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Effective productivity/technology tools and training The pay range for this position is $152,250 - $243,600 with anticipated pay for new hires between the minimum and midpoint of the range and could vary above and below the listed range as permitted by applicable law. Pay is based on non-discriminatory factors including but not limited to work experience, education, location, licensure requirements, proficiency and qualifications required for the role. The base pay is just one component of Lincoln’s total rewards package for employees. In addition, the role may be eligible for the Annual Incentive Program, which is discretionary and based on the performance of the company, business unit and individual. Other rewards may include long-term incentives, sales incentives and Lincoln’s standard benefits package. About The Company
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What you’ll work on

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  • Lead end-to-end design and delivery of AI/ML operational capabilities across teams

  • Set observability, service-level, capacity, performance, and cost standards

  • Define scalable CI/CD, release, rollback, and disaster recovery patterns

  • Lead LLMOps and agentic operations, including guardrails and output safety

  • Lead technical response during critical production incidents

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Leads end-to-end design and delivery of operational capabilities across multiple teams or solution areas.
Establishes observability, service-level, capacity, performance, safety, and cost-management standards.
Defines scalable patterns for CI/CD, versioning, release governance, progressive deployment, rollback, disaster recovery, and lifecycle management.
Leads LLMOps and agentic operations capabilities, including prompt versioning, agent orchestration observability, tool-use auditing, guardrail enforcement, and output safety controls
Provides technical leadership during critical incidents and drives systemic corrective and preventive improvements.
Education & alternatives
Must Haves: - 4 Year/Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, or related discipline, or 4 years of equivalent work experience in lieu of Bachelor's. - 5+ years of experience in AI/ML operations, ML engineering, platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, site reliability engineering, or a related field directly aligned to the responsibilities of this position.

About Lincoln Financial

Lincoln Financial (NYSE: LNC) helps people to confidently plan for their version of a successful future.

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Demand for ML Engineer roles

New ML Engineer postings at the employers we follow are up 10% over the last 6 weeks compared with the 6 before.

Weekly new ML Engineer postings at the same employers, from the week of August 17 to the week of November 2. The fewest in a week was 612, the most 1,081, and the latest week had 1,068.
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About the role

We file this job under ML Engineer, by the work the posting describes.

ML engineers put machine learning models into products. They write the code that trains, ships, serves and monitors models so a recommendation or prediction works for real users.

Postings ask for strong Python and software engineering, a framework such as PyTorch, cloud services, and more and more often experience with large language models.

A data scientist often works out which model to build; an ML engineer makes it run reliably in production.

US government figures for computer and information research scientists

Median yearly pay, May 2025
$140,300
Expected change, 2025 to 2035
21.8% more jobsagainst 3.5% for all jobs

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Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025) and Employment Projections (2025 to 2035). Occupation code 15-1221.

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Alternate Locations: Radnor, PA (Pennsylvania); Charlotte, NC (North Carolina); Fort Wayne, IN (Indiana); Greensboro, NC (North Carolina)

 

Work Arrangement:

Hybrid : Employee will work 3 days a week in a Lincoln office

 

Relocation assistance:  is not available for this opportunity.

 

Requisition #: 76866

 

The Role at a Glance

This role provides technical leadership for the strategy, design, delivery, and ongoing evolution of AI/ML operations capabilities across complex production environments. The position leads the development of scalable engineering patterns, automation, controls, and operating standards that enable models, pipelines, agents, and shared AI services to be deployed and managed reliably, securely, responsibly, and cost effectively. The role directs complex technical initiatives, evaluates architecture and technology options, resolves cross-team dependencies, and balances speed, resiliency, security, governance, performance, and cost when shaping solutions. Working across AI/ML engineering, platform, data, architecture, security, risk, governance, and business teams, the position influences enterprise practices, provides technical leadership during critical production events, mentors engineers, and drives systemic improvements that strengthen operational maturity and sustainable adoption of AI/ML capabilities.

What you'll be doing

•    Leads end-to-end design and delivery of operational capabilities across multiple teams or solution areas.
•    Establishes observability, service-level, capacity, performance, safety, and cost-management standards.
•    Defines scalable patterns for CI/CD, versioning, release governance, progressive deployment, rollback, disaster recovery, and lifecycle management.
•    Provides technical leadership during critical incidents and drives systemic corrective and preventive improvements.
•    Leads development of reusable automation, tooling, dashboards, runbooks, readiness controls, and engineering standards.
•    Evaluates architecture and technology options and balances reliability, security, governance, speed, and cost tradeoffs.
•    Partners with engineering, platform, data, architecture, security, risk, and governance leaders to shape production standards.
•    Leads complex technical initiatives, reviews designs and code, mentors engineers, and influences adoption across teams.
•    Maintains knowledge of current and emerging developments and trends for assigned areas of responsibility.
•    Supports organizational and departmental initiatives and incorporates applicable standards into current and future solutions.
•    Identifies and recommends process improvements that reduce workloads, improve quality, or strengthen operational outcomes.
•    Leads LLMOps and agentic operations capabilities, including prompt versioning, agent orchestration observability, tool-use auditing, guardrail enforcement, and output safety controls for production LLM-based and agentic systems.
•    Operationalizes model risk management requirements by embedding validation gates, challenger model workflows, audit trail controls, and compliance checkpoints into production AI/ML pipelines in alignment with regulatory standards applicable to financial services.
•    Serves as a technical resource to team members and applicable internal and external stakeholders

What we’re looking for

Must Haves:

  • 4 Year/Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, or related discipline, or 4 years of equivalent work experience in lieu of Bachelor's. 
  • 5+ years of experience in AI/ML operations, ML engineering, platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, site reliability engineering, or a related field directly aligned to the responsibilities of this position. 

