Senior Manager, AI Engineer Intelligence Layer

Senior Manager, AI Engineer Intelligence Layer in Chicago, Illinois, United States

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Senior Manager, AI Engineer Intelligence Layer

Location: Chicago, IL, United States

Date Posted: Sep 23, 2026

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About Alvarez & Marsal

Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) is a global consulting firm with entrepreneurial, action and results-oriented professionals. We take a hands-on approach to solving our clients problems and assisting them in reaching their potential. Our culture celebrates independent thinkers and doers who positively impact our clients and shape our industry. The collaborative environment and engaging work-guided by A&M s core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity-are why our people love working at A&M.

The Team

The Senior AI Engineer helps build A&M s Intelligence Layer, a knowledge graph based platform that makes the firm s structured and unstructured knowledge securely available through global and business unit specific search experiences. This hands-on role works with the AI Engineering Lead and Architect, the Product Owner, internal engineering teams, and delivery partners. The team is small, the work is technically demanding, and priorities will move quickly, so this role requires sound judgment, adaptability, and a willingness to contribute wherever the build needs support. This is an opportunity to help build a state-of-the-art AI architecture designed to serve an entire enterprise. Success requires technical curiosity, a forward-looking perspective, and the ability to turn emerging approaches into reliable production capabilities on an ambitious timeline.

The Senior AI Engineer will work alongside the implementation partner throughout the initial production build, contribute directly to the architecture, knowledge graph design, ingestion pipelines, retrieval services, and user-facing capabilities, and develop deep working knowledge of the platform. From the outset, this person will help establish internal ownership and assume increasing responsibility for future iterations as the partner engagement concludes.

How you will contribute

• Build and maintain components of the Intelligence Layer, including ingestion pipelines, knowledge graph models, retrieval services, APIs, and user-facing capabilities.
• Develop and optimize graph schemas and queries using Neo4j and Cypher or comparable graph technologies.
• Contribute across the stack, with particular strength in back-end and Python development and the ability to support modern front-end development when needed.
• Integrate structured data and unstructured content from enterprise systems while preserving source permissions, metadata, and governance requirements.
• Build integrations with large language model platforms and apply the Model Context Protocol to make Intelligence Layer capabilities available to approved AI tools.
• Build, test, and operate production agentic pipelines, including multi-step orchestration, tool routing, MCP-based tool use, retrieval, state management, evaluation, guardrails, observability, and human-in-the-loop controls.
• Work with the Lead and Architect and delivery partners on implementation, testing, debugging, code review, and technical documentation.
• Develop secure, maintainable software that meets A&M s requirements for client confidentiality, access control, reliability, and observability.
• Communicate risks and blockers early and help the team make practical technical decisions as priorities evolve.

First Year Outcomes

• Help deliver the initial production iteration of the Intelligence Layer knowledge graphs.
• Help deliver reusable agentic pipeline components that support secure, governed workflows across business units and use cases.
• Enable global search and business unit specific search across approved structured and unstructured data sources.
• Deliver tested ingestion, graph, retrieval, API, and user-interface components that internal teams can operate and extend.
• Establish reusable engineering patterns and documentation that support additional business units and data sources.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Five or more years of software engineering experience building production applications or data platforms.
• Hands-on experience with knowledge graphs, graph data modeling, and graph query languages, ideally Neo4j and Cypher.
• Full-stack development experience, with strong Python and back-end skills plus working experience with a modern front-end framework.
• Experience designing, building, and consuming APIs and integrating multiple structured and unstructured data sources.
• Practical experience with Claude, ChatGPT, or comparable large language model platforms.
• Hands-on experience building production agentic pipelines or workflows, including orchestration, tool use, retrieval, state management, evaluation, guardrails, observability, or human oversight.
• Working knowledge of the Model Context Protocol, including how MCP servers expose tools and data to AI clients.
• Experience working directly with third-party delivery vendors on implementation, technical review, issue resolution, and delivery coordination.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, and documentation skills.
• Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience building MCP servers, agent tools, or custom AI integrations.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure services for application hosting, data, search, identity, or AI.
• Experience implementing enterprise authentication and authorization using Microsoft Entra ID, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, token scoping, or on-behalf-of flows.

Your journey at A&M

We recognize that our people are the driving force behind our success, which is why we prioritize an employee experience that fosters each person's unique professional and personal development. Our robust performance development process promotes continuous learning, rewards your contributions, and fosters a culture of meritocracy. With top-notch training and on-the-job learning opportunities, you can acquire new skills and advance your career.

We prioritize your well-being, providing benefits and resources to support you on your personal journey. Our people consistently highlight the growth opportunities, our unique, entrepreneurial culture, and the fun we have together as their favorite aspects of working at A&M. The possibilities are endless for high-performing and passionate professionals.

Regular employees working 30 or more hours per week are also entitled to participate in Alvarez & Marsal Holdings' fringe benefits consisting of healthcare plans, flexible spending and savings accounts, life, AD&D, and disability coverages at rates determined periodically as well as a 401(k) retirement savings plan. Provided the eligibility requirements are met, employees will also receive an annual discretionary contribution to their 401(k) retirement savings plan from Alvarez & Marsal. Additionally, employees are eligible for paid time off including vacation, personal days, seventy-two (72) hours of sick time (prorated for part time employees), ten federal holidays, one floating holiday, and parental leave. The amount of vacation and personal days available varies based on tenure and role type. Click here for more information regarding A&M's benefits programs.

The salary range is $190,000 - $210,000 annually, dependent on several variables including but not limited to education, experience, skills, and geography. In addition, A&M offers a discretionary bonus program which is based on a number of factors, including individual and firm performance.  Please ask your recruiter for details.

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Culture & Values

At Alvarez & Marsal, our core values of Integrity, Quality, Objectivity, Fun, Personal Reward, and Inclusive Diversity guide everything we do, shaping a culture rooted in entrepreneurship, impact, and integrity. We trust our people to take ownership early, contribute to meaningful challenges, and drive results that matter. We empower growth and champion diverse perspectives. Above all, we value doing the right thing. For those ready to roll up their sleeves, lead with integrity, and be difference makers, this is where it starts.

Equal Opportunity Employer

It is Alvarez & Marsal's practice to provide and promote equal opportunity in employment, compensation, and other terms and conditions of employment without discrimination because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, sex or gender, gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, family medical history, genetic information or other protected medical condition, political affiliation, or any other characteristic protected by and in accordance with applicable laws. Employees and Applicants can find A&M policy statements and additional information by region here.

Unsolicited Resumes from Third-Party Recruiters

Please note that as per A&M policy, we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters are engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening. Any employment agency, person or entity that submits an unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that A&M will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person or entity.

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