Lead AI/ML Engineer

Pythian
Mexico, Costa Rica, Argentina, Brazil
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Data Science & Machine LearningExperience: 7-10 yearsEducation: mastersSkills: ["Communication","Teamwork","Mentorship","Technical leadership","Stakeholder management"]

Define the technical vision and architecture for enterprise AI/ML solutions, leading the design of scalable AI/ML pipelines and operationalizing LLMs and other generative models into production. Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers and data scientists, deploy and optimize models for latency, cost, and performance, and establish MLOps practices including CI/CD, monitoring, logging, and versioning. Partner with product and senior stakeholders to align AI roadmaps with business strategy.

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Lead AI/ML Engineer

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Job Summary

Define the technical vision and architecture for enterprise AI/ML solutions, leading the design of scalable AI/ML pipelines and operationalizing LLMs and other generative models into production. Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers and data scientists, deploy and optimize models for latency, cost, and performance, and establish MLOps practices including CI/CD, monitoring, logging, and versioning. Partner with product and senior stakeholders to align AI roadmaps with business strategy.
Location: Mexico, Costa Rica, Argentina, Brazil
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Data Science & Machine Learning
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead architectural design and strategic development of high-performance AI/ML pipelines for complex enterprise initiatives.
  • •Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to AI/ML engineers and data scientists.
  • •Deploy, manage, and scale AI models (including LLMs, vision models, and custom models) into production environments.
  • •Operationalize models by transforming prototypes into resilient, production-grade AI systems; optimize performance, latency, and cost efficiency.
  • •Implement MLOps practices including automated testing, CI/CD for models, model versioning, monitoring, proactive maintenance, and integration with cloud/container platforms.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Remote WorkLearning BudgetWellness StipendPaid LeaveGym Membership

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, or a related quantitative field.
  • •7 to 10 years of experience in machine learning engineering, or software development with an ML/AI focus.
  • •Expert knowledge of agentic frameworks and proven technical leadership experience mentoring engineers and driving architectural choices.
  • •Strong Python skills and experience with ML/AI frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Scikit-learn.
  • •Experience deploying and fine-tuning LLMs/generative AI for low-latency production, plus cloud and container orchestration expertise (AWS/GCP/Azure, Docker, Kubernetes).
Experience:7-10 years
Education:Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, Artificial Intelligence (or related quantitative field)
Skills:CommunicationTeamworkMentorshipTechnical leadershipStakeholder management
Tech Stack:PythonTensorFlowPyTorchScikit-learnLarge Language Models (LLMs)Generative AIAWSGCPAzureDockerKubernetesETL/ELTGitKubeflowMLflowMLOpsCI/CDModel monitoringLoggingExplainability

Company Brief

Pythian
Provides data, cloud, and managed services to help organizations migrate, operate, and optimize analytics, databases, and cloud infrastructure across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
Industry: Consulting
Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: Ottawa, Canada
Founded: 1997
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