As a Tech Lead in AI Engineering at JLL, you will join the central AI platform team responsible for developing and maintaining foundational AI components such as the MCP Gateway and RAG services. Your role involves setting technical direction through design documents and hands-on development to ensure reliability, observability, and developer ergonomics. You must stay updated with the evolving AI tooling ecosystem and integrate feedback into the roadmap while working closely with senior peers across the organization. Ideal candidates have experience shipping and operating AI platform components in production, owning backend services end-to-end, and are fluent in multiple programming languages like Python, Node.js, and .NET. Familiarity with data stores including relational databases, NoSQL, object/blob storage, vector, and document formats is essential, along with infrastructure tools such as Terraform and agent frameworks like the Claude Agent SDK. This role offers a blend of greenfield projects and system evolution, providing significant impact on how thousands of employees work within a Fortune 200 company.
Set technical direction for AI platform and ship core components.
Build and maintain MCP Gateway and shared RAG services.
Ensure reliability, observability, and developer ergonomics of platforms.
Track AI tooling ecosystem and influence roadmap based on insights.
Operate and own backend services end-to-end in production environments.
What we're looking for
Shipped and operated AI platform components in production.
Owned a backend service end-to-end with infrastructure fluency (Terraform, IAM).
Comfortable working across multiple programming languages including Python and Node.js.
Experience with diverse data stores: relational, NoSQL, object/blob, vector, and document.
Familiarity with agent frameworks like Claude Agent SDK and AI tooling ecosystems.
Market check
Salary context
This
$180,000–$220,000
range sits above
50%
of similar postings on FindRole.
Peer median band
$143,000–$246,300
Median floor and ceiling across peers.
Typical midpoint (25–75%)
$165,000–$219,425
Middle half of comparable postings.
Based on 240 comparable postings.*
* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.
Employer
About JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle)
JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle) is a global professional services firm specializing in real estate and investment management, providing services to buyers, sellers, tenants, landlords, investors, and developers. Industry: Commercial Real Estate Services
JLL (Jones Lang LaSalle) currently has
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Listed pay typically runs
$110,000–$135,000
across 23 roles with salary data.