Application Deadline

Applications for this position will be accepted through December 30, 2026, subject to earlier closure due to applicant volume. 

 

What’s it like to work here?

At Lincoln Financial, we love what we do. We make meaningful contributions each and every day to empower our customers to take charge of their lives. Working alongside dedicated and talented colleagues, we build fulfilling careers and stronger communities through a company that values our unique perspectives, insights and contributions and invests in programs that empower each of us to take charge of our own future. 

 

What’s in it for you:

  • Clearly defined career tracks and job levels, along with associated behaviors for each of Lincoln's core values and leadership attributes

  • Leadership development and virtual training opportunities

  • PTO/parental leave

  • Competitive 401K and employee benefits

  • Free financial counseling, health coaching and employee assistance program

  • Tuition assistance program

  • Work arrangements that work for you

  • Effective productivity/technology tools and training

 

The pay range for this position is $152,250 - $243,600 with anticipated pay for new hires between the minimum and midpoint of the range and could vary above and below the listed range as permitted by applicable law. Pay is based on non-discriminatory factors including but not limited to work experience, education, location, licensure requirements, proficiency and qualifications required for the role. The base pay is just one component of Lincoln’s total rewards package for employees.  In addition, the role may be eligible for the Annual Incentive Program, which is discretionary and based on the performance of the company, business unit and individual.  Other rewards may include long-term incentives, sales incentives and Lincoln’s standard benefits package.

 

About The Company

Lincoln Financial (NYSE: LNC) helps people to confidently plan for their version of a successful future. We focus on identifying a clear path to financial security, with products including annuities, life insurance, group protection, and retirement plan services. 

 

With our 120-year track record of expertise and integrity, millions of customers trust our solutions and service to help put their goals in reach. 

 

Lincoln Financial Distributors, a broker-dealer, is the wholesale distribution organization of Lincoln Financial. Lincoln Financial is the marketing name for Lincoln Financial Corporation and its affiliates including The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, Fort Wayne, IN, and Lincoln Life & Annuity Company of New York, Syracuse, NY. Lincoln Financial affiliates, their distributors, and their respective employees, representatives and/or insurance agents do not provide tax, accounting or legal advice. 

 

Lincoln is committed to creating an inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. 

 

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Be Aware of Fraudulent Recruiting Activities

If you are interested in a career at Lincoln, we encourage you to review our current openings and apply on our website. Lincoln values the privacy and security of every applicant and urges all applicants to diligently protect their sensitive personal information from scams targeting job seekers. These scams can take many forms including fake employment applications, bogus interviews and falsified offer letters.

 

Lincoln will not ask applicants to provide their social security numbers, date of birth, bank account information or other sensitive information in job applications. Additionally, our recruiters do not communicate with applicants through free e-mail accounts (Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail) or conduct interviews utilizing video chat rooms. We will never ask applicants to provide payment during the hiring process or extend an offer without conducting a phone, live video or in-person interview.  Please contact Lincoln's fraud team at fraudhotline@lfg.com if you encounter a recruiter or see a job opportunity that seems suspicious.

 

Additional Information

This position may be subject to Lincoln’s Political Contribution Policy.  An offer of employment may be contingent upon disclosing to Lincoln the details of certain political contributions. Lincoln may decline to extend an offer or terminate employment for this role if it determines political contributions made could have an adverse impact on Lincoln’s current or future business interests, misrepresentations were made, or for failure to fully disclose applicable political contributions and or fundraising activities.

 

Any unsolicited resumes or candidate profiles submitted through our web site or to personal e-mail accounts of employees of Lincoln Financial are considered property of Lincoln Financial and are not subject to payment of agency fees.

 

Lincoln Financial ("Lincoln" or "the Company") is an Equal Opportunity employer and, as such, is committed in policy and practice to recruit, hire, compensate, train and promote, in all job classifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin or disability. Opportunities throughout Lincoln are available to employees and applicants are evaluated on the basis of job qualifications. If you are a person with a disability that impedes your ability to express your interest for a position through our online application process, or require TTY/TDD assistance, contact us by calling (866) 922-6543.

 

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Effective productivity/technology tools and training The pay range for this position is $152,250 - $243,600 with anticipated pay for new hires between the minimum and midpoint of the range and could vary above and below the listed range as permitted by applicable law. Pay is based on non-discriminatory factors including but not limited to work experience, education, location, licensure requirements, proficiency and qualifications required for the role. The base pay is just one component of Lincoln’s total rewards package for employees. In addition, the role may be eligible for the Annual Incentive Program, which is discretionary and based on the performance of the company, business unit and individual. Other rewards may include long-term incentives, sales incentives and Lincoln’s standard benefits package. About The Company
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