Machine Learning Engineer

Your Journey at Crowe Starts Here: At Crowe, you can build a meaningful and rewarding career. With real flexibility to balance work with life moments, you’re trusted to deliver results and make an impact. We embrace you for who you are, care for your well-being, and nurture your career. Everyone has equitable access to opportunities for career growth and leadership. Over our 80-year history, delivering excellent service through innovation has been a core part of our DNA across our audit, tax, and consulting groups. That’s why we continuously invest in innovative ideas, such as AI-enabled insights and technology-powered solutions, to enhance our services. Join us at Crowe and embark on a career where you can help shape the future of our industry. Job Description: Job Description About the Role • As an AI Engineering team member, you will be instrumental in advancing new features and/or solutions from the Proof of Concept stage to full production readiness. Your role involves refining and enhancing AI solutions to ensure they are robust, scalable, and aligned with business objectives. • Execute on the technical vision for development of AI solutions and delivery of AI features to ensure they are scalable and production-ready. • Refine user stories and define clear acceptance criteria for feature requests to ensure alignment with business needs. • Write high-quality, production-ready code and assist in code reviews to maintain standards of excellence. • Develop and implement comprehensive testing protocols, including smoke tests and unit tests, to ensure solution reliability. • Support the debugging process and issue triage to maintain solution integrity throughout the development cycle. • Participate in ethical reviews and risk/security evaluations to uphold Crowe’s standards for responsible AI deployment. Required Skills • Expertise in Python programming and experience with version control systems like Git. • Strong ability to work independently and execute tasks efficiently in a dynamic environment. • Proficiency in navigating project ambiguities and iterative testing processes to refine AI solutions. • Excellent communication skills, capable of effectively documenting and presenting technical details to nontechnical stakeholders. Preferred Skills • Solid understanding of how to align technical outputs with business requirements. • Knowledge of prompt engineering and retrieval augmented generation (RAG) and experience with advanced AI tools such as ChatGPT Enterprise and Microsoft Copilot, Azure AI Foundry. • Experience in fine-tuning large language models (LLMs). • Previous experience in professional services or a similar industry, with an understanding of the unique challenges and opportunities it presents. We expect the candidate to uphold Crowe’s values of Care, Trust, Courage, and Stewardship. These values define who we are. We expect all of our people to act ethically and with integrity at all times. Crowe accepts applications for this role on an ongoing basis. In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. Crowe is not sponsoring for work authorization at this time. The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Crowe, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $62,000 -…