Senior Manager, Generative AI Engineer

Join a high-impact AI engineering team focused on building enterprise-grade generative AI solutions that can make a real difference in business operations and decision-making. This hybrid role is based in Boston and offers the opportunity to help shape foundational agentic capabilities in a greenfield environment, with a strong emphasis on solution architecture, collaboration, and delivering practical outcomes.
Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy intelligent AI agents and agentic workflows that address complex enterprise needs.
• Develop scalable solutions using large language models, retrieval-augmented generation, orchestration frameworks, and autonomous agent patterns.
• Create multi-step AI workflows that connect with enterprise systems, APIs, and business processes.
• Partner with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to identify opportunities and turn ideas into production-ready AI solutions.
• Evaluate emerging tools, frameworks, and platforms to improve delivery speed and solution quality.
• Support solutions that meet enterprise expectations for scalability, security, performance, and maintainability.
• Contribute to solution discussions and present architecture approaches in a client-facing, collaborative environment.

Skills

• Hands-on experience building and deploying AI agents in enterprise environments.
• Practical experience with Microsoft Fabric and Azure AI Foundry.
• Strong understanding of LLMs, prompt design, tool calling, memory management, and agent architectures.
• Solid software engineering skills, including API integration, system design, and application development.
• Experience using at least one AI-assisted development platform such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor, Windsurf, or Slingshot.
• Ability to approach problems from both a technical and solution-oriented perspective.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with a client-focused mindset.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with agent orchestration and observability frameworks such as LangGraph, LangChain, or LangSmith.
• Familiarity with cloud-native AI architectures and MLOps best practices.
• Experience integrating AI solutions with enterprise data platforms and business applications.
• Background delivering AI solutions in financial services, especially asset management.
• Experience supporting strategic AI initiatives in a rapidly evolving environment.

At Horizontal, we value diversity, equity, and inclusion as a core part of how we work. We are committed to creating a welcoming environment where people of all backgrounds can contribute, grow, and succeed.
By applying for this position, you acknowledge and agree that Horizontal Talent may contact you regarding your application using automated technology, including phone calls, SMS/text messages, or email, which may be delivered by our virtual AI recruiter, Alex.
Please apply through this online posting or by visiting our Job Board at Applications will be accepted for 4 weeks. For those that join the team, we offer competitive compensation and benefits including medical, dental, vision, and retirement. Check out all we have to offer and how you can become part of the Horizontal Talent Team. The pay range for this role is $57 - $92 per hour based on qualifications and experience.