Hiring: Team Lead, AI Engineering Company: DRW Location: Chicago, IL Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 11:41:25 Target Skills & Keywords : API Gateway, Agile, Data Pipeline, Equities, Fixed Income, Go, Python, SaaS, Vendor Management About the job Required Skills: •Manage a dual-focus team consisting of software engineers and AI support specialists, balancing rigorous agile engineering delivery with high-touch user enablement. •Oversee the technical vision for our "Federated Management Plane," managing the development of multi-engine API gateways, asynchronous data pipelines, and progressive friction policies. •Translate insights gathered from the Support queue (e.g., prompt engineering struggles, quota requests) directly into technical requirements for the Engineering focus area to automate. •Act as the primary DRI connecting our Cloud foundation, 3rd-party SaaS vendors, and our internal on-premise AI hardware to ensure seamless model routing. Qualifications: •Proven experience managing cross-functional technical teams, ideally spanning software engineering, platform operations, or product support. •Strong architectural background with technical expertise in distributed systems, API gateway management, and Go/Python. •Strategic mindset with the ability to define operational governance, cost-control workflows, and vendor management strategies. •Demonstrated capacity to navigate ambiguity and transition rapid prototypes into stable, permanent enterprise platforms. •For more information about DRW's processing activities and our use of job applicants' data, please view our Privacy Notice at https://drw.com/privacy-notice. •California residents, please review the California Privacy Notice for information about certain legal rights at https://drw.com/california-privacy-notice. Compensation: •$200,000 - $250,000 / year •We have also leveraged our expertise and technology to expand into three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture capital and cryptoassets Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!