Lead AI Engineer – Cloud Infrastructure & Automation at EXL Talent Acquisition Team
US New Jersey (JCO) C79
$150,000–$170,000from the description
Jul 21, 2026
US New Jersey (JCO) C79
Jul 23, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A hands-on technical leadership role focused on building AI-driven systems that generate, validate, and deploy infrastructure-as-code — primarily Terraform — to speed up and standardize environment provisioning. The work centers on designing agentic applications and workflows on AWS, applying intelligent automation to cloud and platform operations, and setting engineering standards while mentoring the team.
Senior level · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 1,550 people in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 650–2,350
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
What the occupation pays Median $170,499 (middle half $133,523–$210,499). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 29, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (5)
The job description is unusually thin — it contains no formal Requirements, Qualifications, or Skills sections, only a narrative overview. All skills extracted are inferred from that narrative and should be treated as directional rather than a complete gate list.
The role blends AI/agentic application development with cloud infrastructure-as-code delivery (Terraform on AWS), making it a genuine hybrid between Software Developers (15-1252) and a cloud/platform engineering occupation; 15-1252 was chosen because the primary output described is building AI systems and agentic applications, not operating existing infrastructure.
The title is not stated in the posting; 'technical leader' framing (setting direction, establishing standards, mentoring) suggests a senior or staff-level IC, but no explicit level word appears in a title, so advertised seniority is Unspecified.
Compensation is stated as $150K–$170K base plus annual bonus; the posting notes that candidates in higher-cost zones such as New York and New Jersey may receive compensation above the posted range.
The posting does not specify a minimum years-of-experience requirement.
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