AI/ML Engineer

Vanguard is seeking an AI/ML Engineer to build agentic systems for IT operations, automation, and resilience checking. The role involves developing multi-agent platforms alongside senior engineers and data scientists.

Responsibilities

• Design, prototype, and implement agentic systems using large language models and agent frameworks; develop workflows that coordinate agents on complex tasks.
• Build and optimize retrieval-augmented generation pipelines for knowledge-driven agents, and help develop and test scalable, reliable agentic architectures and infrastructure.
• Collaborate on features, experiments, and integration of research findings. Participate in code reviews, testing, and documentation.

Required qualifications

• An undergraduate degree in computer science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, or a related field, plus 5–8 years of experience in AI/ML engineering or software development.
• Strong Python skills; experience with AWS, GitHub pipelines, CI/CD concepts, and the IT domain; hands-on experience with agentic frameworks, vector databases, data pipelines, and retrieval systems.
• Strong problem-solving skills and willingness to learn new AI techniques and frameworks.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience across Java Spring, React, Rust, and Go; contributions to open-source AI/ML projects or agentic frameworks; or experience building autonomous agents, RAG systems, or multi-agent workflows.

The position lists Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Malvern, Pennsylvania, and has a hybrid work model. Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position. The careers page describes retirement savings plans, medical coverage, paid time off, mental health resources, and learning and development opportunities.