLM application patterns, including retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), document ingestion and chunking, embeddings, vector and hybrid search, and retrieval evaluation telemetry.
• Deliver governed datasets and feature engineering/serving for ML training and real-time inference, emphasizing online/offline consistency, caching, latency SLOs, and backfills.
• Operationalize data quality and lineage and enable secure consumption patterns for predictive ML and LLM-based experiences.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field (examples include Computer Science, Engineering, Statistics, Data Science).
• 2+ years building and delivering LLM/GenAI solutions with Claude/GPT(Codex)/Gemini-class models, including prompt/context design, tool/function calling, evaluation, and production integration.
• 2+ years implementing RAG/retrieval, including document processing, embeddings, vector/hybrid search, and enterprise governance controls.
• 2+ years in data and AI engineering, including data modeling, batch/streaming pipelines, structured and unstructured processing, and feature engineering/serving fundamentals.
• 2+ years building production real-time inference services, including API design, latency/performance, and reliability patterns.
• 2+ years leading platform/integration engineering across enterprise systems, including API/integration experience with REST, GraphQL, event-driven capabilities, microservices, and middleware.
• 2+ years of DevOps and development, security, and operations (DevSecOps) experience, including CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code with Terraform/CloudFormation, Docker/Kubernetes, and observability/monitoring.
• 2+ years leading security and compliance efforts, including enterprise security controls such as IAM, encryption, secrets, and audit logging, as well as data privacy controls covering PII, retention, and access controls.
• Ability to travel 0-25% on average.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively, with effective written and verbal communication, attention to detail, and professional relationship-building skills.
• Ability to lead projects or workstreams, manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment, and meet deadlines.
• Ability to provide clear guidance to others.

Technologies and tools

• Claude, GPT/Codex, Gemini, API, LLMOps, MLOps, RAG, embeddings, vector search, hybrid search
• REST, GraphQL, event-driven capabilities, microservices, middleware
• DevOps, DevSecOps, CI/CD, Terraform, CloudFormation, Docker, Kubernetes, observability, monitoring
• IAM, encryption, secrets, audit logging, PII
• Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM, Salesforce
• AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA

Team context

HC Forward is a dedicated innovation partner accelerating the future of Human Capital by building market-aligned products, platforms, and services that apply AI, data, and engineering to modernize HR experiences and outcomes.

Additional eligibility and timeline

Recruiting ends: 10/30/2026

Benefits

• You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to program rules and factors including individual and organizational performance.