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# Lead AI Engineer

Canonical URL: https://nextmove.md/fde/jobs/0ba97f637f919659

WTW posts a senior FDE role to build for teams inside the company in New York, NY, at $100,000–$350,000 base, above the senior FDE median of $190,000 across 1,874 postings with pay. Prototype AI solutions with business stakeholders and industrialize successful work for production. Read from the employer’s posting on November 10, 2026.

- [WTW](https://nextmove.md/fde/companies/wtw)

Posted Nov 9, 2026 by WTW · open on Oracle Cloud as of Nov 10, 2026

**$100,000–$350,000** New York, NY Hybrid

Prototype AI solutions with business stakeholders and industrialize successful work for production.

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## At a glance

### Posted base pay

$100K–$350K Above the median

Midpoint $225K · median $190K

This job $100K to $350K. Senior FDE postings, 1,874 postings: the middle 50% of posted pay is $160K to $220K, median $190K.

### The work

Builds for teams inside the company

Balance **Mostly building**

Project stages

1. Pre-sales (not covered)
2. Proof of concept
3. Implementation
4. Operations

Travel **Required, amount not stated**

- **Coding**: Writes production code

- **Builds for**: Both

- **Level**: Senior

- **Role**: Technical lead

### What they ask for

Experience

- **10+ years** professional software engineering
- **2+ years** building and shipping LLM-based and agentic systems to production

Background

- **Software engineering**

Visa

- **No visa sponsorship**

### Do you meet what the posting states?

The posting asks for 2+ years. How many do you have?

The posting reads as a senior role. What level are you at now?

The job is in New York, NY. Could you work there?

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## Conditions

- **Location**: New York, NY

- **Work arrangement**: Hybrid

- **Remote work restrictions**: Hybrid working; regular office attendance for meetings and workshops.

- **Visa sponsorship**: Not available

- **Travel**: Travel required, amount not stated

- **Pay**:

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- Shape technical direction with delivery, product, and architecture partners while mentoring through example.
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## What you’ll bring

- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience leading complex delivery as a hands-on technical authority.
- 2+ years building and shipping production LLM and agentic systems using RAG, prompt engineering, and orchestration frameworks.
- Strong Python skills and experience with C#/.NET or TypeScript, plus commercial cloud and CI/CD delivery experience.
- Quantitative background and strong knowledge of insurance, reinsurance, or risk analytics, or demonstrated ability to master a complex quantitative field.

## About WTW

Provides advisory, insurance broking, and technology solutions across people, risk, and capital to organizations worldwide.

Public · 5000+ people

[View posting at WTW](https://eedu.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1003/job/202607074)

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