AI Development Lead / AI Platform Engineer

General Information

Req # WD00099307 Career area: Artificial Intelligence Country/Region: United States of America State: North Carolina City: Morrisville Date: Friday, May 22, 2026 Working time: Full-time Additional Locations:

• United States of America - North Carolina - Morrisville

Why Work at Lenovo

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Lenovo is a US$83 billion revenue global technology powerhouse, ranked #196 in the Fortune Global 500, and serving millions of customers every day in 180 markets. Focused on a bold vision to deliver Smarter Technology for All, Lenovo has built on its success as the world’s largest PC company with a full-stack portfolio of AI-enabled, AI-ready, and AI-optimized devices (PCs, workstations, smartphones, tablets), infrastructure (server, storage, edge, high performance computing and software defined infrastructure), software, solutions, and services. Lenovo’s continued investment in world-changing innovation is building a more equitable, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. Lenovo is listed on the Hong Kong stock exchange under Lenovo Group Limited (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY).

This transformation together with Lenovo’s world-changing innovation is building a more inclusive, trustworthy, and smarter future for everyone, everywhere. To find out more visit www.lenovo.com, and read about the latest news via our StoryHub.

Description and Requirements

We are seeking a talented and experienced Senior AI Developer Lead to design, implement, and scale out an Agentic AI platform that streamlines the creation of AI-powered customer solutions. In this role, you will collaborate with AI engineers to deploy and scale AI services across enterprise infrastructures. The position requires a great understanding of AI technologies, excellent developer skills, and the ability to create repeatable solutions. To succeed in this role, you should apply your deep understanding of AI, be hands-on, and be able to integrate AI tools into a cohesive platform.

This role sits within Lenovo’s Solutions & Services Group (SSG), the global organization that brings together our end‑to‑end AI solutions and services to turn customer vision into value. You’ll be joining a new, distributed engineering team building the xIQ Agent Platform, an AI‑native delivery platform that powers Lenovo’s Agentic AI strategy across hybrid cloud, on‑prem, and edge.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage a small team of AI developers to build AI platforms, implement agents, and customize standard solutions.
• Develop Agentic AI platform solutions, ensuring alignment with Lenovo's strategic goals and enterprise technical standards.
• Build AI architectures, inference engines, guardrails, and user interfaces for enterprise AI roll out.
• Develop multi-agents/super agents using large language models (LLMs), small language models (SLMs), vision language models (VLMs), leverage agent frameworks and standard protocols such as MCP.
• Integrate AI agents into existing platforms/systems, including on-premise and on the edge.
• Identify and implement AI tools, frameworks, and technologies that enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of AI solutions.
• Incorporate robust security measures into AI solutions, including data encryption, access controls, and vulnerability assessments.
• Implement best practices for agent evaluation on both experimental and production environments.
• Adhere to coding guidelines and best practices across projects, ensuring high-quality and maintainable AI software development.
• Communicate technical concepts and solution approaches clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Stay current with advancements in AI technologies and propose innovative implementation strategies.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field.
• Proven track record of managing a small AI team and acting as the technical lead to complete enterprise AI platforms and/or AI solutions in production environments
• 5+ years in AI development and implementation roles across domains such as data science, machine learning, NLP, computer vision, or Generative AI.

Preferred Qualifications:* 2+ years of experience in developing Generative AI end-to-end solutions, including multi-modal solutions utilizing NVIDIA, cloud-based LLMs, or open-source models (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, Llama, Hugging Face, Bedrock).

• Experience with NVIDIA technologies (e.g., GPUs, CUDA, TensorRT) and integrating tools from NVIDIA AI Enterprise in on-premise solutions is a plus.
• Strong knowledge of on-premise and cloud environments, particularly with containerization and scaling using Kubernetes.
• Proven experience in implementing MLOps, LLMOps, or AIOps, as part of enterprise platforms and managing CI/CD pipelines for AI deployment using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, or similar.
• Strong programming skills in languages such as Python, React, and scripting languages.

If you are passionate about AI development and eager to take on a challenging yet rewarding role that makes a real impact, we invite you to connect with us!

This role offers the flexibility to be home-based anywhere in the U.S. with preference for the Eastern or Central time zones. If you're near our Chicago or Raleigh offices, we follow a friendly hybrid model with three days a week in the office—great for collaboration and connection!

The base salary range budgeted for this position is $230,000 to $250,000 Individuals may also be considered for bonuses and/or commissions. Lenovo’s various benefits can be found at [1] www.lenovobenefits.com

In compliance with Colorado's EPEWA, the expected Application Deadline for this position is 7/1/2026 - this applies to both internal and external candidate We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any federal, state, or local protected class. Additional Locations:

• United States of America - North Carolina - Morrisville
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• United States of America - North Carolina
• United States of America - North Carolina - Morrisville