Distinguished Engineer Applied AI Solutions

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What youll be doing

Verizon is building one of the most advanced autonomous networks in the industry. We are looking for a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff to join our team to architect & build the applied AI layer behind that autonomy.

You will own the design of Gen AI-powered systems spanning LLMs agentic frameworks and all three major cloud providers from the data center to the edge that turn Verizons infrastructure into intelligent self-defending self-optimizing platforms. You will implement Generative AI solutions across our Standard Operating Environment that enable applied AI solutions for products and services.

This is a builders role for a technical leader who wants to work at the frontier of applied AI and autonomous networking backed by the scale of Verizon.

The key responsibilities include:

• Designing building and deploying applied AI/Gen AI solutions on Verizons Gen AI platform to support Network and product use cases.

• Partnering with Network and product teams to identify high-value use cases and translate them into scalable AI-driven solutions.

• Evaluating and integrating large language models (LLMs) retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) prompt engineering fine-tuning and agentic AI frameworks into production systems.

• Architecting and deploying AI workloads across AWS Azure and Google Cloud Platform selecting the right cloud services for performance cost and scale.

• Collaborating with cross-functional engineering data science and product teams to streamline the AI solution development lifecycle.

• Establishing best practices for model evaluation responsible AI security and governance across Gen AI deployments.

• Mentoring engineers and acting as a technical thought leader on Gen AI adoption across the organization.

What were looking for

This position will help drive innovation operational efficiency and customer experience by applying Generative AI capabilities to real-world Network and product challenges.

Youll need to have:

• Bachelors degree or four or more years of work experience.

• Eightor more years of relevant experience required demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience or specialized training.

• Strong familiarity with Generative AI concepts including LLMs prompt engineering RAG embeddings fine-tuning and agentic/multi-agent architectures.

• Proven experience building and deploying cloud-based solutions across all three major cloud providers (AWS Azure and GCP).

• Experience with on-premise AI inference at the edge including deploying and optimizing models in resource-constrained low-latency or disconnected environments.

• Strong security background with the ability to design and implement security guardrails for AI products and platforms as AI-related security threats continue to increase (e.g. prompt injection data leakage model abuse adversarial inputs).

• Strong problem-solving abilities along with verbal and written communication skills.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• A Masters degree in Computer Science or related technical field.

• Experience with Gen AI platforms and tools (e.g. Amazon Bedrock Google Vertex AI LangChain or similar frameworks).

• Experience with MLOps/LLMOps practices including model monitoring fine tuning evaluation pipelines and CI/CD for AI systems.

• Knowledge of cloud architecture across AWS Azure and/or GCP.

• Demonstrated experience leading technical projects or mentoring engineering teams.

• Ability to synthesize project findings and translate them into architecture and platform recommendations.

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you we encourage you to apply even if you dont meet every even better qualification listed above.

In this hybrid role youll have a defined work location that includes working from home and a minimum of three days per week in the office which will be set by your manager. Employees are responsible for maintaining compliance with hybrid work policies.

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Verizon is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to veteran status disability or other legally protected characteristics.

Our benefits are designed to help you move forward in your career and in areas of your life outside of Verizon. From health and wellness benefit options including: medical dental vision short and long term disability basic life insurance supplemental life insurance AD&D insurance identity theft protection pet insurance and group home & auto insurance. We also offer a matched 401(k) savings plan up to 8 company paid holidays per year and up to 6 personal days per year paid parental leave adoption assistance and tuition assistance plus other incentives weve got you covered with our award-winning total rewards package. Depending on the role employees have the opportunity to receive compensation in the form of premium pay such as overtime shift differential holiday pay allowances etc. Newly hired employees receive up to 15 days of vacation per year which grows with additional service. For part-timers your coverage will vary as you may be eligible for some of these benefits depending on your individual circumstances.

The salary will vary depending on your location and confirmed job-related skills and experience. This is an incentive based position with the potential to earn more. For part-time roles your compensation will be adjusted to reflect your hours.

The annual salary range for the location(s) listed on this job requisition based on a full-time schedule is: $137000.00 - $263000.00.